ABC News Producer Susie Banikarim

— -- Susie Banikarim joined "World News Tonight" in July. Her career in television has included a wide variety of projects, most recently involving stints at MTV and ABC's reality show, "Wife Swap." Previously, she was selected to participate in NBC's prestigious News Associate Program, working for "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" and the "Today Show."

Susie graduated with honors from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, where she received the Leslie Rachel Sander Social Justice Award and James A. Wechsler Memorial Local Reporting Award. She is also a graduate of Barnard College, with degrees in English and political science.