The feature has been presented by ABC News anchors including Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer, Peter Jennings, George Stephanopoulos, and David Muir.
It found more coverage of white, male, and famous persons, with women more likely to have caretaker roles and with Blacks more likely to have humble backgrounds.
[1] The ABC Person of the Week feature and NBC's "Making a Difference" segments have been described as identifying "genuine heroes" who nonetheless "are forgotten" when the broadcast ends.
"[4] When completing her 2009-2014 stint as the ABC News presenter, Diane Sawyer "got nostalgic" about the persons and events covered in the segment.
[5] David Muir, who replaced her, grew up watching ABC news closely, including "trying to guess who would be named "person of the week".