Margaret Conley

ABC News Reporter

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Margaret Conley is an ABC News reporter based in Tokyo, Japan. In this role she contributes on- and off-air reporting to all ABC News broadcasts, ABC News Radio and ABC NewsOne, the network's affiliate news service, and also regularly files for ABC News' digital platforms, including ABCNEWS.com, ABC News NOW and ABC News' webcasts.

Conley has contributed reports from across the Asia Pacific region, including datelines in Tibet, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Australia. Prior to her current assignment, she was based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

In Indonesia, Conley contributed to ABC's presidential election coverage from Barack Obama's childhood hometown. She also reported on a two-part "Primetime: Medical Mysteries" piece that she helped write, produce and film. Her interviews include United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Thailand's then-Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, Senator John Kerry and Beyoncé.

Conley joined ABC News as a New York-based coordinator at "Good Morning America," working in production and operations. She moved to Los Angeles to serve as director in the office of the ABC Television Network President and, later, as director in the office of the ABC Entertainment President.

Prior to joining ABC, Conley was at MTV, where she worked in production on "Choose or Lose," MTV News' presidential campaign coverage, and "The Isle of MTV" summer programming on location in the Bahamas.

Conley has a bachelor's degree in political science/international relations from Columbia University, where she also received a Gold King's Crown Award. She earned a master's degree from the Journalism Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong, which specializes in covering Asia.

A native of California, where she was selected delegate to Girls State and Girls Nation, Conley has spent more than six years living in Asia.