02/06/2026
Ginger Zee brings to her work something that no amount of training alone can produce — a genuine passion for the natural world and a gift for translating its most complex and dramatic systems into language that ordinary people can feel and understand. As the Chief Meteorologist for ABC News, she has covered some of the most consequential weather events of the past decade, standing in the path of hurricanes, reporting from flooded communities, and explaining the science of a changing climate with clarity and consistent compassion. Born in Spring Lake, Michigan, she developed her love of storms early, drawn to the power and the poetry of severe weather in ways that have never faded. Beyond the forecast, she has been remarkably candid about her struggles with mental health, publishing a memoir that offered an unflinching look at her personal journey and helped reduce the stigma that too often surrounds these conversations. Ginger Zee is a journalist who makes science matter.