Gary LangerSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Langer has won two Emmy awards and received eight Emmy nominations – the first and only to cite public opinion polls – as well as being honored with the 2010 Policy Impact Award of the American Association for Public Opinion Research for a series of surveys in Afghanistan and Iraq, described in AAPOR's citation as "a stellar example of high-impact public opinion polling at its finest." He's a two-time winner of the University of Iowa-Gallup Award for Excellent Journalism Using Polls, produced a pair of ABC News polls recognized by the Excellence in Media Coverage of Polls Award from the National Council on Public Polls, and shared a division-wide DuPont-Columbia Award for ABC's 9/11 coverage.

Langer has been at the forefront of the movement for standards and disclosure in survey research and improved news reporting of polls, creating ABC's industry-leading poll standards and vetting operation and advancing disclosure initiatives through professional organizations. A frequent speaker, writer, and commentator on public attitudes, he's the author of "The Numbers" blog at ABCNews.com, has authored or co-authored nearly 30 scholarly papers, and has given more than 60 invited presentations on the contours, measurement, and meaning of public opinion.

Langer is a member of the Board of Directors of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, a trustee of the National Council on Public Polls, and past president of the New York chapter of AAPOR. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of New Hampshire.