isham was chief of investigative projects for abc news in new york from 2001-2007 where he built an investigative unit that has been recognized as one of the most successful of its kind in television news. his unit was responsible for breaking hundreds of new stories and exclusive reports on a range of topics from terrorism to political corruption. at abc, isham produced the programming for all abc broadcasts including, "abc world news tonight", "nightline", "20/20", "primetime", "good morning america", abc news radio and abcnews.com. his unit also built an investigative site called the “blotter” on abcnews.com that broke many major stories including the mark foley story.