July 22, 2004

MEDIA ADVISORY:

2004 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

CBS News will be covering the Democratic National Convention and activities surrounding it beginning with FACE THE NATION, which will originate from the convention site on Sunday, July 25 (10:30-11:00 AM, ET) and concluding with live, primetime coverage of the acceptance speech on Thursday, July 29 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET). CBS News' live primetime coverage of the convention will be anchored by Dan Rather from the Fleet Center in Boston, Mass.

To assist you in writing about convention coverage, please note the following:

? Attached is a media information packet containing: CBS News' coverage plans, capsule biographies of CBS News' on-air anchors and correspondents and ratings information from past conventions.

? From Sunday, July 25, through Thursday, July 29, Sandy Genelius and Kelli Edwards will be based in the CBS News Press Office at the Democratic National Convention to assist you with any questions or requests relative to CBS News' coverage of the event. The Press Office in Boston can be reached at 617.570.3619. Sandy and Kelli are also reachable by pager at 1/888-PAGE-VIA. In addition, Andie Silvers will be in New York to help you, as well, at 212.975.3328.

? During the convention, CBS News photos will be posted at www.cbspressexpress.com. Also, frame-grabs from CBS News' convention coverage can be obtained by contacting Andie Silvers at 212.975.3328.

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July 23, 2004

CBS NEWS COVERAGE OF 2004 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

BROADCAST SCHEDULE (in chronological order; all live and all originating from the Fleet Center) Sunday, July 25
?? FACE THE NATION (10:30-11:00 AM, ET) - anchor: Bob Schieffer; executive producer: Carin Pratt ?? CBS EVENING NEWS (6:30-7:00 PM, ET/PT) - anchor: Dan Rather; executive producer Pat Shevlin

Monday, July 26
?? THE EARLY SHOW (7:00-9:00 AM, ET/PT) - co-anchored from Boston by Hannah Storm; senior executive producer: Michael Bass; executive producer: Victor Neufeld ?? CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER (6:30-7:00 PM, ET/PT) anchor: Dan Rather; executive producer: Jim Murphy; in addition to news of the day and key interviews, will include two continuing series devoted to exploring the issues of the campaign: "Swing Town," which follows the election process through the eyes of ordinary voters in Allentown, Pa., and the Lehigh Valley, and "What Does It Mean To You?", an ongoing series of reports that focuses on where the candidates stand on individual issues ?? CAMPAIGN '04: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION (10:00-11:00 PM, ET) - anchor: Dan Rather; executive producer: Al Ortiz

Tuesday, July 27
?? THE EARLY SHOW (7:00-9:00 AM, ET/PT) - see Monday ?? CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER (6:30-7:00 PM, ET/PT) - see Monday

Wednesday, July 28
?? THE EARLY SHOW (7:00-9:00 AM, ET/PT) - see Monday ?? CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER (6:30-7:00 PM, ET/PT) - see Monday ?? CAMPAIGN '04: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION (10:00-11:00 PM, ET) - anchor: Dan Rather; executive producer: Al Ortiz; live coverage of the nominating process and vice-presidential nominee John Edwards' acceptance speech

Thursday, July 29
?? THE EARLY SHOW (7:00-9:00 AM, ET/PT) - see Monday ?? CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER (6:30-7:00 PM, ET/PT) - see Monday ?? CAMPAIGN '04: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION (10:00-11:00 PM/ET) - anchor: Dan Rather; executive producer: Al Ortiz; live coverage of presidential nominee John Kerry's acceptance speech

ANCHORS/REPORTERS ON-SITE
Dan Rather - Anchor and Managing Editor, CBS EVENING NEWS; Anchor, CBS News Primetime Coverage Bob Schieffer -- CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent; Anchor, FACE THE NATION Hannah Storm - Anchor, THE EARLY SHOW
Jim Axelrod -- CBS News Correspondent
Byron Pitts -- CBS News Correspondent
Cynthia Bowers -- CBS News Correspondent

NOTES
?? This year, with Boston and New York included, Dan Rather will cover his 21st and 22nd consecutive political convention (every one since 1964) for CBS News. He will anchor his 11th and 12th convention this year (every one since 1984) for CBS News. ?? Bob Schieffer has covered every presidential campaign and been a floor reporter at all of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions since 1972 for CBS News, an unbroken string of 18 conventions, including this year's. ?? CBS NEWSPATH, the 24-hour news service of CBS News, will provide technical facilities and editorial support to a wide variety of news organizations, including a total of 20 CBS Owned and affiliated stations, Tokyo Broadcast System (TBS), Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), European Broadcasting Union (EBU), MTV News, "BET Nightly News" and the Belo and Meredith station broadcast groups, among others. ?? CBS News is the pool network for television coverage of the 2004 Democratic National Convention inside the Fleet Center, an assignment based on a random draw of networks for major events of the 2004 political campaign. CBS News has supplemented the number of pool cameras inside the arena to 12 from six cameras four years ago.

KEY PRODUCTION, CAMPAIGN '04 AND CBS NEWS STAFF Kathleen Frankovic - Director of Surveys and Producer Dotty Lynch -- Senior Political Editor
Marcy McGinnis -- Senior Vice President, News Coverage Al Ortiz -- Executive Producer and Director, Special Events Kathy Sciere -- Senior Editor, Campaign '04 Eric Shapiro - Director, CBS EVENING NEWS and Primetime Coverage

CBS NEWS/RADIO
Comprehensive coverage of the conventions, including hourly updates, live anchored coverage of acceptance speeches, feeds of all major events and special features; coverage led by CBS News Correspondents Dan Raviv, Barry Bagnato, Lou Miliano, Peter Maer, Howard Arenstein and Mark Knoller; joined by Rather, Schieffer, Lynch, Frankovic, Assistant Director of Surveys Sarah Dutton and political consultant Leonie Huddy

CBSNEWS.COM
Offers live, gavel-to-gavel, free Webcasts of all sessions, including all major speeches in their entirety; will also provide a comprehensive "on-demand" library of video clips of major events and proceedings, all free and with no subscription required; in addition to its own on-site CBSNews.com reporters, in-depth and up-to-date information from CBS News television and radio correspondents on-site and around the country; wide variety of analysis and commentary from across political spectrum; interactive research and educational tools; multimedia features; and bulletin boards, where users can exchange views about convention

PRESS CONTACTS
Sandy Genelius (Fleet Center) 617.570.3619 or 1.888.PAGE.VIA or smg@cbsnews.com Kelli Edwards (Fleet Center) 617.570.3619 or 1.888.PAGE.VIA or kee@cbsnews.com Andie Silvers (New York) 212.975.3328 or 1.888.PAGE.VIA or silversa@cbsnews.com

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CBS NEWS CAMPAIGN '04 COVERAGE:
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

ANCHOR BIOS

DAN RATHER - Reported world exclusive of Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal on 60 MINUTES II in April...conducted first interview with former president Bill Clinton about his autobiography in June...secured an exclusive one-on-one interview with Saddam Hussein in Baghdad in February 2003...has covered every Republican and Democratic convention for CBS News since 1964 and has anchored every convention and presidential and national election for CBS News since 1984...anchored memorable Election Night 2000, a marathon that kept him on the air continuously from 6:00 PM on Tuesday, Nov. 7, to 10:00 AM on Wednesday, Nov. 8...has interviewed every American President from Dwight Eisenhower to Bill Clinton and virtually every major world leader over past 30 years...served as White House Correspondent for CBS News during Johnson and Nixon administrations...joined CBS News in 1962 as chief of Southwest bureau in Dallas...has since been at center of world's defining moments during last 40-plus years, including President John F. Kennedy's assassination, civil rights movement in South and wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf, Yugoslavia and Iraq...currently anchor and managing editor of the CBS EVENING NEWS and correspondent for 60 MINUTES' weekday edition...recipient of every major honor and award in broadcast journalism, most several times over...born Oct. 31, 1931, in Wharton, Texas...was graduated from Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville, Texas, with bachelor's degree in journalism.

BOB SCHIEFFER - Anchor of FACE THE NATION, CBS News' Sunday public affairs broadcast, since May 1991 and CBS News' Chief Washington Correspondent since 1982...Congressional correspondent since 1989...has covered every Republican and Democratic Convention as a floor reporter for CBS News, as well as every presidential and national election, since 1972...served as anchor of Saturday edition of CBS EVENING NEWS for 20 years...joined CBS News in 1969 and has covered Washington for CBS News ever since, working all four major beats there (White House, Pentagon, State Department and Capitol Hill)...has won many broadcast journalism awards for weekly commentaries on FACE THE NATION...recipient of prestigious Paul White Award presented in 2003 by the Radio-Television News Directors Association...authored 2003 New York Times bestseller, This Just In, What I Couldn't Tell You On TV and upcoming book/DVD FACE THE NATION: My Favorite Stories from the First 50 Years of the Award-winning News Broadcast,?to be published this October by Simon & Schuster (a Viacom company)...born Feb. 25, 1937, in Austin, Texas and grew up in Fort Worth...was graduated from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth with bachelor's degree in journalism and English...veteran of United States Air Force.

HANNAH STORM - Anchor of THE EARLY SHOW since October 2002...was an anchor and reporter for NBC Sports for 10 years before that...this year, has interviewed major newsmakers, including First Lady Laura Bush, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Chris Heinz...for NBC Sports, hosted dozens of major sports events, including the Olympics, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and Wimbledon...became the first woman to serve as the solo anchor of a network's major sports package when she hosted NBC's coverage of the NBA (1997-2002) and Major League Baseball, including three World Series (1995, 1997 and 1999)...received the Gracie Allen Award from the American Women in Radio and Television for her work as a reporter...is the only woman to have been nominated twice for an Emmy Award for Best Sports Television Host...was born on June 13, 1962, in Oak Park, Ill....was graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1983 with a degree in political science and communications.

CORRESPONDENT BIOS

JIM AXELROD -- CBS News correspondent in New York since 1999...has been covering politics for the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER and other CBS News broadcasts...reports "Swing Town," an ongoing series of reports that follow the election process through the eyes of ordinary voters in Allentown, Pa., and the Lehigh Valley...was an embedded correspondent in Iraq...first television journalist to report live from Saddam International Airport in Baghdad immediately after its takeover by the U.S....joined CBS News in 1996...was based in Dallas (1997-99) and Miami (1996-97)...served as a political reporter?at WRAL-TV, CBS affiliate in Raleigh, N.C....contributed to CBS EVENING NEWS' coverage of the Washington, D.C. sniper siege,?which was recognized with?a 2002 Emmy Award...born?in New Brunswick, N.J. ... was graduated from Cornell University in 1985 with a bachelor of arts degree in history and from Brown University in 1989 with a master of arts degree in history...taught seventh and eighth grade history before undertaking broadcast journalism career.

CYNTHIA BOWERS - CBS News correspondent in Chicago since 1999...has covered a wide variety of domestic and international stories for CBS EVENING NEWS and other CBS News broadcasts...was an embedded journalist during the war with Iraq, reporting from the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier stationed in the Persian Gulf...broke the story of an innocent?man who had been on death row for 16 years who was eventually freed thanks to her CBS News report...joined CBS News in 1996 and was anchor of the CBS MORNING NEWS (1997-98)...based in Dallas for CBS News (1997-98)...was an anchor at CNN and CNN International (1994-96)...began her career in television as an intern at the Armed Forces Network station in Berlin, Germany...born in Birmingham, Ala....attended Arizona State University.

BYRON PITTS - CBS News correspondent in New York since 2001...has been covering Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign for the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER and other CBS News broadcasts...conducted rare one-on-one interview with Theresa Heinz Kerry in June this year...reported under fire while embedded during the war in Iraq...was CBS News' primary correspondent at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center...joined CBS News in May 1998...was based in Atlanta (1999-01) and Miami (1998-99)...was a correspondent for CBS NEWSPATH, the Division's 24-hour news service, in Washington, D.C. (1997-98)...has received several awards, including a 2001 national Emmy Award, for his work...born and raised in Baltimore, Md....was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1982 with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and speech communication.

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NATIONAL POLITICAL CONVENTION TELEVISION RATINGS - 1988-2004

? 1988

Total Minutes* Rating/Share* Average Viewers*

Republican (New Orleans)

Three Networks 2101 18.6/36 24,493,000

CNN 1.0 NA

Democratic (Atlanta)

Three Networks 2051 20.8/40 27,110,000

CNN 1.0 NA

? 1992

Total Minutes Rating/Share Average Viewers

Republican (Houston)

Three Networks          1227                    16.8/32         22,987,000      
CNN                                                     1.5                          NA
PBS                                                     3.0                          NA

Democratic (New York)

Three Networks          1203                    17.3/31         23,353,000      
CNN                                                     1.8                          NA
PBS                                                     3.3                          NA

? 1996

Total Minutes Rating/Share Average Viewers

Republican (San Diego)

Three Networks          904                     12.4/23         16,605,000
CNN                                                     1.4                          NA
PBS                                                     2.3                          NA

Democratic (Chicago)

Three Networks          991                     14.2/27         17,992,000
CNN                                                     1.4                          NA
PBS                                                     2.3                          NA

? 2000

Total Minutes Rating/Share Average Viewers

Republican (Philadelphia)

Three Networks 695 11.8/21 16,132,000

Three Cable Networks*                             1.9/3                   2,588,000
Combined Networks                                       13.7/24         18,720,000                      

Democratic (Los Angeles)

Three Networks          745                     12.6/22         16,985,000
Three Cable Networks                              2.1/4                   2,738,000             
Combined Networks                                       14.7/26         19,768,000

Total Minutes = total minutes of coverage on all three networks combined over four days of convention Rating/Share = rating is percentage of total television households; share is percentage of televisions in use tuned to convention Average Viewers = average number of viewers watching convention coverage on any of the four nights Three Cable Networks = CNN, Fox News and MSNBC