March 21, 2005

GLORIA BORGER REJOINS CBS NEWS AS
NATIONAL POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

Veteran Washington reporter and columnist Gloria Borger will rejoin CBS News as its national political correspondent, reporting for all broadcasts, it was announced by Andrew Heyward, President, CBS News. The appointment is effective April 4. Borger will continue to be based in Washington, D.C.

She initially joined CBS News in 1997 as a regular panelist on FACE THE NATION, CBS News' Sunday morning public affairs broadcast anchored by Bob Schieffer and also contributed to other broadcasts.

"We're very happy to welcome Gloria back to CBS News," said Heyward. "Her superb skills and extensive sources will further strengthen our original reporting out of Washington and help viewers make practical sense out of what their government is doing."

"I'm delighted Gloria is coming back to CBS News," said Schieffer, who also serves as interim anchor of the CBS EVENING NEWS. "She'll really beef up our Washington coverage, especially on Capitol Hill, which is something we're determined to do."

Borger will continue as a contributing editor for U.S. News & World Report, where she writes the magazine's "On Politics" column on a bi-weekly basis. She joined the magazine in 1986 as a political reporter.

Before rejoining CBS News, Borger was co-anchor of CNBC's "Capital Report" with Alan Murray (2003-05). She also was a special correspondent for NBC News.

Her journalism career began at the Washington Star in 1976. While there, Borger also co-authored a daily serial, "Federal Triangle," which spoofed political life in Washington and later became a book. She then moved to the Washington bureau of Newsweek magazine in 1978, where she worked as a general assignment reporter covering a variety of stories ranging from the Three Mile Island nuclear accident to presidential campaigns. Politics soon became her beat, and she was named Newsweek's chief congressional correspondent.

Borger was graduated from Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y. in 1974, where she served on the Board of Trustees. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Lance Morgan, and their two sons.

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