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NORAH O’DONNELL AND JOHN DICKERSON ANCHOR CBS NEWS’ COVERAGE OF POPE FRANCIS’ FUNERAL ON CBS AND CBS NEWS 24/7
Beginning at 3:00 AM, ET, CBS News will offer extensive coverage of Pope Francis’ funeral, including: 3:00 AM, ET on CBS News 24/7: Watch Norah O’Donnell’s historic interview with Pope Francis from April 2024. 3:45 AM, ET on CBS and CBS News 24/7: Norah O’Donnell and John Dickerson anchor THE FUNERAL OF POPE FRANCIS overlooking St. Peter’s Basilica. Coverage will feature special reporting from: CBS News’ Chris Livesay and Seth Doane, plus insights from experts including Vatican analyst Delia Gallagher, Father Anthony Figueiredo and editor of Crux John Allen. Ongoin...
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ANNA COREN JOINS CBS NEWS REPORTING FROM HONG KONG
Anna Coren has joined CBS News as a foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong. Coren is an Emmy Award-winning international correspondent who joins the Network from CNN International. She will cover the Asia-Pacific region as the incoming administration takes the White House. Coren comes to CBS News with more than 15 years of experience covering conflicts, humanitarian crises, natural disasters and global politics as a correspondent and anchor for CNN. She’s reported extensively from war zones in Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine and covered the aftermath of tsunamis, flooding and super typho...
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CBS NEWS WILL DELIVER SPECIAL MULTIPLATFORM COVERAGE OF THE INAUGURATION OF DONALD TRUMP ON JAN. 20, 2025
CBS News 24/7 Coverage Begins Streaming at 6:00 AM, ET Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson Anchor a Special Edition of “CBS Mornings” From Washington, D.C. at 7:00 AM, ET Norah O’Donnell Leads All-Day Team Coverage from Washington, D.C. Starting at 9:00 AM, ET John Dickerson, Maurice DuBois and Margaret Brennan Anchor “Inauguration Day in America – A CBS News Primetime Report” at 10:00 PM, ET CBS News will deliver special coverage of the presidential inauguration of Donald J. Trump across all shows and platforms. Coverage begins on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 on CBS News 24/7 at...
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CBS News 24/7 Announcements
David Reiter, senior vice president CBS News 24/7, Special Events and Special Projects, shared this note with staff to announce expanded roles for Errol Barnett and Michael George. Hi everyone, I wanted to share two important and exciting updates for CBS News 24/7. First, I’m pleased to announce that Errol Barnett is the new anchor of CBS Morning News at 7:00 AM, working with our amazing morning production and editorial team. We are in great hands with Errol. He connects with our viewers and is a superb, Emmy-winning journalist. We saw that in real time when he anchored...
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CBS NEWS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL COVERAGE FOR THE SEPT. 10 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
CBS News Will Deliver Five-Plus Hours of Live Debate Night Coverage on Television and Streaming Starting at 5:00 PM, ET on CBS News 24/7 Primetime Coverage Kicks Off at 8:00 PM, ET on CBS and CBS News 24/7, Followed by the Presidential Debate at 9:00 PM, ET CBS News will deliver AMERICA DECIDES: CAMPAIGN ‘24 coverage of the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, Sept. 10, across shows and streams. CBS News’ live, multiplatform debate coverage begins at 5:00 PM, ET, on CBS News 24/7, followed by primetime coverage at 8:00 PM...
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CBS NEWS AND STATIONS INTRODUCES NEW EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE
Left to right: Adrienne Roark, Jennifer Mitchell, Wendy Fisher, Terri Stewart, David Reiter, and Alvin Patrick Download Headshots at CBSNews.com/press Veteran Executives Assume Key Roles and Additional Responsibilities to Lead Editorial and Newsgathering Across Local-to-Global News Organization CBS News and Stations is introducing a new editorial leadership structure, with Adrienne Roark and Jennifer Mitchell taking on expanded roles across the local-to-global news organization. Additionally, veteran CBS News and Stations executives will assume key roles and additional responsibilities...
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A Message from Wendy McMahon
Hi everyone, Just a few moments ago, Norah O’Donnell shared her decision to step away from the Evening News desk after the election, moving into a new role at CBS – a role that will enable her to, as she notes, do something different, and thankfully for us, do more of the storytelling and big interviews that are a hallmark of CBS News, as well as Norah’s illustrious career. The fact is… Norah’s superpower is her ability to secure and then masterfully deliver unparalleled interviews and stories that set the news cycle and capture the cultural zeitgeist. From her global exclu...
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CBS NEWS AND STATIONS LAUNCHES “PROTECTING LIFE ON EARTH,” A WEEK-LONG SERIES BEGINNING APRIL 16, WITH AN EARTH DAY SPECIAL AIRING ACROSS LINEAR AND AVAILABLE ON STREAMING CHANNELS
Leading up to Earth Day, CBS News and Stations explores how plant and animal species are in decline and a warming planet is partially to blame, and how some heroic scientists are working to overcome these issues in PROTECTING LIFE ON EARTH, a daily multi-part Climate Watch series and half-hour special that begins airing on Tuesday, April 16 across CBS-owned stations in 14 owned markets. CBS News will also air special reports beyond Earth Day through the end of the month and CBS Newspath will provide CBS-owned stations and affiliates additional Earth Day packages beginning April 22 through...
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JOINT STATEMENT FROM NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
With the contours of the 2024 general election now coming into clear focus, we - the undersigned national news organizations - urge the presumptive presidential nominees to publicly commit to participating in general election debates before November’s election. General election debates have a rich tradition in our American democracy, having played a vital role in every presidential election of the past 50 years, dating to 1976. In each of those elections, tens of millions have tuned in to watch the candidates debating side by side, in a competition of ideas for the votes of American citize...
