NEW YORK -- NBC News said Monday that it has hired former CBS News correspondent Lee Cowan, while CBS News has picked up 25-year ABC News correspondent Dean Reynolds.
Cowan will be based in Chicago and work for all of NBC's platforms including "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" and "Today". Cowan began work last week after a 10-year career at CBS News.
Reynolds will work for his new network in Chicago, joining existing correspondent Cynthia Bowers in that bureau. Reynolds had worked as a correspondent at ABC News for 23 years, mostly for ABC's "World News" and recently covered the funeral of President Gerald Ford plus the presidential campaigns of Sen. John Kerry in 2004 and George W. Bush in 2000. Reynolds is the son of the late ABC News anchor Frank Reynolds.
Cowan's reporting highlights include the Sept. 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the south Asia tsunami. He joined CBS News in 1996 and worked initially as an anchor for CBS Newspath.
Cowan will be based in Chicago and work for all of NBC's platforms including "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" and "Today". Cowan began work last week after a 10-year career at CBS News.
Reynolds will work for his new network in Chicago, joining existing correspondent Cynthia Bowers in that bureau. Reynolds had worked as a correspondent at ABC News for 23 years, mostly for ABC's "World News" and recently covered the funeral of President Gerald Ford plus the presidential campaigns of Sen. John Kerry in 2004 and George W. Bush in 2000. Reynolds is the son of the late ABC News anchor Frank Reynolds.
Cowan's reporting highlights include the Sept. 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the south Asia tsunami. He joined CBS News in 1996 and worked initially as an anchor for CBS Newspath.
- 7/24/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- CBS News said Monday that CBS Evening News anchor/managing editor Katie Couric will headline its Election 2008 coverage.
Couric will anchor the political coverage not only on the CBS Evening News but also throughout the network in special programming. She also will anchor the Dec. 10 debate in Los Angeles among Democratic presidential candidates, the last sanctioned one before the primaries and caucuses.
Also taking key roles in the campaign coverage will be chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer and senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield. Schieffer will analyze the campaign and do reports for the network including Face the Nation, where he is the weekly moderator. Greenfield will do overall analytic pieces and big-picture stories, said CBS News senior vp Paul Friedman. National political correspondent Gloria Borger is leaving the network to pursue other opportunities.
Other correspondents receiving roles in covering the candidates will be Sharyl Attkisson, Jim Axelrod, Cynthia Bowers, Kelly Cobiella, Nancy Cordes, Byron Pitts, Tracy Smith, Hari Sreenivasan and Bill Whitaker.
Couric will anchor the political coverage not only on the CBS Evening News but also throughout the network in special programming. She also will anchor the Dec. 10 debate in Los Angeles among Democratic presidential candidates, the last sanctioned one before the primaries and caucuses.
Also taking key roles in the campaign coverage will be chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer and senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield. Schieffer will analyze the campaign and do reports for the network including Face the Nation, where he is the weekly moderator. Greenfield will do overall analytic pieces and big-picture stories, said CBS News senior vp Paul Friedman. National political correspondent Gloria Borger is leaving the network to pursue other opportunities.
Other correspondents receiving roles in covering the candidates will be Sharyl Attkisson, Jim Axelrod, Cynthia Bowers, Kelly Cobiella, Nancy Cordes, Byron Pitts, Tracy Smith, Hari Sreenivasan and Bill Whitaker.
- 7/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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