The new anchors will take over for Norah O’Donnell after the 2024 elections, as the broadcast prepares its return to New York City under the leadership of ’60 Minutes’ veterans
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CBS Evening News will see broad changes in the coming months, as anchor Norah O’Donnell prepares to step aside after the 2024 elections.
On Thursday, Aug. 1, CBS News revealed that John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois will replace O’Donnell as co-anchors. The show, which moved to Washington, D.C., when O’Donnell took over, will return to the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan will regularly lead coverage from Washington during major political moments, and WCBS-TV’s Lonnie Quinn will assume a more formal role in the program as the chief weathercaster.
“With Norah’s decision [to leave the show], we began reimagining and redesigning the Evening News,” said Wendy McMahon, president and CEO of CBS News and Stations, in a statement. “The strength of CBS News has always been in its ensemble of journalists, both in front of and behind the camera, and our goal with John, Maurice, Margaret and Lonnie at the Evening News is to elevate the best in their fields every night for our viewers.”
“In addition to this ensemble team, we look forward to welcoming 60 Minutes correspondents to file for the CBS Evening News when they have news to break; for decades this was routine, so it will be again,” McMahon added.
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CBS Evening News will also see off-camera changes. 60 Minutes producer Guy Campanile will serve as the program’s executive producer, and writer Jerry Cipriano will return to CBS News as a senior news editor and senior producer.
60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens is set to also work with CBS Evening News as a supervising producer when the show moves back to New York City, so that he can help infuse some of the spirit of 60 Minutes into the evening program.
In a statement, Owens harkened back to CBS Evening News‘ earlier days, when it was considered a cultural touchstone. He referenced the work of Walter Cronkite and called the show “the broadcast of record,” while also stating that he intends to create an updated version of the broadcast that offers more in-depth stories rather than brief coverage of dozens of stories.
“The Evening News was a defining part of my career and it remains the broadcast of record,” Owens said in the statement. “From Cronkite until today, it has been a source of trusted journalism and storytelling in America’s homes.”
“Moving the Evening News back to New York and working with John, Maurice and Margaret and all of CBS News’ best journalists to deliver a program that prioritizes good writing and storytelling is exciting,” he continued. “This broadcast won’t be the traditional headlines that move from one clipped story to the next. There will be a new format and cadence for how we deliver the news, and Guy and Jerry are the best partners to do this with.”
Dickerson first joined CBS in 2009, and has had stints as a host on Face the Nation and CBS This Morning. He has also contributed to CBS Sunday Morning and 60 Minutes, and filled in as the interim CBS Evening News anchor before O’Donnell was hired. He currently hosts The Daily Report with John Dickerson on weekday evenings.
Outside of CBS News, Dickerson has hosted podcasts including Slate’s “Political Gabfest,” and worked as a reporter at Time magazine and Slate earlier in his career.
DuBois, an Emmy award-winner, is an anchor for CBS New York who has had a presence on CBS Mornings, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes Sports and CBS Sunday Morning. He has also been a substitute anchor for CBS Evening News.
Dubois previously worked at NBC News, appearing on Today, Dateline, MSNBC and NBC News at Sunrise.
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O’Donnell announced on July 30 that she would be stepping down as anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News following the 2024 presidential election, but would be staying on with the network as a senior correspondent. O’Donnell took over the evening broadcast in 2019, after nearly seven years as a CBS This Morning co-host.
“I have spent 12 years in the anchor chair here at CBS News, tied to a daily broadcast and the rigors of a relentless news cycle,” she wrote in a staff memo on July 30, following the news of her exit as host. “It’s time to do something different.”