By Kevin McCauley
CBS today named "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley anchor of its nightly news broadcast effective June. 6. He succeeds Katie Couric.
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In announcing the appointment, CBS News chairman Jeff Fager said Pelley has the experience, credibility and ranks "among the very best reporters ever to work at CBS News."
Most recently at 60 Minutes, Pelley reported on the earthquake and tsunami that wrecked Japan and the mass murder in Tucson that wounded Rep. Gabby Giffords. He has interviewed President George W. Bush, Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke, Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghan leader Hamid Karzai.
Pelley was chief White House correspondent for CBS and spent a year in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during the Persian Gulf crisis. He then reported from Baghdad.
Prior to joining CBS, Pelley was producer/reporter for WFAA-TV (Dallas/Fort Worth) and KSEL-TV (Lubbock). He began in journalism as a copyboy at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
Pelley will continue to file reports for "60 Minutes" after taking the seat at the re-named "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley."
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