Regardless of who is elected as the next President of the United States, Norah O’Donnell will not be spending time at the anchor desk for CBS News offering updates from the White House come 2025.
The CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor has confirmed that she will leave her role after the 2024 election and take on an undisclosed new position at the network.
“I have spent 12 years in the anchor chair here at CBS News, connected to a daily broadcast and the rigors of a relentless news cycle,” she said in a message shared to staff internally. “It’s time to do something different. This presidential election will be my seventh as a journalist, and for many of us in this business we tend to look at our careers in terms of these milestone events.”
She continued, “We just celebrated an amazing five years together. I love what I do, and I am so fortunate to work with the best journalists and people in the business. Together, our team has won Emmy, Murrow, and DuPont awards. We managed to anchor in-studio through COVID; we took the broadcast on the road from aircraft carriers to the Middle East, and around the world. We were privileged to conduct a historic interview with Pope Francis. There’s so much work to be proud of!”
Wendy McMahon, President/CEO of CBS News & Stations and CBS Media Ventures, said O’Donnell’s new role will enable her to “do more of the storytelling and big interviews that are a hallmark of CBS News, as well as Norah’s illustrious career.”
McMahon commented, “Norah will have the time and the support to deliver even more of the exceptional stories she is known for across our shows and streams, across CBS Network and Paramount+. She will have the real estate and flexibility to leverage big bookings on numerous platforms, including primetime specials, 60 Minutes, CBS News Sunday Morning, and more.”
