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Article: Home-towner Russ Mitchell rises at CBS.(CBS Inc. CBS News)
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- St. Louis Journalism Review
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- May 1, 2006
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When he was a boy in Rock Hill, Russ Mitchell pretended to be the third baseman for the Cardinals. Today, as a CBS News anchor, Mitchell works under performance pressures similar to those of a major league ball player. And like a star athlete, Mitchell does it with such grace he makes it look easy.
Mitchell, 46, was named anchor for the CBS Sunday Evening News early this month.
"If you had told me 14 years ago that I'd be at CBS News anchoring essentially three broadcasts a week and reporting for prestigious programs like 'Sunday Morning,' I'd have thought you were nuts," Mitchell said by phone from his office at CBS, in Manhattan.
He has sat ...