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Article: CBS News' Byron Pitts to Join '60 Minutes' as Contributing Correspondent
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 13, 2009
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To: RADIO-TELEVISION EDITORS
Contact: NABJ Communications, +1-866-479-NABJ, rwilliams@nabj.org
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National
Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) congratulates CBS News
correspondent Byron Pitts on today's announcement that he will be
joining the Sunday news magazine "60 Minutes" as a contributing
correspondent. A longtime and committed member of NABJ, Pitts will
become the program's only African-American contributor, following
the footsteps of the late Ed Bradley. Pitts also has been promoted
by CBS News as its chief national correspondent.
"Byron Pitts brings the kind of humanity to his reporting that
inspires and challenges the viewer to ...