Article: CBS News' Byron Pitts to Join '60 Minutes' as Contributing Correspondent

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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 ...

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