Article: Man of the Hour; With Steve Kroft as Lead Correspondent, '60 Minutes' Is Ticking Right Along

On the night of the Emmys last fall, when one of his stories was up for an award and his tuxedo-clad colleagues were leaving for the ceremony, Steve Kroft stayed at the office until 1 a.m., rewriting a story that his bosses had already approved.

"He's that kind of madman professor," says "60 Minutes" producer Ira Rosen. "I wanted to kill him. . . . He really, really toils over each sentence."

During the correspondent's two decades with the program, the storied franchise was primarily identified with Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and Ed Bradley. But Kroft has finally emerged from the shadows, with 10 of his 12 pieces topping the broadcast this season, including an interview that aired Sunday ...

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