Byron Pitts
Byron Pitts | |
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Television journalist | |
Years active | 1983–present |
Notable credit(s) | CBS Evening News 60 Minutes Nightline |
Children | 3 |
Byron Pitts (born October 21, 1960) is an American journalist and author, working for ABC News as co-anchor for the network's late night news program, Nightline.[1] Until March 2013, he served as a chief national correspondent for The CBS Evening News and contributed regularly to 60 Minutes.
Early life
Pitts was born October 21, 1960, to Clarice and William Pitts
Career
Pitts has always wanted to be a journalist. It was his goal, since he was 18 years old, to be a correspondent on the CBS show 60 Minutes.[5] He interned at WTVD in Durham, North Carolina. After graduation, he bounced around to various television stations on the East Coast. During 1983–84, he reported and served as weekend sports anchor at WNCT-TV in Greenville, North Carolina He was a military reporter for WAVY-TV in Portsmouth, Virginia (1984–86) and a reporter for WESH-TV Orlando (1986–88). He moved across the Florida peninsula to Tampa to be a reporter and substitute anchor for WFLA-TV (1988–89). After a brief stint there, he moved to Boston as a special assignment reporter for WCVB-TV (1989–94). His last local job was as a general assignment reporter for WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia (1994–96).
Pitts then moved to Washington, D.C. as a correspondent for CBS Newspath, the 24-hour affiliate news service of CBS News (1997–98). He was named a CBS News correspondent in May 1998, and was based in the Miami (1998–99) and Atlanta (1999–2001) bureaus and eventually New York City in January 2001.
Pitts was one of CBS News' lead reporters during the
Pitts other awards include a national Emmy Award for his coverage of the Chicago train wreck in 1999 and a National Association of Black Journalists Award (2002). He is also the recipient of four Associated Press Awards and six regional Emmy Awards.
Pitts published a memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges on September 29, 2009.
See also
References
- ^ Guthrie, Marisa. "Correspondent Byron Pitts Departing CBS News for ABC News". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ "Byron Pitts Found Faith To 'Step Out On Nothing'". NPR. November 16, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ "Byron Pitts". CBS News. 2002-10-09. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ^ "Byron Pitts". Greater Talent Network Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ^ a b Menconi, David "How Byron Pitts came out on top". News Observer. December 17, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
Websites
- Byron Pitts Biography on ABCNews.com
- Byron Pitts at IMDb