Biography
With his immaculate gray locks, stentorian jaw and preference for dark tailored suits, Scott Pelley could have been mistaken for a political dynamo but the Texas native and long-time CBS correspondent was a professional journalist before he graduated from high school. Utilizing a winning combination of nerve, determination and quality reporting, Pelley jumped from a reporter's job at the Dallas affiliate of ABC News to a coveted …
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Career Milestones
| Worked as a copyboy for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal while still in high school | ||
1975 | Began career as a broadcast journalist for KSEL-TV (now KAMC), an ABC affiliate news station | |
1982 | Worked for several years at ABC affiliate station WFFA in Dallas-Fort Worth | |
1989 | Began his career at CBS covering national affairs from the Dallas bureau | |
1997 | Hired as CBS' chief White House Correspondent | |
1999 | Joined the newly-launched spin-off, "60 Minutes II" | |
2003 | Joined the long-running Sunday night edition of "60 Minutes" | |
2011 | Replaced Katie Couric as the anchor of the "CBS Evening News" | |