Steve Kroft

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Biography

Methodical in his approach to a story, Steve Kroft is the youngest of the reporters on "60 Minutes", the venerable magazine format news show he joined in 1989. Kroft began his career in TV reportage with WSYR-TV in Syracuse, NY in 1972 and later worked at CBS affiliate WJXT-TV from 1975-77 in Jacksonville, Florida. He has covered myriad events and issues in his tenure at CBS, from the war in El Salvador to the assassination of Indira Gandhi. …
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Job Title

Actor, Editor

Born

August 22, 1945

Career Milestones

1992

Interviewed presidential candidate Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, after allegations of adultery threatened to derail his White House bid

1989

Became correspondent and co-editor on "60 Minutes"

1986

Named principal correspondent on "West 57th Street"

1983

Joined CBS News Miami bureau

1980

Joined CBS News as a New York reporter

Investigative reporter for Florida CBS affiliate

1972

Reporter for WSYR-TV Syracuse, New York

Reporter for Stars and Stripes while serving in the army in Vietnam