Details Revealed About CBS News Anchor Norah O'Donnell

In 2019, viewers of the CBS Evening News were introduced to Norah O'Donnell when she was named anchor and managing editor of the nightly newscast. Given that she's been a fixture on television for decades, viewers might assume they know this journalist pretty well, but there's much more to learn about Norah O'Donnell. Before Norah O'Donnell joined CBS, she spent a decade at another network, NBC. It was there, she revealed in an interview with CBS Watch, that she got to know the late Tim Russert, NBC News' senior vice president, Washington bureau chief, and longtime moderator of Meet the Press. O'Donnell recalled running into Russert in hallways, saying, "He would always say, 'What do you know?' It'd be 7:30 a.m. and I'd be sitting in the car outside the D.C. bureau, dialing up my sources in case I ran into Tim so I'd have something to say." Russert, she explained, quote, "taught me that every day you have to bring value to the table." Other mentors who helped her throughout her career include ABC News' Ann Compton, who recommended she get a Rolodex so she could organize all of the contacts she makes. NBC News' Andrea Mitchell told her, quote, "outworking the competition" is a key to success. And there was CBS News' Bob Schieffer, who briefly served in her future role when he became interim anchor of CBS Evening News after Dan Rather's 2005 departure. She described Schieffer as, quote, "one of the most important mentors in my entire career," adding, "He took me under his wing and taught me the importance of being a great storyteller." Keep watching to hear more Details Revealed About CBS News Anchor Norah O'Donnell! #CBS #CBSNews #News Learned from the best | 0:00 A tight ship | 1:31 Follows this advice | 2:19 Donald Trump challenged Norah | 2:55 Running fuels her stamina | 4:03 Emergency surgery | 4:54 'No beef' with Gayle King | 5:33 New job, new salary | 6:31 A 'scary chapter' | 7:23 Proud to be a journalist | 8:23