Lesley Stahl

Lesley Stahl
Stahl at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2010
Born (1941-12-16) December 16, 1941 (age 82)
Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationWheaton College (BA)
OccupationNews reporter
Years active1971–present
Notable credit(s)Face the Nation moderator (1983–1991)
America Tonight Anchor (1990–1991)
60 Minutes Correspondent (1991–present)
48 Hours Host (2002–2004)
Spouse(s)
Jeffrey Gordon
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(m. 1964; div. 1967)​

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(m. 1977; died 2022)​
Children1

Lesley Rene Stahl[1] (born December 16, 1941) is an American television journalist. She has spent most of her career with CBS News, where she began as a producer in 1971.[2] Since 1991, she has reported for CBS's 60 Minutes.[3] She is known for her news and television investigations and award-winning foreign reporting. For her body of work she has earned various journalism awards including a Lifetime Achievement News and Documentary Emmy Award in 2003 for overall excellence in reporting.

Prior to joining 60 Minutes, Stahl served as CBS News White House correspondent – the first woman to hold that job – during the Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan presidencies and part of the term of George H. W. Bush. Her reports appeared frequently on the CBS Evening News, first with Walter Cronkite then with Dan Rather and on other CBS News broadcasts.[4] During much of that time, she also served as moderator of Face the Nation, CBS News' Sunday public affairs broadcast from September 1983 to May 1991. As a moderator on Face the Nation, she interviewed world leaders, including Margaret Thatcher, Boris Yeltsin and Yasser Arafat. From 1990 to 1991, she was co-host with Charles Kuralt of America Tonight, a daily CBS News late-night broadcast of interviews and essays.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference filmr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Gutgold, Nichola D. (2008). Seen and Heard: The Women of Television News. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-2018-7.
  3. ^ "Lesley Stahl". CBS News. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  4. ^ "Lesley Stahl". CBS News. Retrieved October 27, 2020.