Scott Pelley

Scott Pelley
Pelley at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, 2014
Born
Scott Cameron Pelley

(1957-07-28) July 28, 1957 (age 67)
EducationCoronado High School (Lubbock, Texas)
Alma materTexas Tech University
OccupationJournalist
Years active1975–present
Notable credit(s)60 Minutes
CBS Evening News
Spouse
Jane Boone
(m. 1983)
Children2

Scott Cameron Pelley (born July 28, 1957) is an American author and reporter for CBS News for more than 31 years. Pelley is the author of the 2019 book, Truth Worth Telling, and a correspondent for the CBS News magazine 60 Minutes. Pelley served as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2011 to 2017, a period in which the broadcast added more than a million and a half viewers, achieving its highest ratings in more than a decade.[1] Pelley served as CBS News’s chief White House correspondent from 1997 to 1999.

  1. ^ Kohn, David (February 26, 2002). "Scott Pelley Bio". CBS News. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2009.