John Dickerson

John Dickerson is co-anchor of "CBS Evening News" and anchor of "CBS Evening News Plus." He is also a Contributing Writer to The Atlantic and is co-host of the Slate Political Gabfest.

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John Dickerson

Award-winning journalist and author John Dickerson is co-anchor of the “CBS Evening News” and chief political analyst for CBS News. Dickerson leads CBS’ election coverage and political special reports. Dickerson anchors the streaming extension, “CBS Evening News Plus” on CBS News 24/7. He also serves as a senior national correspondent and a contributor to “CBS News Sunday Morning.” Prior to joining the CBS Evening News, Dickerson anchored “The Daily Report with John Dickerson” on CBS News 24/7, where for two years the show created a space to go beyond the latest headlines and provide live, in-depth interviews on the day’s major stories.

His third book, and second New York Times Best-Seller The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency was published June 2020. Dickerson is also a contributing writer to The Atlantic, a co-host of Slate’s “Political Gabfest” podcast and host of the Whistlestop podcast on presidential history. An album of personal essays collected in the Navel Gazing podcast was published in April 2024.

Dickerson joined CBS News in April 2009, as an analyst and contributor. For six years, he served as the Network’s political director. He was the moderator of FACE THE NATION from June 2015 to January 2018 as well as the Chief Washington Correspondent. During the 2016 presidential campaign he moderated CBS News’ two presidential debates. From January 2018 until May 2019 he was co-host of CBS THIS MORNING. In 2019 and 2020, Dickerson was a correspondent for 60 MINUTES while serving as the network’s lead political analyst. His story on the death of Elijah McClain was nominated for an Emmy.

In addition to his political work, Dickerson has interviewed a wide range of subjects including Apple CEO Tim CookStephen Colbert, actors Glenda Jackson and Christian Bale, authors Colson Whitehead and Tara Westover and musicians John PrineJon Batiste, Jason Isbell and Dave Matthews. You can also find all of Dickerson’s 19 appearances on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert here.

Dickerson started his career with Time magazine, covering economics, Congress and the presidency. In the last four years of his twelve at the magazine, he was its White House correspondent. From 2005 to 2015, he was Slate magazine’s chief political correspondent. He has covered the last nine presidential campaigns.

A native Washingtonian, Dickerson graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in English and a specialty in American Studies. He is the author of On Her Trail (Simon and Schuster), a book about his mother, Nancy Dickerson, who was CBS News’ first female correspondent. He is also the author of the New York Times best-seller Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History (Twelve Books).

Dickerson is the recipient of the Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency and the David Broder Award for political reporting. He is also on the board of Covenant House International. He resides in New York City with his family.

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