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.

  • 03/21/2023: How Imprint helps me beat the morning and makes the day richer

    For those of you who have read my Atlantic essay on recapturing my day, you know about my daily fight to beat the morning. I have found an extremely useful tool: The Imprint app.

    ImageI have developped a pretty good routine for keeeping focus while at my desk (thank you Calk Neport, Marshall Goldsmith, David Allen, Stphen Covey and James Clear).

    The challenge is the in-between times, when I’m waiting in line, riding in a cab, etc.

    The snack times.

    That’s when I turn to Twitter. The result is rarely pleasant. (I am not a snob about this; I think social media as an outlet of noticing is vital).

    Snacking creates a habit. Then it creates a need. I subconsciously want to snack. So I employed a trick I outlined in the Atlantic piece.

    When I want to go to Twitter or Instagram I open the Imprint app.

    The Imprint app offers extremely useful lessons about things you care about (deep work, philosophy, relationships etc.). It is engaging, not attention poking.

    When I close the app I am better than when I started. It is like anti-Twitter.

    I recommend it highly. I am deeply grateful for the people (none of whom I know) who created it. Needless to say, this is not a paid endorsement.

    I hope you find it has the same benefit for you.

     

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  • 11/03/2023: Thoughts on covering Donald Trump

  • 11/03/2023: Ray Bradbury punk rock graduation.

    Ray Bradbury was so poor growing up that in order to dress up for his graduation he had to wear his uncle’s suit. His uncle had died recently. The suite was the one he wore when he died. His uncle was shot. The suit still had the bullet hole in it. I learned that from […]

  • 06/14/2023: An artificial intelligence response to the Trump indictment

  • 06/07/2023: Presidential Restraint

    Matt Yglesias has a piece in the New York Times under the headline: “It’s Great to Have a President Who Knows When to Shut Up.” My favorite topic: presidential restraint. I spent a lot of time on the topic in my book, and why it’s necessary for the job. (Chapter 23: Restraint). There is no greater […]

  • 05/10/2023: How would Christ campaign for president?

      UPDATE: I tried the opposite:  

  • 05/06/2023: Campaign Short: Carter in Wisconsin 1976 and Cronkite asserts his personality

  • 05/02/2023: AI really gets to the point

  • 04/30/2023: Selling Candidates Like Soap

     

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  • 04/29/2023: The Magic of Music

    My cocktail chatter from the recent Gabfest: My chatter is on the magical properties of music. To me, musicians are the closest we have to actual Wizards. They can conjure a feeling and then make another human soul have that feeling or launch another feeling. Writing does this too, of course, but it’s rare when […]

  • 04/22/2023: Long Tail Interviews on Prime Time

    We cover the latest on Prime Time every day, but we also conduct a number of interviews that last beyond the move to fish wrap(*). Here are some interviews from the first four days of this week: 1. Why the fighting in Sudan matters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16ffhTXOsAQ 2. Evan Gershkovich’s friend explains his condition in a Russian […]