Bob Schieffer

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  Bob Schieffer is CBS News’ Chief Washington Correspondent, moderator of Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer and former anchor of the CBS Evening News. He is one of Washington’s most experienced reporters, having covered all four major beats in the nation’s capital – the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department and Capitol Hill. 2012 marks his 55th year as a reporter and his 43nd year at CBS News. Schieffer has received virtually every award in broadcast journalism, but he feels the greatest honor was bestowed upon him in March 2005 when his alma mater, Texas Christian University, created the Schieffer School of Journalism. Schieffer is the author of four books, including his 2003 New York Times bestselling memoir This Just In: What I Couldn’t Tell You on TV.