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Bob Schieffer, has been a reporter for more than half a century and his retirement in 2015 marked his 46th year at CBS News and anchor of Face the Nation. In 2015, Face the Nation was the highest rated Sunday talk show for the fourth consecutive year and in 2014 the broadcast won an Emmy for its show covering the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination in 2013.
Schieffer has won virtually every award in broadcast journalism including eight Emmys, the overseas Press Club Award, the Paul White Award presented by the TV News Directors Association, the Edward R. Murrow Award given by Murrow's alma mater Washington State University and in 2008 he was named a living legend by the Library of Congress. In 2013, Schieffer was inducted into the National Academy of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
Schieffer is one of the few reporters in Washington to have covered all four of the major beats: the Pentagon, the White House, Congress and the State Department.
He became the network's chief Washington correspondent in 1982 and was named the anchor and moderator of Face the Nation, CBS News' Sunday public affairs broadcast, in 1991.
Schieffer anchored the Saturday edition of the CBS Evening News for 23 years. In March 2005, with the departure of Dan Rather, Schieffer served as interim anchor of The CBS Evening News, until August 2006 - a period that saw a substantial increase in ratings.
He has interviewed every president since Richard Nixon as well as most of those who sought the office. Schieffer also moderated three debates for the Presidential Commission on Debates in 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Schieffer’s timely and relevant upcoming book is called Overload: Finding the Truth in Today’s Deluge of News. From the explosion of fake news to the challenges of the 24 hour news cycle, Schieffer will share how political journalism today and those who practice it. Schieffer will provide an inside look at the changing role of media and asks whether today’s citizens are more informed or just overwhelmed.
