Russell Mitchell (born 25 March 1960) is an American journalist and television news anchor. He is the first official news anchor of The Early Show, the primary substitute anchor for Harry Smith, and anchor of the Sunday edition of CBS Evening News and on occasion filling in for Katie Couric during weeknights, and Jeff Glor during Saturday nights.
Mitchell was born in St. Louis, Missouri and was raised in Rock Hill. He attended the high school in ...
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Russell Mitchell (born 25 March 1960) is an American journalist and television news anchor. He is the first official news anchor of The Early Show, the primary substitute anchor for Harry Smith, and anchor of the Sunday edition of CBS Evening News and on occasion filling in for Katie Couric during weeknights, and Jeff Glor during Saturday nights.
Mitchell was born in St. Louis, Missouri and was raised in Rock Hill. He attended the high school in Webster Groves in suburban St. Louis, and went on to graduate from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Journalism in 1982.
Mitchell was an anchor for WFAA Dallas (1983-1985), reporter at KTVI St. Louis (1985-1987), and a weekend anchor and reporter for KMOV St. Louis (1987-1992). He joined CBS News in 1992 as co-anchor of Up to the Minute. He was a correspondent for Eye to Eye on CBS (1993-1995) and anchor of the CBS Sunday Night News (1996-present), and an original co-anchor on Saturday Early Show from 1997 to 2007. He also...
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