Who is Norah O’Donnell
Norah O’Donnell is a journalist from the United States of America. She is the managing editor and anchor of the program CBS Evening News. O’Donnell is also an anchor on CBS News Election Specials, a contributing correspondent on 60 Minutes as well as the host of CBS News 24/7’s Person to Person.
Having been in the journalism industry for nearly three decades, Ms. O’Donnell has won multiple Emmy awards for her coverage of the big stories around the world as well as for her thoughtful conversation interviews. O’Donnell has been leading CBS News’ broadcast from Washington, D.C. since being named as a managing editor and anchor in 2019. She is also known for having worked on other notable programs like CBS’s Face the Nation, CBS This Morning and was a Chief White House Correspondent.
How old is CBS Evening News Norah O’Donnell? | Age
Born as Norah Morahan O’Donnell, she is 50 years old as of January 23, 2024. She was born in Washington, D.C., U.S. in 1974.
O’Donnell’s Parents | Family
Donnell was born in Washington, D.C., to Noreen Bernadette (O’Kane) and Francis Lawrence O’Donnell, a medical practitioner and United States Army officer. Her parents are both Irish, with ancestors from Derry, Belfast, and Donegal.
How did Norah O Donnell and her husband meet?
O’Donnell is married to Geoff Tracy, a restaurateur and owner of Chef Geoff’s, the small chain of restaurants in D.C. The couple has been married since June 2001 and they live in Washington, D.C., as well as in the Upper West Side in New York City. The couple also wrote the book Baby Love: Healthy, Easy, Delicious Meals for Your Baby and Toddler, a cookbook for parents.
Geoff and O’Donnell met in university at Georgetown in the cafeteria during Norah’s first week of school. Her husband describes the encounter as love at first sight.
Does Norah O’Donnell have children?
O’Donnell and her husband are parents to three children. The first two are twins Grace and Henry who were born on May 20, 2007. The last born is daughter Riley Norah Tracy who was born on July 5, 2008.
Norah O’Donnell’s 60 Minutes
O’Donnell was a staff writer for Roll Call, covering Congress. She worked for the NBC networks for twelve years. O’Donnell was a Today Show contributor, Chief Washington Correspondent for MSNBC, and NBC News White House correspondent. She was also a contributing anchor for MSNBC Live and an anchor for Weekend Today. O’Donnell contributed to NBC News shows such as NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Dateline NBC, and MSNBC. O’Donnell hosted Hardball with Chris Matthews in place of Chris Matthews and was a regular analyst on The Chris Matthews Show. Since joining CBS, she has worked as an anchor on several of the network’s most popular shows, as well as filling in for Scott Pelley on the CBS Evening News several times.
In 2011 and 2012, she was the top White House correspondent, then in the fall of 2012, she joined CBS This Morning as a co-anchor. On May 6, 2019, CBS News president Susan Zirinsky announced that O’Donnell had been named anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News beginning July 15, 2019. She will also be the network’s lead anchor of political events and a contributing correspondent for 60 Minutes. She is the third woman, behind Connie Chung and Katie Couric, to serve as the show’s weeknight anchor. Her last CBS This Morning appearance was on May 16, 2019. O’Donnell’s contract with CBS News was extended to keep her as anchor of CBS Evening News until the 2024 election and beyond.
Norah O’Donnell Weight Loss – Health
O’Donnell was diagnosed with melanoma ‘in situ,’ which means the cancer was limited to the epidermis and had not migrated to the dermis or metastasized. Soon after, she underwent surgery in which a “three-inch-long piece of skin from the upper left corner of [her] back” was removed. She later revealed that she now had “every three to four months” skin check-ups and “multiple skin biopsies.” O’Donnell has become a skincare ambassador in the years since her diagnosis, pushing others, particularly women, to get regular dermatological check-ups and take better care of their skin by performing excellent skin care habits such as utilizing sunscreen. In 2017, she opened out about her condition with her dermatologist on CBS This Morning.
Norah O’Donnell Salary
Prior to 2022, O’Donnell made $8 million a year. However, after negotiations in 2022 a new deal was reached and her salary was reduced to $3.8 million.