Anthony Mason (born June 23, 1956) is an American

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. He has worked as a

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and

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for

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since 1986, and was weekday co-host of its flagship morning program ''

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'' from 2019 until early September 2021. He has also served as an interim anchor for the weekday editions of the ''

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''.

Early life

Mason was born in New York City and was educated at St. George's School, a boarding school in

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. In 1980, he graduated from

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with a

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Career

Early career

Mason worked at

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. He then spent two years at then-CBS owned

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, the start of his association with the network. His last position before joining CBS News was at

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CBS News & CBS This Morning

Mason joined CBS News as a correspondent in 1986. He was the London Bureau correspondent from 1987 to 1990. From 1991 to 1993, Mason was the Chief Moscow Correspondent. He contributed award-winning coverage of the 1991 Soviet coup attempt from

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. He has been working in

since 1993. Mason was named the Business Correspondent in 1998. In early 2012 Mason became the co-anchor of ''

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'', and in 2019 became a co-host of the popular ''CBS This Morning'' weekday program.

''CBS Evening News''

On May 31, 2017, CBS News announced that Mason would become the interim anchor for the weekday editions of the ''

'', replacing

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in that role. This was made effective on June 19, 2017. On October 25, CBS News announced that

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would become the permanent weekday anchor. Mason's last day as anchor of CBS Evening News was Friday, December 1, 2017, with Glor becoming the new permanent weekday anchor of the program the following Monday, December 4.

''CBS Sunday Morning''

Anthony Mason also serves as a main correspondent and occasional substitute for CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley. For most of the second half of 2017, Mason was absent from the broadcast due to his interim anchor position at the CBS Evening News.

Awards

In 1985, Mason won the New York Associated Press Award for ''General Excellence of Individual Reporting on Vietnam Veterans''. He won an

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for ''Outstanding Individual Achievement by a Reporter'', and the Pennsylvania Associated Press Award for Best Feature Story.

Personal life

Mason has been married to Christina Anne Unhoch since 1994, and they have a daughter and son, residing in Manhattan. Mason also has one daughter from a previous marriage to advice columnist

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(1986–1990).

References

External links

IMDB Profile
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