Seth Doane (born June 26, 1978) is an American television journalist, working for

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Career

Doane is a Peabody Award winning CBS News reporter who was named correspondent for '' "60 in 6"'', the new ''

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'' streaming program. "Seth has covered some of the most important stories of the last decade, and I can't wait for him to start reporting for '60 in 6'", ''60 Minutes'' Executive Producer Bill Owens said in March 2020 when CBS made the announcement. Doane had been a regular contributor to ''

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'', and his role as a correspondent was formalized in early 2020 as announced by

. ''CBS Sunday Morning'' executive producer, Rand Morrison, said "Seth is a superb fit for "Sunday Morning". His reporting is smart and sensitive - and he brings a signature style to every story he does." He was part of the team at ''CBS News Sunday Morning'' to be awarded the 2020 News

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for "Outstanding News Special" for a special broadcast from Florence, Italy, "A Sunday Morning In Florence". The Rome, Italy based Doane contributed three separate pieces to the Emmy award-winning broadcast. Doane began his career at

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, New York City's

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affiliate, as a field producer.

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, the high-school TV network, then made him a news anchor, sending him abroad to cover stories in

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, Iran,

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, and the

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. In April 2006 CNN hired Doane as a special video news correspondent for

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, including India. He remained with CNN, based in New Delhi, until June 2007. In August 2007, Doane became a national correspondent for CBS News, covering domestic issues. In 2008 he began reporting a segment titled "The Other America" on the effects of the economic recession on individual people and families. Doane is also a frequent correspondent for ''CBS News Sunday Morning''. From April 2013 until March 2016, Doane was based in

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, covering events in Asia for CBS News. Since April 2016, he has been based in

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and covering Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for CBS News. On September 6, 2014, Doane married Andrea Pastorelli in a same-sex civil ceremony in

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at the Villa Rosa Badia Di Campoleone. In March 2020, Doane tested positive for

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. He was one of the first news correspondents to go public and told

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on ''CBS This Morning'' that he did so to raise awareness, combat stigma and help people recognize symptoms.

Childhood

Seth Doane is a 12th generational Cape Codder. The detail was revealed in a story for CBS which profiled his father, Paul Doane a former Republican State Senator who represented "Cape Cod and the Islands" in Massachusetts. The story was about his father's hobby, oyster fishing in Wellfleet.

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