Russ Mitchell
Born	Russell Mitchell 25 March 1960 (1960-03-25) (age 49) St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Education	University of Missouri
Occupation	Journalist, news anchor
Notable credit(s)	The Early Show CBS Evening News, Sunday CBS News Sunday Morning

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.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early years 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Honours and awards 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early years

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.

[edit] Career

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 substituted for Mark McEwen on CBS This Morning, the predecessor to the Early Show from 1997 to October 1999.

[edit] Personal life

Mitchell was married to Erica Townsend from 1987 to 2000. Their daughter Ashley is a college student. He married Karina Mahtani December 2, 2006. They live in New York City.^[1]

[edit] Honours and awards

• 1989: Missouri UPI, Best Reporter honor
• 1995: National Association of Black Journalists Award
• 1997: Emmy Award, for coverage of the crash of TWA’s flight 800; with two additional from the St. Louis chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• 2001: Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi Award, for the CBS Evening News with Russ Mitchell's coverage of the Elian Gonzales story
• 2005: New York Association of Black Journalists Award, Best Documentary, for a Sunday Morning report on Stax Records

[edit] References

• "Russ Mitchell: Biography". CBS News. 2008. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/02/25/earlyshow/bios/main502031.shtml. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 
• St. Louis Press Club (16 November 2006). "Press Club to Honor CBS' Russ Mitchell at its Annual Scholarship Dinner Dec. 13". Press release. http://www.stlpressclub.org/pressreleaseNov2006.html. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 

[edit] External links

• Russ Mitchell at the Internet Movie Database
• A report by Millie Niss on a lecture given by Russ Mitchell
• Russ Mitchell interview with JournalismNow.com

v • d • e Anchors of The Early Show Weekday edition: Harry Smith • Maggie Rodriguez • Julie Chen • Russ Mitchell • Dave Price Saturday edition: Chris Wragge • Erica Hill • Priya David • Lonnie Quinn