Norah O’Donnell

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Norah O'Donnell is a multiple Emmy Award-winning journalist with nearly three decades of experience covering the biggest stories in the world and conducting impactful, news-making interviews. She is CBS News’ Senior Correspondent, focused on big interviews and projects for the network, and spent five years as the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News the oldest and most revered evening news broadcast in America. O’Donnell anchors CBS News Election Specials and is a 60 Minutes contributing correspondent. She is married to the bacon-loving Geoff Tracy, otherwise known as Chef Geoff, and is the mother of three children.

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  • Norah O'Donnell with another woman, both in military uniforms, standing near a jet on an airfield, one is smiling and talking animatedly while the other listens. The jet is a fighter aircraft with insignia and a white, black, and red color scheme.
  • Children and a woman are gathered in a circle on a brick sidewalk, putting their hands together in a group hug, near a yellow school bus with a stop sign, in an outdoor schoolyard during fall.
  • Norah O'Donnell and Billy Jean King at The Ireland Funds event, Norah in a purple dress laughing, Billy Jean King in a teal jacket raising her arms in celebration, with audience silhouettes in front and a large blue backdrop behind them.
  • Bono and Norah O'Donnell are sitting at a round table in a restaurant, raising their drinks for a toast and smiling.
  • Norah O'Donnell and Stephen Colbert on a blue couch and a talk show set, respectively, pointing at each other with smiles. The set background shows a cityscape at night. The sign on the front of the desk reads 'The Late Show'.
  • Norah O'Donnell and Dolly Parton are seated and having a conversation in a professional studio setting with lighting equipment and cameras around them. Dolly Parton is dressed in a pink embroidered outfit and Norah O'Donnell in a darker colored suit.
  • Norah O'Donnell in a white shirt and khaki pants is speaking to a family behind a chain-link fence. The family includes a woman, a young girl, and a woman in a black shirt. There are cameras and crew filming the scene.
  • Norah O'Donnell in a blue CBS News jacket and cap interviews a man with a large video camera on a beach with cloudy skies and ocean waves in the background.
  • Norah O'Donnell wearing a light blue shirt, standing in front of a red Coast Guard helicopter at night.
  • Norah O'Donnell and Oprah Winfrey sitting at a white table, laughing, during a filming session with large studio lights overhead, in a bright room with high windows and decorative columns.
  • George W. Bush and Norah O'Donnell being filmed outside a modern building with glass windows and a brick wall.
  • George W. Bush and Norah O'Donnell having a conversation in an art gallery with colorful paintings on the wall behind them. The table in front of them displays art supplies and completed artwork.
  • Two women in space suits inside a spacecraft module, smiling and posing for the camera.
  • Kamala Harris and Norah O'Donnell sitting and facing each other in a filming studio, with camera equipment overhead, an American flag in the background.
  • Bernie Sanders and Norah O'Donnell in a meeting room with a grand piano, discussing documents on a marble table, with colorful abstract art on the wall in the background.
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson and Norah O'Donnell having a discussion in a courtroom or formal setting, with wooden paneling and documents on a table.
  • Two women having a conversation in a United Nations meeting room with UN flags on screens behind them.
  • Norah O'Donnell and Mitt Romney having a conversation in a studio setting.
  • Pope Francis and Norah O'Donnell smiling and engaged in conversation inside a room with religious artwork and curtains in the background.
  • Norah O'Donnell in an orange dress is sitting on a couch in a TV studio, talking to Serena Williams on a large screen via video call. The studio has a blue-themed background with a sign that reads 'CBS News Person to Person with Norah O'Donnell'.
  • Bono holding an umbrella and smiling, standing outside a door with Norah O'Donnell who is smiling and leaning out of the doorway, during rain.
  • Pope Francis and Norah O'Donnell engaged in conversation in a room with cream-colored curtains, a religious painting of the Virgin Mary, and a patterned red rug.
  • Norah O'Donnell and Barack Obama are seated face to face in a formal interview setting in an ornate room with flags and artwork in the background.
  • Norah O'Donnell interviewing Amy Coney Barrett in a formal room with wood-paneled walls and framed portraits. Amy, in a dark suit, is speaking and gesturing. Norah, in a bright red suit, is holding papers and listening.
  • Oprah Winfrey and Norah O'Donnell sitting at a white table, holding hands and smiling at each other. Oprah is wearing a white suit, and Norah is dressed in a blue patterned dress and wedge heels.