Scott Pelley

Correspondent, 60 Minutes

  • Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes correspondent

    Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes correspondent  (CBS)

(CBS)  Scott Pelley has been a "60 Minutes" correspondent since 2004. Previously, he served as a correspondent for "60 Minutes II" and as Chief White House Correspondent for the "CBS Evening News."

In 20 years at CBS News, Pelley has worked as a war correspondent in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and the former Yugoslavia. As a political reporter, he has covered numerous presidential campaigns and conducted six presidential interviews. Among his most memorable assignments was reporting from the World Trade Center as Tower One collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Pelley is honored to have received two George Foster Peabody awards, 10 national Emmy awards, three Edward R. Murrow awards, George Polk and Loeb Awards, as well as honors from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Writers Guild of America.

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