Josh Landis

(CBS News) 

Josh Landis is co-creator of CBS News' "The Fast Draw," an animated news series appearing on a number of CBS News broadcasts, including THE "CBS Evening News" and "CBS News Sunday Morning." Landis was also a former correspondent for CBS Newspath, the world's largest satellite newsgathering service and the Network's 24/7 news service to its stations and international broadcast clients.

Before joining CBS News, Landis was the head writer for "World News With Charles Gibson" on ABC (2005-07). Before that he was a writer for "World News Tonight With Peter Jennings" (2002-04), head writer of weekend "World News" (2004-2005) and a writer for "Good Morning America" (2001-02). Landis' work with ABC News has earned him a WGA Award and an RTNDA-Edward R. Murrow Award.

Prior to that, Landis was a producer/writer for CNN (2001-02), primarily for "Lou Dobbs Moneyline" and "American Morning." Before that, he was senior editor for a weekly newspaper published by the National Science Foundation (1999-2001). In that role, Landis spent nearly a year in Antarctica reporting from far-flung locations including the South Pole, aboard a working icebreaker, the top of an active volcano and deep in the Transantarctic Mountains.

Landis was an associate producer for Fox News Channel (1996-99), a writer and researcher for the "America's Talking" network (1995-96) and a staff reporter and photographer for The Big Horn County News in Hardin, Mont. (1994).

In addition to his work as a writer and correspondent, Landis has had an impressive career as a photographer. His photos have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today and The Los Angeles Times, among other publications. Landis was graduated from Tulane University in 1994 with a degree in sociology.