Scott Pelley

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Scott Pelley
Pelley at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, 2014
Born	Scott Cameron Pelley (1957-07-28) July 28, 1957 (age 66) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Education	Coronado High School (Lubbock, Texas)
Alma mater	Texas Tech University
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	1975–present
Notable credit(s)	60 Minutes CBS Evening News
Spouse	Jane Boone ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	2

Scott Cameron Pelley (born July 28, 1957) is an American journalist and author who has been a correspondent and anchor for CBS News for more than 31 years. Pelley is the author of the 2019 book, Truth Worth Telling, and a correspondent for the CBS News magazine 60 Minutes. Pelley served as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2011 to 2017, a period in which the broadcast added more than a million and a half viewers, achieving its highest ratings in more than a decade.^[1] Pelley served as CBS News’s chief White House correspondent from 1997 to 1999.