according to CBS<\/a>. Then, in 2012, O’Donnell became co-host of “CBS This Morning” and stayed in the role until she was named anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News” in 2019. In 2025, she moved into her current position. Prior to joining CBS News, O’Donnell worked at NBC News, where she covered the Pentagon, Congress and the White House, according to her CBS bio.<\/p>\nA graduate of Georgetown University, O’Donnell grew up in a military family and grew up in San Antonio, Texas; Landstuhl, Germany; Seoul, South Korea and Washington, DC.<\/p>\n
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She has won numerous awards, including multiple Emmys, a Edward R. Murrow Award, the duPont-Columbia Award, the Scripps Howard Award for Excellence in Broadcast National\/International Coverage and the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award, her bio on CBS News says. O’Donnell received an Emmy and was also recognized by the prestigious White House Correspondents’ Association for her reporting on sexual assaults at the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2018.<\/p>\n\nIn a prolific career spanning more than three decades, O’Donnell has “interviewed every living president of the United States,” her bio on CBS News says, as well as a plethora of prominent personalities including Pope Francis, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the Duke of Sussex Prince Harry, Malala Yousafzai, the Dalai Lama, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Oprah Winfrey and Dolly Parton, among others.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nShe has covered eight presidential elections as a journalist and moderated the 2024 vice presidential debate<\/a> between JD Vance and Kamala Harris.<\/p>\nO’Donnell is married to Geoff Tracy, the president of\u00a0Chef Geoff\u2019s Deluxe Hospitality<\/a>\u00a0in Washington, DC. The\u00a0two met during their time at Georgetown<\/a>\u00a0and have three children together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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