Nora Odonell said goodbye to the anchor chair on Thursday night “CBS Evening News”, calling the gig “a lifetime honor”, and the bureau is preparing for the entire broadcast of the broadcast.
“It was an incredible five and a half years,” said Odnel.
Opura Win Free surprised Odnell (51) in a montage, which featured interviews with Pope Francisco and former Vice President Camara Harris and about 1,300 broadcasts.
“You have a lot of proud things,” Winfrey said. “Your job as an anchor and editor -in -chief of CBS Evening News not only won the award, but also gave us information to our country, even more important. “
Odnell, an anchor of the broadcast since 2019, emphasized the importance of journalism while greeting the last on -air.
“It's a once -in -a -lifetime honor to be an anchor for this traditional broadcast,” said Odnel.
“CBS Evening News is the longest evening news program in the United States for some reason, and it is supported by the best journalists in the world.”
“Correspondents, producers, researchers, and staff who work vigorously to deliver the news every night. Journalism is important, so it is the same. I know it from many viewers. Because I have heard that, I am grateful for the strict news from the bottom of my heart.
At the end of the broadcast, Odnel's “Evening News” staff applauded both sides.
“I'm lonely because you don't have,” Odonell told the audience. “It's the last, but it's the” CBS Evening News “tonight. It's thanks to everyone who works together. Seriously. I love you.”
In July, Odnell announced that it will resign as an anchor and editor -in -chief after the 2024 presidential election to focus on the stagnation of the audience rating.
The decision was made several months before the parent company Paramount Global made a major dismissal of 2,000 employees to reduce $ 500 million from the budget prior to the merger plan with the Sky Dance Media.
According to CBS, she will be in charge of long -term reports and interviews on CBS's Golden Time special program “Sunday Morning” and “60 Mnits”.
Postpaper exclusively reported that Odnel's $ 8 million salary was reduced to less than half of $ 3.8 million when re -contracting with the station in 2022.
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The average total viewer of “Evening News” is only 4.6 million, and the major 25 to 54 years old are less than 670,000, and “ABC World New Street Night” and “NBC Nightly News” Is taking.
CBS reporter John Dickerson and Maurice Duboa, CBS New York caster for many years, have been appointed Odnell.
The two will be a joint anchor, return the studio from Washington DC to Big Apple, and broadcast the first episode from New York on January 27.
“I would like to thank the audience,” said Duboa on Thursday. “This is my hometown, and we do not exist without viewers, so we thank everything for many years and we will continue for another time.”
