Will Continue To Co-Anchor Saturday Edition of THE EARLY SHOW

     Erica Hill was named Newsreader for CBS News' THE EARLY SHOW, it was announced today by Sean McManus, President, CBS News and Sports.  Hill will continue to serve as co-anchor of the Saturday edition of THE EARLY SHOW alongside co-anchor Chris Wragge and will contribute to other CBS News broadcasts and platforms.  Her appointment is effective immediately.  

     "Erica is a talented, spirited anchor and an outstanding journalist whose work our audiences really appreciate," said McManus.  "She is a tenacious reporter and an insightful interviewer and we are very pleased that she is joining CBS News and THE EARLY SHOW full time."

     Hill was named co-anchor of the Saturday edition of THE EARLY SHOW in Sept. 2008.  In addition, she served as news anchor and correspondent for CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360°" (2005-10), and as a substitute anchor for Cooper and Campbell Brown (2008-10).  Most recently, she also anchored "CNN Tonight (2009)."  Prior to that, she was the anchor of "Prime News with Erica Hill," a live two-hour interview and news program on CNN Headline News (2006-08), and a news anchor and substitute anchor on CNN.  Hill joined CNN Headline News in 2003 as an anchor on the network's daily shows before she became co-anchor of "Prime News Tonight" (2005-06).  She was a national correspondent for "CNN Newsource" in its Washington, D.C., bureau (2004).

     While at CNN, Hill covered many breaking stories, including the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns, the war in Iraq, the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and the 2003 blackout that affected a large portion of the Northeast.  She reported from Mississippi as part of CNN's coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

     Before joining CNN, Hill served as co-anchor and correspondent for ZDTV's "Tech Live," a 30-minute daily news magazine (2001-03), from where she anchored live coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  She also served as a reporter for "Tech TV News," covering a wide variety of technology stories, and co-produced news specials for the network on several topics, including the debate surrounding embryonic stem cell research, the technology behind the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2001 Academy Awards (2000-01).

     Hill began her journalism career at PC Week as a production assistant for "PC Week Radio," the magazine's online news radio station (1998).

     She graduated summa cum laude from Boston University in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in journalism.  Hill lives in New York City.

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