Linda Mason, CBS News veteran and trailblazing journalist, dies at age 84
After starting as a radio desk assistant in 1966, Linda Mason went on to become the first female producer of the "CBS Evening News" and held several other high-profile positions at CBS News.
Linda Mason, a veteran journalist and trailblazer at CBS News, has passed away at the age of 84. She began her career with the network in 1966 as a radio desk assistant and went on to become the first female producer of the CBS Evening News, working alongside legendary anchors Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather. Throughout her 47-year tenure, Mason held several high-profile roles, including senior producer for CBS Evening News, executive producer of CBS Sunday Morning, vice president of public affairs, and head of CBS News standards department.
Her career was marked by significant contributions to major international stories and the documentary series CBS Reports, as well as the primetime specials 60 Minutes … 25 Years and 60 Minutes at 30. Mason's impressive career was recognized with numerous accolades, including 13 Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, and the Grand Prize of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards.
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