1. John Frederick Dickerson was born on July 6,1968 and is an American journalist and a reporter for CBS News.
15 Facts About John Dickerson
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John Dickerson served as an interim anchor of the CBS Evening News until Norah O'Donnell took over in the summer of 2019.
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John Dickerson grew up in McLean, Virginia, at Merrywood, a Georgian-style mansion high on a leafy bluff overlooking the Potomac River.
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John Dickerson holds a degree in English with distinction from the University of Virginia.
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John Dickerson hosted Face the Nation three times in 2009 and was appointed Political Director of CBS News in November 2011.
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John Dickerson appeared each Wednesday on The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio, until the show ended in 2007, and was a frequent guest on NPR's Day to Day.
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John Dickerson appears on PBS's Washington Week and the Slate Political Gabfest, a weekly podcast with David Plotz and Emily Bazelon.
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John Dickerson is the host of Whistlestop, a Slate podcast about presidential history.
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John Dickerson took over as host of Face the Nation on June 7,2015.
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Shortly after this, John Dickerson was named the new co-anchor of CBS This Morning.
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John Dickerson is the author of, most recently, The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency.
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In November 2018, John Dickerson contributed a few educational videos to Khan Academy during the 2018 midterm elections.
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On May 10,2019, CBS News President Susan Zirinsky said that John Dickerson would fill in for a week on the CBS Evening News after then-anchor Jeff Glor stepped down.
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On September 6,2020, John Dickerson substituted for Margaret Brennan on CBS' Face the Nation.
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John Dickerson has disputed Fleischer's account, claiming that Fleischer urged him to look into who sent Wilson but that he did not mention Plame's name or CIA identity.