Bob Schieffer, an anchor and correspondent with CBS News since 1969, will deliver the Rosine Smith Sammons Lecture in Media Ethics presented by the Division of Journalism at SMU’s Meadow’s School of the Arts Tuesday.

Schieffer anchored Saturday’s “CBS Evening News” broadcast from 1973 to 1996. He served as an interim weekday anchor of the “CBS Evening News” from 2005 to 2006 after Dan Rather’s last broadcast. He continues to moderate Sunday’s “Face the Nation,” a public affairs show Schieffer has worked on since 1991.

Schieffer is considered one of the most experienced Washington reporters. He is currently CBS’s Chief

Washington Correspondent. He is one of few broadcasters to ever cover all areas of the nation’s capitol — the White House, The Pentagon, the State Department and Capitol Hill.

Schieffer spent nearly his entire career covering the nation’s politics and has covered every presidential election since 1972. He got his start in journalism in Fort Worth, Texas. After an honorable discharge from the Air force, Schieffer joined the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

The Sammons lecture will be held Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. in SMU’s Caruth Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.

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