Anthony Mason

Anthony Mason (born June 23, 1956) is an American broadcast journalist. He has worked as a reporter, anchor and correspondent for CBS News since 1986, and was weekday co-host of its flagship morning program CBS This Morning from 2019 until early September 2021. He has also served as an interim anchor for the weekday editions of the CBS Evening News. Early life Mason was born in New York City and was educated at St. George's School, a boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island. In 1980, he graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Career Early career Mason worked at KJRH-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He then spent two years at then-CBS owned WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, the start of his association with the network. His last position before joining CBS News was at WCBS-TV in New York City.