VETERAN BROADCAST JOURNALIST MATT GUTMAN JOINS CBS NEWS AS CHIEF CORRESPONDENT

Gutman to Start with CBS News on Jan. 5

Matt Gutman, award-winning journalist and broadcast news veteran, has been named CBS News chief correspondent. Gutman will have a significant presence at CBS News, reporting for CBS MORNINGS, the CBS EVENING NEWS, serving as a lead correspondent for 48 HOURS and contributing to future seasons of 60 MINUTES. He will also serve as a fill-in anchor for the Network's flagship broadcasts. Gutman will move into this new role on Jan. 5, 2026, and will be based in Los Angeles.

Gutman brings to CBS News nearly three decades of experience covering some of the largest national and international news events of our time, including the Israel-Hamas war, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, the death of George Floyd, flash floods in Texas and mass shootings across the country.

He joins CBS News from ABC News, where he most recently served as chief national correspondent reporting for all of the organization's programs and platforms.

"Matt Gutman goes there. He brings the audience along with him to whatever story he is covering, and he approaches his work with the qualities we look for in all our journalists: fearlessness, energy and relentlessness," said Bari Weiss, CBS News editor-in-chief. "I cannot wait for him to get started."

"I have worked with Matt for decades and I have seen his innate ability to take viewers into a story," said Tom Cibrowski, president of CBS News. "Whether he's on the frontlines of a conflict or the scene of a rescue mission, he has the power to connect with people in a way that informs and engages. He has a sharp news sense, an acute ability to deliver immersive storytelling and a deep appreciation of history that will be an asset to all of us."

"I am thrilled to be joining CBS, a network with TV news' most storied past, and most exciting future. With Bari and Tom at the helm, our mission is to tell the most important news stories and bring our audience along with us to places they wouldn't otherwise be able to go, to give a voice to those who might otherwise not be heard, and to tell it straight," said Gutman.

At 48 HOURS, Gutman will take on an integral role, joining the team of Peter Van Sant, Erin Moriarty, Natalie Morales and Anne-Marie Green.

Throughout his career, Gutman has set himself apart for his in-the-field reporting on significant international and domestic news events. Gutman has covered every major conflict in the Middle East over the past 25 years, from the second Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza in the early 2000s, to the fall of Saddam Hussein, the U.S. war in Afghanistan and the more recent Israel-Hamas conflict and hostage crisis. In 2023, Gutman was one of the earliest journalists to arrive in Israel after the Oct. 7 terror attack. In 2022, Gutman was on the ground in Ukraine when Russia invaded. In 2018, Gutman was in Thailand as the world watched members of a youth soccer team get rescued from a cave. He has covered climate change and natural disasters including tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, fires and famines from six continents.

Gutman has frequently reported for ABC's "20/20" and interviewed criminals on death row, covered the Karen Read murder trial extensively and spoken with countless victims of violence. Gutman joined ABC News in 2008 as a radio correspondent.

He began his journalism career as a freelance print reporter in the Middle East covering the war on terror.

Gutman has earned almost every major award in TV news, including the Emmys, the Edward R. Murrow Award, The duPont, the Gracie Awards and the NABJ awards.

He is a graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts.