Chris Livesay - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

Chris Livesay is a foreign correspondent for CBS News, based in Rome. In 2021 his crew was the first American network to report from India on the country’s catastrophic outbreak of Covid. In 2020 his crew was the first inside an Italian ICU at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Later that year he offered a rare look inside Belarus as protests swept across the former Soviet republic, challenging allegedly rigged elections, as Europe’s so-called “last dictator” cracked down violently on demonstrators and journalists. In 2018 he was the first American TV correspondent to report from Libya in one year, and had to flee the country amid government threats for shedding light on migrant trafficking, torture, and abuse. In 2016, he was among the first journalists to report from Mosul, on the battle to uproot ISIS. He holds a master’s degree (highest honors) from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. His public speaking experience ranges from The Carnegie Endowment and The Pulitzer Center in the US, to universities and think tanks across Europe.

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Total articles 716

• Mass held in honor on Pope Francis as he marks 1 month in hospital, 12 years as pontiff

  By Chris Livesay Verified

  Mar. 14, 2025

• Pope Francis issues audio message, sounding frail three weeks into his hospitalization with pneumonia

  By Chris Livesay Verified

  Mar. 07, 2025

• Mass held in honor on Pope Francis as he marks 1 month in hospital, 12 years as pontiff

  By Chris Livesay Verified

  Mar. 14, 2025

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CBS News

CBS News is a leading American broadcast journalism organization and a division of CBS, established on September 18, 1927. Headquartered at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City, it has played a significant role in television and radio news for nearly a century. CBS News began as a radio service and expanded into television, becoming known for its live coverage and national news reporting. The organization offers a variety of television news programming, including the flagship *CBS Evening News*, which has featured prominent anchors like Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather. It also produced notable series such as *United Nations In Action*, which provided live coverage of UN proceedings, and *Douglas Edwards with the News*, the first nightly newscast broadcast coast-to-coast. CBS News has maintained a strong presence in radio journalism and has created documentary content through CBS News Productions. Under the leadership of President Wendy McMahon, CBS News continues to innovate while upholding its legacy in journalism.