Dan Rather
Journalist and former news anchor
Dan Rather is an American journalist who anchored the CBS Evening News for 24 years. He has reported on major world events for over six decades.
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American Born 1931 in Wharton, United States
About Dan Rather
Dan Rather was born in Wharton, Texas, and began his career in Texas. He became a national name in 1961 for his reporting during Hurricane Carla. He joined CBS News in 1962 and reported from Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He later served as White House correspondent and as a foreign correspondent in London and Vietnam. In 1981 he became anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News, a role he held for 24 years. He also contributed to 60 Minutes. After leaving the anchor desk in 2005, he hosted Dan Rather Reports from 2006 to 2013, and he went on to host other programs for AXS TV. Rather founded News and Guts, an independent production company focused on nonfiction content, and serves as its president and CEO. Since 2021 he has written the newsletter "Steady" on Substack. His book in our catalog is What Unites Us.