TANYA RIVERO NAMED ANCHOR AT CBSN

TANYA RIVERO NAMED ANCHOR AT CBSN

Tanya Rivero has been named anchor at CBSN, CBS News’ 24/7 free streaming platform, it was announced today. She begins her new role on Monday, Sept. 9.

Prior to this position, Rivero was a freelance anchor and reporter for CBSN, where she covered a variety of national and international breaking news and feature stories. Rivero anchored CBSN’s live coverage of the Mueller report this past spring and had one of the first national interviews with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez before she was elected to Congress.

Before joining CBS News, she was the anchor of “Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero” on The Wall Street Journal’s digital channel, WSJ Live. Prior to that, she worked as an anchor and correspondent for ABC News, anchoring “ABC News Now,” “America This Morning” and “World News Now.”

Also at ABC News she was the host of “Good Morning America Health” and “Good Money,” as well as a correspondent for “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” “World News with Diane Sawyer” and “Weekend World News with David Muir.”

Rivero began her career in journalism as a reporter and fill-in anchor for WCBS-TV (CBS 2) in New York City, the flagship station of CBS Television Network.

She is a graduate of Yale University and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She also danced professionally with the New York City Ballet, before attending Yale. Rivero lives in Manhattan with her husband and two children.

About CBSN

CBSN is CBS News’ 24/7 digital streaming news service featuring live, anchored coverage available for free across all platforms. Launched in November 2014, the service now averages more than one million streams per day with a median viewer age of 37 and is a premier destination for breaking news and original storytelling from the deep bench of CBS News correspondents and reporters. CBSN features the top stories of the day as well as deep dives into key issues facing the nation and the world. CBSN has also expanded to launch major market local news streaming services, now including CBSN New York and CBSN Los Angeles with additional local services to come. CBSN is currently available on CBSNews.com and the CBS News app across 20 platforms, as well as the CBS All Access subscription service.