The veteran political journalist who joined CBS News in 2009 gave no reason for leaving in an Instagram post announcing his decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am extremely grateful for all that CBS News gave me – the work, the audience\u2019s attention and the honor of being a part of the network\u2019s history – and I am grateful for my dear colleagues who\u2019ve made me a better journalist and a better human being and I will miss you,\u201d Dickerson wrote.<\/p>\n
Dickerson became co-anchor of \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d in January alongside Maurice DuBois<\/a>, succeeding Norah O\u2019Donnell. The duo were part of a revamp of the program, which put an emphasis on more in-depth stories. <\/p>\n The format change failed to attract new viewers as it remains in third place behind \u201cABC World News Tonight with David Muir\u201d and \u201cNBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n There had been talk of significant changes coming to the newscast before Weiss signed on for a senior role at the division.<\/p>\n Weiss has reportedly expressed interest in bringing Fox News anchor Bret Baier <\/a>to CBS, but his current employer has him under contract through 2028. Baier anchors \u201cSpecial Report,\u201d a nightly newscast that like many Fox News programs is closely followed by President Trump. <\/p>\n Anderson Cooper, whose contract will soon be up at CNN, has also been mentioned internally as an evening news anchor candidate.<\/p>\n \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d co-anchors Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson. <\/p>\n (Gail Schulman\/CBS News)<\/p>\n The changes to \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d were initiated by former \u201c60 Minutes\u201d executive producer Bill Owens, who was pushed out <\/a>of the company amid the controversy over a 2024 interview with former vice president Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n Trump sued the network over the interview which he said was deceptively edited to help her presidential campaign. Although the case labeled as frivolous by 1st Amendment experts, Paramount settled the suit for $16 million to clear the regulatory path for its merger with Skydance Media.<\/p>\n A former writer for Time magazine, Dickerson came to CBS News as a contributor before taking on a variety of roles in the division. He was anchor of the Washington-based public affairs program \u201cFace the Nation.\u201d He moved to New York to join \u201cCBS This Morning\u201d after the network fired Charlie Rose over sexual harassment allegations in 2017.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n