Margaret Brennan: Political Journalist

  • Margaret Brennan is the Emmy-nominated moderator of CBS News’ Face the Nation, one of the longest-running news programs in the U.S., known for its in-depth analysis of global and domestic issues.
  • With a career spanning coverage of major international events and interviews with world leaders, Margaret brings unparalleled insight into geopolitical trends, economic shifts, and their implications for businesses and individuals.
  • Margaret is a master at facilitating meaningful discussions, whether moderating panels, conducting interviews, or hosting high-level forums, ensuring engaging and thought-provoking exchanges.

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  • Travels from: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Margaret Brennan draws on her extensive experience as a moderator and journalist to provide audiences with a fast-paced, captivating overview of the biggest stories driving our 24-hour news cycle and how they’ll play out in the coming months and years.

Intent at bridging the gap between the local and the global, Brennan draws parallels between domestic and foreign stories.

Focused on providing only fact and no opinion, Brennan helps audiences make connections between the stories of the day and the impact they’ll have on their individual lives without taking sides.

Brennan leaves audiences feeling smarter and with a better grasp of the breaking news shaping Washington, our country, and the world.

Margaret Brennan has reported on politics, international affairs, and global markets for nearly two decades. Currently the moderator of CBS News’ Face the Nation and the network’s senior foreign affairs correspondent, she is one of the most visible faces in political news today and only the second-ever female host of the 63-year-old program. Brennan focuses […]

Margaret Brennan has reported on politics, international affairs, and global markets for nearly two decades.

Currently the moderator of CBS News’ Face the Nation and the network’s senior foreign affairs correspondent, she is one of the most visible faces in political news today and only the second-ever female host of the 63-year-old program.

Brennan focuses on offering a fact-based review of the day’s biggest ongoing news as well as breaking stories, and draws on her extensive global experience to provide an unbiased, big-picture look at the issues that matter now.

She skillfully connects waves passing through Washington to larger global tides turning and remaking culture, politics, the global economy, and more.

Brennan brings a wealth of reporting experience to the moderator chair on “Face the Nation” that sets her and the broadcast apart and provides nuanced coverage on pressing developments. Prior to joining CBS News, Brennan spent a decade covering the global financial markets.

She anchored and reported for Bloomberg Television around the globe. Previously, she was a correspondent at CNBC with a focus on the consumer during the 2008 financial crisis and contributed to various NBC News programs. Brennan began her career as a producer for CNBC’s “Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser.”

Margaret Brennan is a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on the advisory board for the University of Virginia School of Politics and the Smurfit School of Business. She is also a member of the Gridiron Club.

Margaret Brennan graduated with highest distinction from the University of Virginia in 2002, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in foreign affairs and Middle East studies with a minor in Arabic. As a Fulbright-Hays Scholar, she studied Arabic at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan. She is also the recipient of an honorary doctor of letters degree from Niagara University.

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