CBS News Correspondent Bianna Golodryga Joins CBS THIS MORNING as a Co-Host

CBS News correspondent Bianna Golodryga joins CBS THIS MORNING as a co-host with Gayle King, Norah O'Donnell and John Dickerson on the Network's critically acclaimed and award-winning broadcast, it was announced today by David Rhodes, President of CBS News. Golodryga, who has been a reporter and fill-in co-host since 2017, begins today and will be based in New York.

Golodryga has been a versatile correspondent and substitute anchor for CBS News. She has worked alongside King, O'Donnell and Dickerson on CBS THIS MORNING, filled in on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH JEFF GLOR and appeared on CBSN, the division's 24/7 digital streaming network. Golodryga began reporting for CBS News in August 2017. On her debut at the Network, she reported live from her hometown of Houston during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Subsequently, she anchored CBS News coverage of such major breaking news as the Las Vegas concert shooting and the funeral of First Lady Barbara Bush. Her expertise in financial issues and Russian political matters has already benefited CBS THIS MORNING's coverage.

"Viewers know us as the REAL NEWS destination in the morning - which is why Bianna is the perfect addition to our team," said Rhodes. "We are so fortunate to have her CURIOSITY and global perspective on every broadcast of CBS THIS MORNING."

"In the last year Bianna has become a tremendous asset to all of us at CTM," said Ryan Kadro, Executive Producer of CBS THIS MORNING. "She is a superb broadcaster and journalist, and we look forward to having her at the table, or reporting in the field, every day."

"CBS has the best morning news team in the business," Golodryga said. "It's an honor to be joining Gayle, Norah and John and everyone at CTM as we continue to do what CBS News does best - reporting on issues that matter to our viewers, along with enterprising, smart and objective storytelling."

Golodryga is also a contributor to various CNN programs.

Before joining CBS News in August 2017, Golodryga's career spanned CNBC, ABC News and Yahoo News. From 2007-2014, Golodryga was at ABC News as the weekend co-anchor for ABC's "Good Morning America" and as the network's business correspondent. During her time at ABC News, Golodryga interviewed high-profile NEWSMAKERS including President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and investor Warren Buffett. In 2014 Golodryga joined Yahoo News as the news and finance anchor responsible for leading coverage of major financial and news stories. Golodryga began her career in television as a bureau producer at CNBC in 2001.

Golodryga earned a bachelor's degree in Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian studies with a minor in economics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Ryan Kadro is the executive producer of CBS THIS MORNING and CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY.

Each weekday morning, Gayle King, Norah O'Donnell and John Dickerson deliver two hours of original reporting, breaking news and top-level newsmaker interviews in an engaging and informative format that challenges the norm in network morning news programs. The broadcast has earned a prestigious Peabody Award, a Polk Award, three News & Documentary Emmys, three Daytime Emmys and the 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast. The broadcast was also honored with an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award as part of CBS News division-wide coverage of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

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