Seth Doane is a Rome-based correspondent for CBS News. In addition to traveling with Pope Francis and covering the Vatican, Doane is responsible for reporting on the wider region, from earthquakes in Italy, to terrorist attacks in France, to the refugee and migrant crisis in the waters of the Mediterranean.
The Peabody Award wining journalist was previously based in Beijing. During three years as CBS News’ Asia correspondent, Doane covered a wide range of breaking news and feature stories across the region. He made an intrepid journey into the South China Sea to glimpse China’s island-building efforts, traveled into closed-off North Korea twice, and reported from across China on issues from economics, to human rights, to the politics of the ruling Communist Party. In Japan he suited up to go inside reactor four at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima and covered the fallout of the earthquake and tsunami there.
Doane has traveled to around 70 countries and has filed stories from the front lines of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has covered natural disasters from the tsunami that struck Asia to the earthquake that rattled Haiti. He received the Peabody Award for a trip he took solo to Darfur (shooting, producing and reporting on the humanitarian situation there).
Doane contributes to all CBS News broadcasts and has reported regularly for “CBS Sunday Morning” filing feature pieces including stories about gondolas in Venice or leis in Hawaii and also harder issue stories about gun regulations in Australia or life in North Korea.
Before joining CBS News, Doane was the New Delhi, India-based correspondent for CNN International. Doane started his on-camera career at “Channel One News” the in-school television news broadcast which at the time was watched by nearly eight million students each morning.
His first job in TV was with the special projects unit for Fox-5,WNYW-TV in New York. While there, Doane was nominated for a local Emmy Award in the investigative category for a report he helped produce about school security – at the age of 22.
Doane graduated form the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California (USC). He graduated in 2000 with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. He was born and raised on Cape Cod in Massachusetts where his family has lived for generations.
Current Job Title
Foreign Correspondent
Company
CBS News
Location:
Rome, , Italy
Year Graduated
2000
Degree / Major
B.A. Broadcast Journalism
Previous Jobs:
While at CBS News: Asia Correspondent, Beijing-based / New York Bureau, NY Based
CNN International: New Delhi – based correspondent
Channel One News: Los Angeles – based anchor / correspondent