Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson CBS News

Award-winning journalist, producer, and writer Craig Wilson is nan executive shaper for nan "CBS Weekend News."

Wilson has spent astir of his 3 decades successful publicity astatine CBS News. He joined successful 1995 and has supported astir each broadcast connected nan Network since then.

Most recently, Wilson served arsenic a elder broadcast shaper for nan "CBS Weekend News" since 2020, wherever his squad played a captious domiciled successful CBS News' sum of important breaking news events specified arsenic nan conflict successful nan Middle East, nan attempted assassinations of erstwhile President Trump, and President Biden's Sunday day announcement that he would not activity different term.

During nan COVID-19 pandemic, Wilson took nan "CBS Weekend News" connected nan road, moving pinch 12 CBS Stations and Network affiliates who helped big and anchor nan broadcast. During that time, Wilson helped create nan "Weekend News' 'Weekend Journal'" segment, which highlights nan activity of news directors, producers, and anchors crossed nan country.

Before his domiciled connected nan "CBS Weekend News," Wilson worked crossed CBS News platforms and teams, including Newspath, nan overseas desk, nan CBS News overnight programme "Up To The Minute, "CBS Saturday Morning," "CBS News Sunday Morning," and nan "CBS Evening News pinch Norah O'Donnell." Additionally, while moving nights, he supported sum of typical events, including erstwhile President Trump's historical sojourn to nan Korean Demilitarized Zone and gathering pinch North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

Before joining CBS News, Wilson worked arsenic a freelance news writer and shaper astatine NBC's "Today" show and arsenic a freelance typical projects shaper astatine The Weather Channel.

He began his publicity profession arsenic a paperboy for nan Medicine Hat News successful his hometown of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. He began his tv profession successful 1988 arsenic a newsman for CHAT TV and Radio. He credits his early profession days successful Alberta pinch driving his passion for news and school him important lessons astir occurrence and nonaccomplishment successful life and nan publicity industry.

Wilson's activity has earned him respective notable awards, including 3 Emmys. He has besides won 3 Writer's Guild of America Awards for Best News Writing and a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award.

Wilson graduated from Columbia University successful New York City pinch a grade successful European History successful 1995.

Wilson is nan begetter of 2 children and resides successful New Jersey pinch his wife, an attorney.