Making the Rounds

Before Norah O’Donnell officially steps in as the new Anchor of the CBS Evening News, she has to press the flesh.

O’Donnell is making her way around the country to the CBS O&O’s and some affiliates to shake their hands and shoot some promos with the main Anchors.

She stopped by KPIX to smile and talk about her new gig.

“Our goal is to take the show on the road as often as we can; not just to cover the election, but big news stories,” O’Donnell said during a visit to the San Francisco station this morning, where she met with staffers to discuss the future of the “CBS Evening News.”

O’Donnell assured the journalists at KPIX that just because the “CBS Evening News” will eventually be based in the capitol, it won’t become Washington-news centric. Instead, she said, it will give CBS News journalists a unique position from which to cover the world – and not just politics.

“How do you cover a story? You get as close to it as you can,” O’Donnell said. “There’s a nexus in Washington to just about every important story.”

H/T KPIX