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Norah O’Donnell calls CBS News leadership ‘challenging’ amid departures

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Longtime CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell noted how “challenging” the network’s new leadership is in a podcast interview on Tuesday.

while appearing inJamie Kern Lima ShowO’Donnell was asked to comment on changes at CBS since the network and its parent company, Paramount Global, moved under new leadership.

“You know, oh my gosh, I’ve been at CBS for probably almost 14 years and I’ve had a great career,” O’Donnell said. “We’ve had a lot of leadership changes at CBS, whether it’s hosting the morning show at the White House, anchoring the evening news, working for ’60 Minutes,’ and it’s been challenging not only for me but for my colleagues as well. And I think with so much leadership change, people are scared about what the future holds.”

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Norah O’Donnell (right) spoke on “The Jamie Kern Lima Show” about her CBS News leadership. (Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images)

During the podcast, he praised CBS News for helping facilitate major interviews like his “60 Minutes” interview with President Donald Trump.

“I’m so lucky to work for CBS News and to work with top producers and, you know, we all get put under a lot of pressure sometimes, but I work with some really incredible, incredible people who not only make our work interesting and successful, but also make us care deeply about each other,” O’Donnell said.

Fox News Digital has reached out to CBS News for comment.

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CBS News has been under scrutiny since The Free Press founder Bari Weiss took over as editor-in-chief in October; this was a move seen as controversial by many within and outside the network.

Bari Weiss, hand-picked by Paramount CEO David Ellison, was officially appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News in October. (Michele Crowe/CBS News via Getty Images)

Shortly after Weiss’ new position was announced, John Dickerson, who replaced O’Donnell as anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” announced that he would be leaving the network after 16 years.

Last week, “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey abruptly resigned from the network, accusing leadership of wanting to conform stories to “ideological expectations.”

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“The reality is that commitment to these people and the stories they have to sell is becoming increasingly impossible,” Hastey said. “Stories may instead be judged not just on their journalistic merit but also on whether they conform to a changing set of ideological expectations, a dynamic that forces producers and reporters to self-censor or avoid compelling narratives that might trigger backlash or negative headlines.”