Scott Paley net worth
Scott Paley Net Worth: Scott Pelley is an American television journalist and news anchor who has a net worth of $16 million. Scott Paley was born on July 28, 1957 in San Antonio, Texas. He is best known as the current anchor and editor-in-chief of CBS Evening News and a reporter for CBS News Magazine’s 60 Minutes. Prior to his 60 Minutes position, Paley was a reporter for 60 Minutes II and served as CBS News’ chief White House correspondent. His first job in journalism was at the age of 15 as a copywriter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. He majored in journalism at Texas Tech University. He moved to KXAS-TV in Fort Worth in 1978, then moved to WFAA-TV in Dallas in 1982, where he worked for seven years. In 1985, Paley’s report on Guatemalan refugees living in the remote jungles of Mexico caught the attention of CBS News executives, but it would be another four years before Paley moved to CBS. Paley became the anchor of the CBS Evening News on June 6, 2011, succeeding anchor Katie Couric. Pelley’s journalism-related awards are numerous, some of them collectively: 60 Minutes II Investigative Reporter and Editor Award (1999) for coverage of child slavery in India; George Foster Peabody Award for reporting of death (2007); Pelley’s team received second George Foster Peabody Award for reporting on medical relief organization Remote Area Medical (2009); Pelley and Conan O’Brien, Tom Hardy, and Mark Ronson (2010) join Salon.com’s men’s list; Pelley’s team wins Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for investigation of the Deepwater Horizon disaster (2011) Pelley’s team of producers, photographers and editors won the third George Foster Peabody Award for investigating a fraudulent medical study at Duke University (2013). Also in 2013, Paley was named a Texas Tech Distinguished Alumni, the highest honor bestowed by the Texas Tech Alumni Association. Inducted into the Texas Tech School of Media and Communication Hall of Fame in 2006; Scott Pelley currently serves on the Professional Advisory Board of the University’s School of Media and Communication. In 2014, CBS News received the Alfred DuPont Columbia University Award for its coverage of the mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Overall, Paley has been a correspondent for a team that has won 25 National Emmys from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
