Helen Thomas-After graduating from Wayne State University in 1942, Thomas moved to Washington D.C. where she was hired by the United Press. In 1955, she was given a beat for the United States Department of Justice. The beat's coverage included Capitol Hill, the FBI, and the Department of Health, Welfare and Education. Thomas began covering presidents during the presidency of JFK and in 1970 she shifted her career to being a White House correspondent. Some of her career highlights include being the only journalist to accompany President Nixon on his trip to China, becoming the United Press bureau chief (the first woman to hold a bureau chief position for a wire service), and becoming first female officer of the NPC.
Bob Schieffer- attended TCU and before having his first reporting job at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram he served in the United States Air Force. He worked for a short time at a station in Dallas before joining CBS in 1969. He started at CBS by just doing Sunday broadcasts before his assignment at the Pentagon from 1970-1974 and being the network's White House correspondent from 1974-1979. For 23 years he was the anchor for Saturday's CBS Evening News. He has been the host of Face the Nation since 1991. Over the course of his career Schieffer has won six Emmy Awards
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