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Anthony Mason Biography

Birth Place:

New York, New York, United States

Profession

Journalist, TV host

Fast Facts

Created his own imaginary television broadcast network when he was young and named it Green Hornet Broadcasting after his favorite superhero
Joined CBS News in 1986
Was the Chief Moscow Correspondent for CBS from 1991 to 1993, and reported on the 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev
The CBS Sunday Morning profiles of mystery writers, "The Fine Print," for which he was correspondent and producer earned him a Raven Award in 2002
Business website Marketwatch
com named him the broadcast journalist of the year in 2008 for his explanatory reporting on the financial crisis