Natalie Morales To Serve As Correspondent For ’48 Hours’ – Deadline

Natalie Morales shall be a correspondent for CBS Information, with duties that may embody the true crime sequence 48 Hours.

Morales continues to co-host The Discuss.

She joined CBS final 12 months after 22 years at NBC Information. She had served because the west coast anchor of Right now, correspondent on Dateline. She additionally had a tenure as host of Entry, co-host of Entry Dwell and information anchor of Right now, in addition to co-hosting the present’s third hour. She additionally was anchor of Reelz’s Behind Closed Doorways with Natalie Morales. She joined Right now in 2006 as a nationwide correspondent, and reported throughout the community.

Neeraj Khemlani, the president of CBS Information and Stations, mentioned in a press release that Morales “is aware of the right way to get to the center of a troublesome story with compassion and beauty.” Morales famous that 48 Hours “pioneered true crime tv and I’m trying ahead to working with the good crew of producers and correspondents to convey the perfect tales to CBS viewers on Saturday nights.” The sequence, now in its thirty fifth season, is govt produced by Judy Tygard.

In a press release, Tygard mentioned, “Natalie is a high-profile reporter with a well-recognized voice that viewers belief. She’s additionally recognized for her unique, unsparing interviews of infamous criminals together with Clark Rockefeller and Drew Peterson.”

Morales lives in Los Angeles along with her husband and two sons. At NBC Information, she additionally lined occasions together with the mass taking pictures in 2017 on the Harvest Pageant, the Boston Marathon bombing and the rescue of Chilean miners in 2010.