Sharyn Alfonsi
American on-air correspondent and journalist
Sharyn Elizabeth Alfonsi (born June 3, 1972) is an American investigative journalist who worked as a correspondent for 60 Minutes from 2015 until CBS News did not renew her contract on May 28, 2026. She has won three Emmy Awards, the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, a Sigma Delta Chi Award, two Gracie Awards, the Ridenhour Prize for Courage, and a Writers Guild of America Award. She has reported from war zones in Iraq, Gaza, and Afghanistan, and covered major events including Hurricane Katrina and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Early life and education
Alfonsi is from a large Italian family and attended high school in McLean, Virginia. She graduated with honors from the University of Mississippi in Oxford in 1994, where she was a James Love Scholar.
Career
Early career
Alfonsi began her career in local news at KHBS-KHOG-TV in Fort Smith and Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1995 then WVEC-TV in Norfolk, Virginia, and KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington, and later WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts. She was hired by Dan Rather at CBS News in 2002 as a correspondent based in New York. During her time as a CBS News correspondent, Alfonsi covered the Virginia Tech shooting, Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq War, and the Israel-Lebanon conflict. She left CBS in 2008 to work for ABC News, where she reported for World News Tonight and Nightline for five years. She returned to CBS in 2011 to work for 60 Minutes Sports, which aired on Showtime.
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