Tony Dokoupil took the reins of CBS Evening News on Jan. 5. He’s spending his first two weeks on the job traveling across America, broadcasting from 10 different cities.
On Monday the tour landed in Denver, broadcasting from Denver Union Station.
CBS News Colorado anchors Karen Leigh and Michael Spencer met up with Dokoupil ahead of the broadcast. He talked about why he wanted to start the show with a cross-country tour.
“People often say the work speaks for itself. I don’t think that’s true in our day and age. I think you have to speak for the work, and part of speaking for the work is getting out there and seeing people,” Dokoupil said. “The camera lens is great. Everyone has a phone in their pocket, but that is really one-dimensional. And there is no replacement for putting your own two feet on the ground and feeling the atmosphere in Denver and Detroit and Chicago and San Francisco and Dallas.”…