Robert Costa is the Chief Election & Campaign correspondent for CBS News, where he covers national politics and American democracy. Based in Washington D.C., he is a regular contributor to the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell,” “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” “CBS Mornings,” and “CBS News Sunday Morning,” as well as to CBS News Streaming programs such as “America Decides.” <\/p>\n
In 2023, Costa and colleagues at “CBS News Sunday Morning” won an Emmy Award at the 44th News and Documentary Emmy Awards. Costa was cited for his work as a contributing correspondent to the show, which won for “Outstanding Recorded News Program.”<\/p>\n
From 2014 to 2021, Costa was a national political reporter at The Washington Post, where he worked with colleagues on numerous investigations and covered Congress, the White House, and campaigns. He served as a lead host of “Post Live,” the Post’s live interview series featuring his in-depth conversations with newsmakers and cultural figures.<\/p>\n
Costa served as the moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” on PBS from 2017 to 2020. The respected prime-time news program, which features discussions with top national reporters on Friday nights, is one of the longest-running shows on television. During Costa’s tenure, The Associated Press called the broadcast “satisfyingly wonkish and amid a TV sea of partisan megaphones … especially important.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"