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Bill Geist

Source: CBS

William (Bill) Geist (born May 10, 1945) is an author, columnist, and American television journalist. Bill Geist was born in Champaign, Illinois, and graduated from Champaign Central High School. He served in the United States Army as a combat photographer with the First Infantry Division in Vietnam. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, graduating with a BA Communications (1968), and the University of Missouri, graduating with an MA in Communications (1971). Geist began his career in 1972 when he joined the Chicago Tribune’s Suburban Trib subsidiary, where he worked as a reporter and columnist until 1980. From 1980 until 1987, he was a New York Times columnist; his “About New York” column appeared twice a week during this time. In August 1987, he joined CBS as a correspondent, where he contributes to CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes II and, occasionally, CBS Sports. He appears regularly on CBS Sunday Morning hosted by Charles Osgood, where he offers the Everyman’s perspective on American pop culture and current events.

• Born: May 10, 1945 (age 67) Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
• Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ’68 B.A. Communications University of Missouri, ’71 Master’s Communications
• Title: Correspondent, CBS News Sunday Morning
• Children: Willie and Libby

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Christmas in a real-life Bedford Falls
CBS Entertainment Ne, 2011-12-25 16:50:08
Bill Geist visits Seneca Falls, N.Y., which claims it's the inspiration of Frank Capra's holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life"

Video: Jousting makes a comeback
CBS Entertainment Ne, 2011-10-30 15:34:19
Modern day jousters are on a mission to make the sport of knights popular again after a several hundred year down period. Bill Geist reports.

Video: Minor leaguers playing for peanuts
CBS Entertainment Ne, 2011-09-18 15:02:20
We always think of baseball players as making millions of dollars and living in mansions, but as Bill Geist reports, that's not the case in the minor leagues where the players are paid peanuts and often live in the homes of their fans.