Norah O’Donnell Is Named as New CBS Evening News Anchor in Big Network Shakeup

Norah O’Donnell is the new face of CBS Evening News.

With the primaries and elections ahead, O’Donnell will also be CBS News’ lead anchor for political coverage.

The veteran journalist is only the second female solo anchor on CBS Evening News since Katie Couric who held the position from 2006-2011. O’Donnell, who was previously a co-host on CBS This Morning alongside Gayle King and John Dickerson will take over for Jeff Glor.

“I am going to give this everything I’ve got,” O’Donnell said on Twitter.

Before making the jump to CBS, O’Donnell spent 12 years at NBC, where she held a number of titles including commentator for the Today show and anchor on Weekend Today.

“I am endlessly curious about the news,” she told PEOPLE in February. “That’s why I became a journalist.”

After nearly two decades in the industry, O’Donnell has interviewed everyone from presidents to princes and says the key to her long career has been persistence.