David Schechter
David Schechter | |
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Schechter in Mauna Loa, Hawaii (2022) | |
| Born | February 16, 1971 |
| Education | University of Michigan (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | CBS News |
| Known for | Environmental journalism |
| Television | Verify Road Trip, On the Dot with David Schechter |
| Honours | Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award |
David Merrill Schechter (born February 16, 1971) is an American broadcast journalist and CBS News’s National Environmental Correspondent. He is known for work that emphasizes human impact in complex issues — particularly climate change and environmental science. Schechter is best known as the creator and host of Verify Road Trip, a documentary style program that took viewers on the road to examine public issues for themselves.
Over his career, Schechter worked as a local news reporter in Dallas, Minneapolis, Dubuque, Youngstown, and Kansas City before transitioning to CBS in 2022. Schechter has won multiple national awards, among them an Alfred duPont-Columbia University Award, multiple Edward R. Murrow Awards, two Scripps Howard Awards, and the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Political Reporting.