There he supervised coverage of the biggest broadcast events such as football World Cups, Commonwealth and Olympic Games, as well as Royal Weddings and other national ceremonial occasions.

Later, as the editor in charge of science news, he supervised coverage of technology, medicine and space exploration that was later incorporated into a separate weekly section, Science Times.

"CBS is not interested in buying news," said Mark Kramer, who helps supervise coverage of special events for CBS-News in New York.

He also served as national editor for six months in 2000, supervising coverage of the presidential elections and the post-election day recount, and as Washington editor.

He became foreign news editor in 1948, supervising coverage of such events as the decolonization of Africa and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

For the last four months, on special assignment, he has supervised coverage of education and the environment.

She is a former editor of Newsweek, and supervised award-winning coverage of politics, social issues and international news as the magazine's national affairs editor, assistant managing editor and the managing editor of Newsweek International.

He supervised coverage of the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s and became the magazine's foreign editor from 2002 to 2009, covering the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He oversees all Washington-based reporting and production for NBC and MSNBC, has executive responsibility for "Meet the Press" and supervises the network's election and political coverage, in addition to appearing as an on-air analyst.

As Washington news editor from 1978 to 1985, in the No.2 management post in Washington, after that of the bureau chief, Mr. Finney supervised political and policy coverage and was a mentor to many younger reporters.