“When the campaign ends, and you are home, the alarm clock is the same, but you don't know where to start after it goes off: expense reports, new stories, the crusted paint cans that have to go to the hazardous-waste disposal site, the wiper blade on the Honda that has gone droopy.”

American journalist, born 1968

John Frederick Dickerson is an American journalist and contributing writer at The Atlantic. He was born in 1968 and has worked in television news for much of his career, including at CBS News, where he became co-anchor of CBS Evening News in 2025 alongside Maurice DuBois. Dickerson is known for political reporting and analysis, with work that has moved between print and broadcast journalism. His writing and reporting often reflect the habits of a political correspondent, focusing on public life, current events, and the institutions that shape them.