CBS News Lays Off 20 Amid Paramount Global’s Companywide Cuts; Catherine Herridge And Jeff Pegues Among Those Impacted

The companywide layoffs at Paramount Global impacted about 20 employees at CBS News, including correspondents Catherine Herridge and Jeff Pegues, several sources said today.

CBS News did not comment on the cuts, with some of the names of those let go first reported by the New York Post.

Herridge joined CBS in 2019 from Fox News, and served as senior investigative correspondent covering national security and intelligence. She has been in a First Amendment legal battle over a stories she did when she was at Fox News on a federal investigation of a Chinese American scientist. A federal judge had ordered her to reveal her source or face hefty fines.

Pegues was CBS News chief national affairs and justice correspondent, based in Washington, having joined the network in 2013.

Sources said that others who were laid off include Christina Ruffini, a correspondent covering foreign affairs and the State Department. The Post also reported that Pamela Falk, correspondent covering the United Nations, also was let go.