Beth Knobel

It's rare to get to know a legend. But I was lucky enough to know Mike Wallace.

Mike and I got acquainted when we worked for CBS News, where I served as Moscow bureau chief until 2006. We also wrote a book together, Heat and Light: Advice for the Next...

It's good to speak Russian.

My knowledge of the language, picked up in nearly 15 years working in Moscow as a journalist, really comes in handy during those times when Russia is in the news. Like now.

There's been plenty written about the re-election of Vladimir Putin. But here are...

He wasn't famous. But if you're over the age of 40, you'd probably know Richard Threlkeld's face if you saw it.

Threlkeld spent more than 30 years as a correspondent and anchor for CBS and ABC News, reporting from all over the world -- from the foxholes of Vietnam...

The news that Vladimir Putin will seek a new term as Russian president is about as surprising as Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi announcing that she's going for another round of spray tanning.

Russia's current President, Dmitri Medvedev, made the long-awaited announcement on Saturday, ending months of nervous speculation about...

What would I tell university freshmen starting their studies? What's the best way to get through college?

I just gave the Convocation address to our freshmen at Fordham College at Rose Hill, in New York, where I teach. Here's a small part of what I said... words of wisdom...

Twenty years ago today, I was a summer intern in the Moscow Bureau of NBC News. I'd been living in Russia that summer, working on my doctoral dissertation about Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his use of the press.

I'd awakened along with the rest of the Soviet Union on...

In June 2009, I had the honor of interviewing Scott Pelley for the book I co-wrote with 60 Minutes legend Mike Wallace, Heat and Light: Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists.

Despite his busy schedule, Scott graciously talked with me for nearly two hours about his career, his...

Imagine that you're on the bus going to work. As you pass a particular building, your phone asks you if you'd like to hear a radio story about an event that happened there.

Then you get a text on your phone from a different station asking you to write...

Anna Chapman, the bombshell Russian spy, has a new website. It's only in Russian... but as a Russian speaker who spent 15 years as a reporter in Russia, I can try to translate this curious little glimpse into Chapman's world.

Anyone can sign on to www.annachapman.ru and...

Today, another technological tremor is shaking the world of journalism, as the local news blog Rockville Central becomes a Facebook-only site. It may be a tiny blog, but the potential results of this experiment are humongous.

"We think this is a pioneering -- and gutsy -- move," write Rockville Central's...

It's great news for those of us who worked at CBS News to see one of our own back at the helm. I have high hopes that Jeff Fager, the immensely talented 60 Minutes chief who has just been elevated to the newly created post of chairman of CBS News,...