Bruce Alexander Morton (October 28, 1930 – September 5, 2014) was an American television news correspondent for bothCBS News andCNN in a career which spanned over 40 years.

Morton was born inNorwalk, Connecticut, but grew up inChicago. He graduated fromHarvard University in 1952 and spent the next three years in the U.S. Army. While still at Harvard, he was a newscaster for aBoston radio station. After leaving the service, Morton went into television news, first as a behind-the-scenes assistant atNew York City'sWRCA-TV, then on air for a local station inPittsburgh. He joinedABC News in 1962 as aLondon-based reporter. In 1964, he joined CBS News, where he would stay for the next 29 years. He was based inWashington, D.C., where he was a Congressional correspondent. During his tenure with CBS, he also co-anchored theCBS Morning News (withHughes Rudd) from 1974 to 1977. Rudd and Morton were awarded aPeabody Award in 1976. Longtime CBS correspondentRoger Mudd, in his 2008 memoirThe Place To Be, acknowledged Morton as the best writer in the CBS Washington Bureau during the years they worked together.

After leaving CBS in 1993, Morton went to work for CNN, where he stayed until his retirement in 2006. Continuing to be based in Washington, his title at CNN was national correspondent.

He died on September 5, 2014, aged 83, at his home inWashington D.C..^[1]

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