Douglas Edwards

Douglas Edwards (July 14, 1917 – October 13, 1990) was an American reporter. After a few years in radio, Edwards joined CBS in 1942. In 1948, he became the first network news television anchor, anchoring CBS's first nightly news broadcast until 1962.

Douglas Edwards in The War That Came Early
In late 1943, Douglas Edwards reported on the USA's successful reconquest of Midway Island, the increasing tension between the U.S. and Germany (including an exchange of fire between a German U-boat and an American destroyer), the USSR's gains on the Eastern Front, the disintegration of the Spanish Nationalists following the death of Marshal Sanjurjo, as well as several events around the U.S.