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She Was a CBS News Producer When Few Women Were

Linda Mason started in an entry-level job at CBS Radio in 1966 and rose through the news division’s ranks to senior vice president. She was 84.

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Linda Mason started in an entry-level job at CBS Radio in 1966 and rose through the news division’s ranks to senior vice president. She was 84. Linda Mason, an Emmy Award-winning journalist at CBS News who was the first female producer at “CBS Evening News” with Walter Cronkite and who was put in charge of reinforcing the division’s standards after a botched “60 Minutes” report on President George W.

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