Cecilia Vega is departingABC NewsforCBS Newsand60 Minutes, where she will be a correspondent.
Vega said in a statement, This is a dream come true.
Bill Owens, executive producer of60 Minutes, said that Vega was a sensational storyteller.
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Her new colleagues couldnt agree more.
She also worked earlier in her career as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Kaitlan Collins left as CNNs chief White House correspondent last fall to become co-anchor of the networks morning show.
Phil Mattingly succeeded her as lead correspondent on the beat.
ABC News has not yet named a successor to Vega.
CBS News last year hired Robert Costa from The Washington Post and Natalie Morales from NBC News.
