(Posted March 14, 2024)

Caitlin Huey-Burns

Caitlin Huey-Burns

HUNTINGDON, Pa. — Caitlin Huey-Burns, a political correspondent for CBS News based in Washington, D.C., will present "The 2024 Presidential Election: The State of Play" Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m. The lecture will be delivered virtually and shown in the Ellis Ballroom at Juniata College.   

This event, made possible through the Calvert Ellis Memorial Lecture endowment and hosted by the Office of the Provost, is free and open to the public.   

Huey-Burns joined CBS News in 2018 as a political reporter for the streaming network and played a key role in the outlet's coverage of the 2020 presidential campaign. She secured interviews with every Democratic candidate running for president, including a newsbreaking interview with Kamala Harris and a wide-ranging sit-down interview with Joe Biden on the eve of his Super Tuesday sweep.  

She anchored an innovative series on voting rights and access for CBS News Streaming called "America's Right to Vote," filing reports from around the country and anchoring a voting rights special from the campaign trail that included interviews with key secretaries of state. She covered Election Night from Pennsylvania, reporting for a week outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center as officials counted votes. And she has continued reporting on voting access since, with incisive deep dives into states changing their election laws.  

Her reports for the broadcast have provided texture and context to politics, including how women lawmakers uniquely shaped the legislative response to the pandemic, how secretaries of state enlisted the help of sports teams and arenas for the 2020 elections, how “selfie lines” influenced the political campaigns, and the history and significance of presidential retreats.  

Huey-Burns was the first CBS journalist to file for TikTok and produced behind-the-scenes videos from the campaign trail. She is also a fill-in anchor for the CBS News Streaming politics show America Decides (formerly Red & Blue). Huey-Burns has been ahead of the curve in covering the infant formula shortage as a key political issue and reporting on the lack of resources for pregnant women in states with the most restrictive abortion laws.  

She graduated from John Carroll University with a degree in political science and English and earned a master's degree from Georgetown University.  

The Calvert N. Ellis Memorial Lectureship was established in memory of the sixth president of Juniata College, Dr. Calvert N. Ellis ’1923. This endowment brings renowned lecturers in philosophy and education to campus each year.   

Contact April Feagley at feaglea@juniata.edu or (814) 641-3131 for more information.