Elaine Quijano

Career Quijano began her career as an intern at WCIA-TV in Champaign, Illinois, in 1994, and later became a reporter, producer, and anchor there. and joined CBS News in early 2010 as a general assignment reporter.

At CBS News, Quijano is based in New York City. She covered Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, and the 2014 World Cup.

In 2016, Quijano was named by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) as the moderator for the vice presidential debate on Tuesday, October 4, at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia; Quijano thereby became the first Asian American to moderate a U.S. debate for national elected office in the general election, It was also the first time a digital network anchor had been selected to moderate a national debate.

She was laid off by CBS in a round of staff cuts on March 20, 2026.