Two of the executives who run Face the Nation are leaving their current roles. Mary Hager is retiring from CBS after 35 years, and Anne Hsu is relocating to Hong Kong. The shake-up comes while editor-in-chief Bari Weiss oversees wider changes across CBS News.
The network has not named a successor for either woman. Both took their current jobs less than two years ago, so the Sunday program now needs a new senior executive producer and a new executive producer. Hager’s plans had circulated inside CBS for a while. Hsu is staying with the company and will work from abroad.
Face the Nation’s Mary Hager retires
Hager’s CBS career began in 1991, when she took a research job on the network’s political team. In 2011, she became executive producer of Face the Nation. Three moderators have anchored the show during her run: Bob Schieffer, John Dickerson, and Margaret Brennan, who took over in 2018.
CBS promoted Hager to senior executive producer in February 2025. That change handed Hsu the daily running of the broadcast. Hager’s work covered presidential elections and debates, among them the 2024 vice presidential matchup between JD Vance and Tim Walz.
Her duties also extended past Sunday mornings. Since 2022, Hager has held the title of executive editor of politics for CBS News. In that post, she has helped direct political coverage on every network platform, which has given her a hand in how CBS reports from Washington.
Anne Hsu gets transferred
Hsu came to CBS News in 2014. She worked her way up to senior broadcast producer on Face the Nation and kept the program on the air through the COVID-19 pandemic. When Hager moved up in February 2025, Hsu stepped in as executive producer. Her next assignment is the Hong Kong bureau. Hsu grew up in that city, so the move takes her back to her hometown (via The Wrap).
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