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Andy Court’s Biography

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Award-winning producer for 60 Minutes, CBS News
Former editorial director of the American Lawyer Magazine
Former reporter for The Concord Monitor and The Jerusalem Post
Graduate of Yale University

Andy Court’s Journalist Portfolio

Social Security overpayments: Tips to prevent them

Social Security overpayments: Tips to prevent them

Social Security overpays its recipients by billions of dollars every year-and then asks for the money back. H…

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The Gardens of the Queen

The Gardens of the Queen

Anderson Cooper takes viewers on an underwater adventure to one of the world's most vibrant coral reefs, an a…

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A Prisoner of Iran | 60 Minutes Full Episodes

A Prisoner of Iran | 60 Minutes Full Episodes

At 15:35 on this episode of 60 Minutes, an American shares his story of being held in Iran.

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With barricades, soldiers and new laws, Texas tries to deter illegal border crossings

With barricades, soldiers and new laws, Texas tries to deter illegal border crossings

Challenging the authority of the Biden administration, Texas has deployed state police, national guard soldie…

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Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough; Powering Electric Vehicles; Carbon Capture | 60 Minutes Full Episode...

Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough; Powering Electric Vehicles; Carbon Capture | 60 Minutes Full Episode...

Inside the fusion breakthrough at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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Social Security recipients struggle to pay back agency after unexpected overpayments | 60 Minutes

Social Security recipients struggle to pay back agency after unexpected overpayments | 60 Minutes

Each year, about a million people are told they owe the Social Security Administration money because the agen…

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Once a hostage of Colombian rebels, he decided to teach his former captors birding Original

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By Anderson Cooper Verified, Aliza Chasan Verified, Andy Court Verified
| CBS News Verified
Diego Calderón Franco, a researcher and birding guide, was once kidnapped and held hostage by Marxist rebels in Colombia. Years later, he decided to introduce his former captors to bird-watching, thinking it might provide some of them with new careers as guides. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a far-left group known by its Spanish acronym FARC, captured Calderón Franco in 2004 and held him hostage for 88 days.
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Birding paradise flourishes in Colombian region that was once a war zone Original

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By Anderson Cooper Verified, Andy Court Verified
| CBS News Verified
Once in a while we get to travel so far off-the-beaten track, there's hardly a track at all. That was the case last year when we went to the mountains of western Colombia. There are some 2,000 species of birds in that South American country, more than anywhere else on Earth – partly because of its diverse geography but also, surprisingly, because of war.
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Colombia has nearly 2,000 types of birds. Discover some of the species birders flock there to see. Original

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By Anderson Cooper Verified, Aliza Chasan Verified, Andy Court Verified
| CBS News Verified
Colombia, with its varied geography, has about 2,000 species of birds — more than any other country in the world. All those species of birds have become an important part of a growing ecotourism industry. It brings in millions of dollars to Colombia's economy, and bird watchers — birders, as they're known — are flocking to the South American country, hoping to catch even a fleeting glimpse of species you can't find anywhere else on Earth.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering local news for the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To care about people and be curious about the world. To try to shine a little light before you go.