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Conor Knighton is a national correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning<\/em>\u2014the country\u2019s #1 morning news show\u2014and the author of The New York Times Bestseller Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion<\/em> Journey Through Every National Park<\/em>. His reports for CBS Sunday Morning <\/em>have covered everything from the Scandinavian obsession with salty licorice to what it\u2019s like to wake up on Wake Island, one of America\u2019s most remote military bases. He\u2019s the creator and producer of \u201cOn the Trail,\u201d a series about the U.S. national parks, and \u201cIsland Hopping,\u201d a series of segments set on islands across the world, from St. Pierre to the Seychelles. Conor has won five Emmy Awards\u00ae as part of the Sunday Morning <\/em>team. His feature reporting has also earned a National Headliner Award and an LA Press Club Award.<\/p>\n

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