>> this week on "q&a" our guest is emmy award winning sharyl atkisson. who discusses her career state of the media and her future plans. she left cbs news after more than 20 years with the network. >> sharyl atkisson, one of the cbs reporters. we talked five years ago. now you're three months passed being with cbs. tell us why you left. >> primarily because i just wasn't a market for what i think i do best after i was doing, which is good investigative reporting preferably on topics that were underserved and also on topics people don't want to touch because they get push back or blow back. i like covering these kinds of topics. >> this may surprise you, this was you five years ago right in that same chair. >> rate this job you have. is this it? >> this is it. this is the best. especially you have your ups and downs and everybody -- the joke is only good as your last story. over all, this is what i want to do and with katy and the bosses that i named, heavily support this type of reporting which is a dream come true for someone who loves to dig and satisf

in a quick chat with erik, tyndall said that atkisson tallied 54 minutes on cbs news in 2013. a third in previous totals. that was good enough ranking for her to be 78th among network news reporters. did they ever explain to you why? >> i know why. i know why in a general sense. the bosses that liked wash dog stories on the government and the investigative reporting left, the managers that came in. they did not want these stories. that was the biggest change. at the same time, this also happened with the transition from the bush administration to the obama administration. lot of things happened. the beats that i had done for so many years that were very popular among viewers and popular among the broadcast show executives at the time, all of that changed. >> it appears to me, i read the weekley ratings online. when katie couric was there, the numbers were there when scott pelley there anchoring. did you have that same experience? >> i read those with a grain of salt. we all do this as a way to make all these sound like you're number one. the numbers are always better. i think

. >> tonight on c-span, "q&a" with investigative reporter sharyl atkisson.ter that prime minster questions. after that a look at muslim group who make up the population in iraq. >> this week on "q&a" our guest is emmy award winning sharyl atkisson. who discusses her career state of the media and her future plans. she left cñs news after more than 20 years with the network. >> sharyl atkisson, one of the cbs reporters. we talked five years ago. now you're three months passed being with cbs. tell uj why you left. >> primarily because i just wasn't a market for what i think i do best after i was doing, which is good investigative reporting preferably

. >> this week on "q&a" our guest is emmy award winning sharyl atkisson.who discusses her career state of the media and her future plans. she left cbs news after more than 20 years with the network. >> sharyl atkisson, one of the cbs reporters. we talked five years ago. now you're three months passed being with cbs. tell us why you left. >> primarily because i just wasn't a market for what i think i do best after i was doing, which is good investigative reporting preferably on topics that were underserved and also on topics people don't want to touch because they get push back or blow back. i like covering these kinds of topics.

. >> sharyl atkisson, one of the cbs reporters. we talked five years ago.now you're three months passed being with cbs. tell us why you left. >> primarily because i just wasn't a market for what i think i do best after i was doing, which is good investigative reporting preferably on topics that were underserved and also on topics people don't want to touch because they get push back or blow back. i like covering these kinds of topics. >> this may surprise you, this was you five years ago right in that same chair. >> rate this job you have. is this it? >> this is it. this is the best. especially you have your ups and downs and everybody -- the joke is only good as your last story. over all, this is what i want to do and with katy and the bosses that i named, heavily support this type of reporting which is a dream come true for someone who loves to dig and satisfy the curiosity. this is it. >> what happened? >> i think over all, not just at cbs but according to my colleagues and broadcast elsewhere, there's been a