Aaron Brown's departure from CNN was pretty much the moment I decided I no longer had any use for the network. Don't get me wrong, I do tend to like Anderson Cooper, but there simply aren't any more journalists like Aaron Brown on any of the big three news networks. So I'm glad to see he's going to be coming back to television on PBS.

Low-key CNN anchor Aaron Brown was bumped aside in 2005 for Anderson Cooper. Now his CNN contract is up, and he’ll resurface next month as host of a PBS documentary series. He’s also pitching a public-radio show, appearing in an upcoming Kevin Costner movie as himself (“My worst nightmare,” he says), and teaching journalism at the University of Arizona. He spoke to Michael Martin.