Elaine Quijano is leaving CNN and Washington, DC and joining CBS News in New York as a general assignment reporter early next year. Quijano joined CNN Newsource in 2000 and moved to CNN as a Washington, DC-based correspondent in 2004, primarily covering the White House.

In a note to colleagues, Quijano writes, “Today is my last day at CNN. I’m off to the Big Apple and a new adventure. Many thanks to those of you I’ve had the privilege of working with through the years. What a remarkable experience it’s been.”

Quijano joined CNN after working as a reporter at WFTS-TV in Tampa.