CBS’ ‘60 minutes’ announces new slate of correspondents for upcoming 59th season
Summary
CBS’s news program “60 Minutes” has hired new correspondents and contributors for its 59th season, including Ross Douthat and Norah O’Donnell. This comes after a major management and staff shakeup led by new CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.Key Facts
- The new team includes Ross Douthat, a conservative columnist, and Norah O’Donnell, former “CBS Evening News” anchor.
- Other new contributors are author Sebastian Junger, Trevor Phillips, and Gianna Toboni.
- Current correspondents Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim, and Bill Whitaker remain on the show.
- Executive producer Nick Bilton, with limited broadcast experience, replaced longtime producer Tanya Simon.
- Several correspondents, including Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega, and Scott Pelley, were dismissed or left recently.
- Anderson Cooper also left the program voluntarily after 20 years.
- The shakeup followed controversy involving an edited interview CBS aired about Kamala Harris that led to a lawsuit from President Donald Trump.
- CBS News president Tom Cibrowski and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss expressed strong support for the new hires.
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