CBS' '60 Minutes' hires new journalists ahead of September premiere
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Key Points:
- CBS’s “60 Minutes” has hired new correspondents and contributors for its 59th season, including Ross Douthat, Norah O’Donnell, Sebastian Junger, Trevor Phillips, and Gianna Toboni.
- The hires come two months after a major shakeup led by new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, who appointed Nick Bilton as executive producer, replacing Tanya Simon and resulting in the departure of several longtime correspondents.
- CBS News leaders expressed enthusiasm about the new additions, highlighting Douthat’s intellectual rigor, O’Donnell’s prominence, Junger’s storytelling talent, Toboni’s investigative range, and Phillips’s global affairs expertise.
- The shakeup follows a period of turmoil at “60 Minutes,” intensified by a lawsuit from former President Donald Trump over the editing of a 2024 interview with Kamala Harris, and broader changes at CBS News under new corporate leadership.
