60 Minutes adds new correspondents and contributors after key departures
CBS's 60 Minutes has announced a new roster of correspondents and contributors, including Ross Douthat and Sebastian Junger. These hires follow a series of high-profile departures earlier this year.
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Sebastian Junger, Trevor Phillips and Gianna Toboni. Photograph: Getty Images Sebastian Junger, Trevor Phillips and Gianna Toboni. Photograph: Getty Images Media 60 Minutes adds new correspondents and contributors after key departures New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat has been named a correspondent, while Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni and Trevor Phillips have been named contributors
Prefer the Guardian on Google The CBS broadcast 60 Minutes announced a new slate of correspondents and contributors on Tuesday that will help replace a group of longtime correspondents, including Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, who were fired this spring.
The most significant addition to the lineup, announced in a memo to employees from the executive producer, Nick Bilton, is the New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat, who is joining as a correspondent. Bilton called Douthat, who is leaving the Times, “a thinker of uncommon rigor and a journalist of deep empathy”.
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