CBS’ ‘60 Minutes’ announces new slate of correspondents for upcoming 59th season
CBS' '60 Minutes' has announced a new slate of correspondents for its 59th season following a major internal restructuring. The new hires include conservative columnist Ross Douthat and former anchor Norah O'Donnell, joining a team led by new executive producer Nick Bilton.
Why it matters
The shake-up reflects significant editorial shifts at a legacy broadcast institution under new leadership, signaling a potential change in the program's journalistic direction.
Two months after a major shake-up, CBS’ “60 Minutes” has hired a lineup of new correspondents and contributors in time for its 59th season, including Ross Douthat, a conservative opinion columnist at The New York Times, and Norah O’Donnell, former anchor of “CBS Evening News.” The show’s new executive producer, Nick Bilton, announced the news in a staff memo Tuesday, shared on X. Joining Douthat and O’Donnell will be author Sebastian Junger, Trevor Phillips and Gianna Toboni. All will be contributors to the show. The new journalists join current correspondents Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker. Their hirings come two months after a shake-up at the storied program, led by the network’s new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss. Weiss installed Bilton, who has little substantive broadcast news experience, as executive producer, replacing Tanya Simon, who was let go after a 30-plus-year tenure with the show.
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