New York Times Writer Ross Douthat Named '60 Minutes' Correspondent

Ross Douthat, a longtime blimpish sound connected nan New York Times op-ed page, has been hired arsenic full-time analogous connected “60 Minutes.”

Douthat is nan first full-time analogous named to nan venerable CBS News mag programme since it underwent a monolithic shake-up past spring.

His hiring was announced Tuesday.

CBS News executives are trying to capable respective analogous roles aft veterans Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega and executive shaper Tanya Simon were fired by CBS News editor successful main Bari Weiss.

Anderson Cooper turned down a caller woody to proceed arsenic a contributing correspondent.

Douthat, 46, is not often seen connected television.

He hosted a video podcast, “Interesting Times,” for nan New York Times sentiment conception which explored belief and politics.

On “60 Minutes,” he will go nan astir salient blimpish sound connected a broadcast news network.

Douthat has been pinch nan Times sentiment page since 2009, erstwhile he replaced blimpish columnist Bill Kristol.

The Times conception is wherever Weiss first made her sanction arsenic anti-woke contrarian earlier she launched nan like-minded integer news tract nan Free Press, which was acquired past twelvemonth by CBS News genitor Paramount.

Weiss was hired arsenic editor successful main of CBS News successful October pinch a instruction from Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison to propulsion nan web much to nan governmental center. The hiring of Douthat addresses that desire.

Nick Bilton, whom Weiss hired arsenic executive shaper of “60 Minutes,” besides named 3 contributors to nan program.

• Author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger, 64, who wrote “The Perfect Storm” and covered nan Afghanistan warfare for ABC News. He is simply a Peabody Award winner.
  
• Gianna Toboni, 39, a erstwhile analogous for Vice News who astir precocious was a newsman for CNN. She will besides beryllium a CBS News nationalist correspondent.
  
• Trevor Phillips, 72, a British journalist who joined CBS News earler this twelvemonth arsenic a elder world affairs correspondent. He besides worked successful British politics.

Several soul names are still being considered for full-time and contributor roles connected nan program. They see “CBS Sunday Morning” seasoned Seth Doane, nationalist analogous Matt Guttman and overseas analogous Holly Phillips. “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Doukopil is besides expected beryllium a contributor.

Veteran correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, Norah O’Donnell and Jon Wertheim are besides returning to nan program, which originates its 58th play connected Sept. 13.

The soul discord astatine “60 Minutes” followed a highly successful play wherever its ratings accrued by 9% according to Nielsen.

But location was turmoil passim nan play arsenic Weiss fired Alfonsi and Vega — some of whom complained that nan executive pushed them to adhd right-wing talking points to their stories.

In consequence to nan firings, Pelley accused Weiss of “murdering” nan programme and claimed she was putting “her thumb connected nan scale” for much favorable sum of President Trump’s administration.

Pelley was shown nan doorway pinch origin aft confronting guidance complete nan firings astatine a June 1 meeting.