As Anderson Cooper Exits ‘60 Minutes,’ See Where to Find Other Alums of the Newsmagazine
As the turmoil at 60 Minutes continues, Anderson Cooper is leaving CBS’s long-running newsmagazine, where he’s been a correspondent for nearly 20 years, even as he continued his CNN duties.
Cooper attributed his exit to his desire to spend more time with his children, but it’s no secret that there’s tension between 60 Minutes’ on-air talent and CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss, as The New York Times recently reported. And lately, there’s been word that correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley might lose their 60 Minutes posts after their criticisms of the new CBS News regime.
(Has the ticking of that 60 Minutes stopwatch ever sounded so ominous?)
Amid all that behind-the-scenes drama, the former 60 Minutes correspondents below might be breathing a sigh of relief. Here’s what they’ve been up to…
Dan Rather
Rather, whose CBS News tenure included many 60 Minutes segments and a 24-year run CBS Evening News anchor, is still reporting the news in his mid-90s. He runs a Substack newsletter called Steady, to which more than 539,000 readers are subscribed.
“As Popeye used to say, ‘I am what I am,’” Rather told The New York Times last year. “I’m one of those people who love to work. And I love the work that became my life’s work,” he added.
Diane Sawyer
Sawyer became 60 Minutes’ first female co-anchor when she joined the program in 1984, but these days, she’s more renowned for her ABC News career.
Since stepping down as anchor of ABC World News Tonight in 2014, Sawyer has continued to contribute to ABC News. For example, she conducted high-profile interviews for the special IMPACT x Nightline: Eric Dane Speaks in June 2025, Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey that August, and The Turpins: A New House of Horror earlier this month.
Steve Kroft
Kroft ranks as one of the longest-serving 60 Minutes correspondents after staying with the show for 30 seasons between 1989 and 2019. Since then, Kroft has become a public speaker and has made podcast and radio show appearances.
He also resurfaced on The Daily Show last July to talk about Donald Trump’s lawsuit against 60 Minutes and his take on the newsmagazine’s current status. “Devastating’s a good word,” he said at the time. “I think there’s a lot of fear over there. Fear of losing their job, fear of what’s happening to the country, fear of losing the First Amendment, all of those things.”
Meredith Vieira
An alum of CBS, ABC, and NBC, Viera was a presence on 60 Minutes in the early 1990s. Fast-forward to now, and she’s been the host of the syndicated game show 25 Words or Less since 2019.
“I think people have been wanting family shows,” she told TV Insider in 2020. “I remember when Millionaire with Regis [Philbin] came on the air when my kids were little. We sat there on a Sunday as a whole family watching this show. I remember as a kid we’d gather for certain shows as a family. That doesn’t happen often anymore.”
Christiane Amanpour
Amanpour, a 60 Minutes correspondent between 1996 and 2005, serves as CNN’s international anchor and hosts The Amanpour Hour on CNN, Amanpour on CNN International, and Amanpour & Company on PBS.
In May 2025, Amanpour teamed with her ex-husband to launch the podcast Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files With Jamie Rubin. On X, she explained, “He was in the room. I was on the frontline. 20 years married. 7 years divorced. Now we’re picking up the conversation again.”
Lara Logan
Logan worked as a 60 Minutes correspondent between 2005 and 2018, then had brief stints as a Fox Nation host and a Newsmax commentator before her controversial far-right statements apparently got her dropped from both platforms.
Since 2025, she has hosted the podcast Going Rogue with Lara Logan, seeking “to break down current events, challenge mainstream narratives, and uncover the stories others won’t dare to touch.”
Katie Couric
During her tenure as CBS Evening News anchor between 2006 and 2011, Couric also served as a 60 Minutes correspondent. In 2017, she and husband John Milner launched Katie Couric Media, which aims to “help brands amplify their values and cultivate an engaged and diverse audience through authentic storytelling.”
Couric also runs the daily newsletter Wake-Up Call and the podcast Next Question, and she has a Substack with more than 124,000 subscribers.
John Dickerson
Dickerson was a correspondent on 60 Minutes from 2019 to 2021, between his time on CBS This Morning and his year-long run as CBS Evening News co-anchor.
After leaving CBS News last December, Dickerson has continued cohosting Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast, worked on the second season of his podcast Navel Gazing, and mused about U.S. politics and history in his Substack. He did return to CBS airwaves last month to discuss Trump’s latest State of the Union address with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.
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