60 Minutes continues to make shake-ups behind the scenes as CBS Information veteran Draggan Mihailovich has been named the long-running present’s subsequent government editor.
The announcement was made on Thursday (August 21) by Tanya Simon, who beforehand held the manager editor function earlier than taking on as 60 Minutes‘ new government producer final month. Mihailovich has been a producer for 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II for nearly 30 years.
“Draggan is a first-rate journalist and storyteller whose items have been among the many most memorable to air on 60 Minutes since he joined the printed practically three many years in the past. Whether or not he’s producing investigations, options or profiles of legendary athletes, he thinks large and has the very best requirements. I can’t consider a greater associate,” Simon mentioned in a press release.
Mihailovich, who has earned seven Emmys and three Edward R. Murrow Awards for his work through the years, added, “That is the distinction of my profession. I’ve had the privilege to work with many legends inside 60 Minutes and it means an awesome deal to me to assist usher in a brand new period of the printed below Tanya.”
The adjustments come after long-time exec producer Invoice Owens resigned earlier this 12 months amid President Donald Trump‘s lawsuit in opposition to CBS’ father or mother firm, Paramount World, which has since been settled for $16 million. In a memo to employees, Owens cited company interference, saying, “I’d not be allowed to run the present as I’ve all the time run it.”
Earlier than becoming a member of 60 Minutes, Mihailovich led the Olympic analysis departments for CBS Sports activities and ABC Sports activities for six years. He landed at 60 Minutes in 1998, working with correspondents Steve Kroft and Bob Simon.
Throughout his tenure at 60 Minutes, Mihailovich has produced many epic tales, main high-stakes investigations and reporting from the frontlines of conflict zones. A few of his most memorable tales embody his reporting on the Sudanese misplaced boys, the unmasking of Iraqi defector Rafid Ahmed Alwan, and an interview with Osama bin Laden’s former private bodyguard in Yemen.
He’s additionally identified for profiling sports activities stars, together with worldwide tennis star Novak Djokovic, College of Alabama soccer coach Nick Saban, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, St. Louis Cardinals’ baseball nice Albert Pujols, and NBA famous person Giannis Antetokounmpo and Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps.
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