New Yorker Writer Ariel Levy Joins 60 Minutes as Contributor
Ariel Levy, a staff writer at The New Yorker, is joining CBS's 60 Minutes as a contributor, adding a nearly three-decade reporting career to the newsmagazine's evolving roster.
Nick Bilton, the recently installed executive producer of 60 Minutes, announced the hiring in a memo to staffers on 17 August 2026, describing Levy as "an astonishingly original writer and reporter" (Variety).
Levy has spent her career in long-form magazine journalism. She started at New York magazine before moving to The New Yorker, where her work has covered culture, gender, sexuality, health, and the people and ideas shaping modern life.
Her arrival is the latest in a series of hires Bilton has made since taking the helm of the programme. In July, he brought four new names onto the 60 Minutes roster: New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, author Sebastian Junger, CBS News correspondent Trevor Phillips, and filmmaker Gianna Toboni (Variety).
Behind these additions sits a bigger reshape. 60 Minutes is being remade by Bari Weiss, who serves as editor in chief of CBS News. The hiring of Levy and the July additions fit into that broader effort to restaff the iconic newsmagazine — on the air since 1968 — with a new generation of correspondents and contributors.
For viewers, the practical effect is straightforward: more faces and bylines appearing in the show's signature segments. Levy's role as a contributor means she will produce reported pieces for the broadcast, drawing on the long-form storytelling she built her reputation on at The New Yorker and New York magazine.
The pace of hiring since Bilton's installation signals that the remaking of 60 Minutes is still very much in motion. Levy is one name in a quickly growing list.
