Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi, two of the 60 Minutes correspondents ousted in a shakeup at the top-rated CBS newsmagazine in May, have new gigs: journalists in residence at Columbia University.
Pelley and Alfonsi will work with students via lectures, workshops and special events, and they will each contribute a piece to the Columbia Journalism Review, the journalism school said Monday.
Jelani Cobb, dean of the Columbia Journalism School, said in a statement, “Their distinguished track records in investigative reporting highlight the amazing opportunity our students will have to learn from them, and we look forward to having
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