Executive Editor, 60 Minutes
Tanya Simon was named executive editor of 60 Minutes in April of 2019. The award-winning producer has over 20 years of news magazine reporting experience, most recently as one of 60 Minutes’ senior producers whose responsibilities included overseeing digital content and supervising production of « 60 Minutes Sports » for Showtime.
Simon has been contributing to 60 Minutes for most of her career, playing key roles in some of the broadcast’s highest-profile reports. On Ed Bradley’s team for six years, she produced news stories such as the Duke lacrosse rape case, which took Peabody and Emmy awards, and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11.
