An iconic picture of the brand new 60 Minutes staff in Murrow’s previous hangout

Every few years, the women and men of 60 Minutes take a gaggle portrait. Never earlier than has it regarded fairly like this one.

On a latest afternoon, famed photographer Mark Seliger captured the season 59 staff—correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, Norah O’Donnell, Jon Wertheim and Ross Douthat, and contributors Gianna Toboni, Sebastian Junger, Ariel Levy, Sir Trevor Phillips and Matt Gutman—at New York City’s Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station. 

The place holds particular that means for CBS News. Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and Douglas Edwards all broadcast from Grand Central Terminal, which served because the pioneering house for CBS Television Studios from 1939 till 1964. And Murrow’s “See It Now” and “Person to Person” sequence have been recorded above the Oyster Bar within the early days of tv. 

It was from this spot that Murrow went on air with a few of his most consequential broadcasts, together with his March 1954 takedown of Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy by which he stated, amongst different issues, that “we must not confuse dissent with disloyalty,” and that “we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.” 

“We couldn’t think of a more iconic place to take this picture—nor a better photographer to capture this singular group. Seliger captured the essence of this team in one breathtaking image,” 60 Minutes government producer Nick Bilton stated. 

Seliger is a longtime photographer for Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, who has earned nationwide awards for his portraiture. 

“I wanted the photograph to capture the character of these ten remarkable journalists, both individually and as a group. The Oyster Bar was the perfect destination, infused with its own history and character,” Seliger stated. “Bringing ten people together in one frame can be a challenge, but with this team there was an immediate chemistry and a real sense of connection. You could feel the history of 60 Minutes, but also the energy of where it’s going. That’s what I hoped would come through in the photograph.”

“These images are a perfect homage to CBS News’ broadcast beginnings where Cronkite and Murrow reported the news as we head into the 59th season of which set the foundation for 60 Minutes,” Bilton stated.

The new season premieres Sunday, Sept. 13 and can characteristic the primary interview with the U.S. Air Force officer on the middle of probably the most complicated rescue operations in navy historical past — he spent two days behind enemy traces in Iran earlier than he was rescued. The premiere may also profile the Los Angeles Rams, this 12 months’s favourite to win the Super Bowl. 

Watch the premiere Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network or on Paramount+. 

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