Channel Nine reporters Adam Hegarty and Dimity Clancey will join the team at 60 Minutes.
Hegarty, a much-admired reporter from 9News in Melbourne, and Clancey, a popular reporter from 9News Sydney, are expected to join the current affairs program in 2024.
Currently, the 60 Minutes on-air team consists of veterans Liz Hayes, 67, Tara Brown, 55, Nick McKenzie and Amelia Adams.
Clancey told Ny Breaking Australia on Friday: “It’s a huge privilege, but also a responsibility, to be able to dig a little deeper into the story.”
‘I take that very seriously and it is an absolute honor to be able to do that.’
Channel Nine news reporters Adam Hegarty and Dimity Clancey (pictured) join the 60 Minutes team
Hegarty also said all his colleagues were ‘thrilled’ when it was confirmed he would be taking part in the current affairs programme.
Hegarty, who started as a cadet at News Corp, comes to his role at 60 Minutes after joining the Nine Network in 2018.
Previously, the journalist worked as a freelance reporter in France, Great Britain and China.
While in Europe, he reported on major stories including Brexit and the infamous Grenfell Tower fire in London.
Hegarty has also reported for Sky News, The Times and Channel 10 and worked as a crime writer for The Advertiser in Adelaide.
Meanwhile, Clancey moved to 9News Sydney in 2010, reporting on police and crime stories.
In 2016 she joined A Current Affair and a year later her work was recognized with a prestigious Walkley Award for her story about the confessions of murderer Malcolm Naden.
Hegarty (pictured), a much-admired reporter from 9News in Melbourne, and Clancey, a popular reporter from 9News Sydney, will join the current affairs program in 2024
In 2020, Clancey also received the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Nightly Current Affairs Reporting.
It comes after 60 Minutes was rocked by recent departures.
Among them is presenter Tom Steinfort, who has now settled into the role of co-newsreader at 9News in Melbourne.
Meanwhile, it seems unlikely that another 60 Minutes veteran Sarah Abo will return to the show since taking on her co-hosting role on Nine’s Today in early 2023.
Clancey told Ny Breaking Australia on Friday: “It’s a huge privilege, but also a responsibility, to be able to dig a little deeper into the story.”