Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two veteran "60 Minutes" correspondents recently dismissed by CBS News, have taken up new roles at Columbia Journalism School. Their departure from the long-running CBS newsmagazine came amid a period of turbulence at the network, which has faced scrutiny over leadership changes and editorial direction. The move to academia offers both journalists a platform to continue shaping the field from outside the newsroom.

Pelley's exit reportedly followed a heated confrontation at an internal meeting concerning the network's new leadership, according to Fox News's account. Details of Alfonsi's specific new position and the exact nature of both journalists' roles at Columbia were not fully outlined in the report, though the school is a prominent training ground for the next generation of reporters. Fox News framed the pair's landing at the Ivy League institution as their having "washed up" there following their firings.