Channel Nine news reporters Adam Hegarty and Dimity Clancey join the 60 Minutes team

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Channel Nine reporters Adam Hegarty and Dimity Clancey will be joining the team at 60 Minutes.

Hegarty, a much-admired reporter from 9News in Melbourne, and Clancey, a popular reporter from 9News Sydney, are confirmed to be joining the current affairs program in 2024.

Currently, the 60 Minutes on-air team features veterans Liz Hayes, 67, Tara Brown, 55, Nick McKenzie and Amelia Adams.

Clancey told Daily Mail Australia on Friday: ‘It is massive privilege but also a responsibility to be able to dig a little deeper into the story.’

‘I take that very seriously and it’s an absolute honour to be doing 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 he was confirmed to be joining the current affairs program.

Hegarty, who started as a cadet at News Corp, comes to his 60 Minutes role after joining the Nine Network in 2018.

Prior to that, the journalist worked as a freelance reporter in France, the UK and China.

While in Europe, he covered major stories including Brexit and London’s notorious Grenfell Tower fire.

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 and covered police and crime stories.

In 2016, she joined A Current Affair and a year later her work was recognised 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 be joining 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 been shaken by recent departures.

These include presenter Tom Steinfort, who has now settled into the role as co-newsreader at 9News in Melbourne.

Meanwhile, another 60 Minutes veteran Sarah Abo, looks unlikely to return to the show since she took up her co-hosting role on Nine’s Today at the beginning of 2023.

Clancey told Daily Mail Australia on Friday: ‘It is massive privilege but also a responsibility to be able to dig a little deeper into the story’