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About William @WmBrangham

William Brangham is an award-winning correspondent, producer, and substitute anchor for the PBS News Hour.

Brangham was part of the News Hour team that won a 2022 Peabody Award for its coverage of guns and gun violence in America. His reporting that year culminated in the NewsHour documentary, “Ricochet: An American Trauma.”

Over the years, Brangham has also reported extensively on the climate crisis, covering the complexity and severity of the issue at everything from U.N. climate conferences to the glaciers of Antarctica. Brangham’s climate reporting has helped establish the News Hour as the clear leader in broadcast news. Among his many stories, his four-part series from Antarctica was nominated for a 2020 News & Documentary Emmy, and became the basis for the News Hour’s first ever podcast series, “The Last Continent.”

Brangham has also done considerable reporting on health, healthcare, and pandemics. In addition to playing a central role in the News Hour’s Covid-19 coverage, his multi-part series about the fight against influenza won the 2020 News & Documentary Emmy Award for “Outstanding Science, Medical and Environmental Report.” His five-part series looking at why America has failed to achieve universal health care (when so many other nations have) was turned into another News Hour documentary: “Critical Care: America vs The World.”

In 2018, Brangham and the News Hour team produced an investigative series about sexual assault, rape, and retaliation within the U.S. Forest Service. The day after that series aired, the head of the Forest Service suddenly stepped down. This reporting won a 2019 News & Documentary Emmy Award for "Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast,” won a Webby Award, was nominated for a Peabody, and won the 2018 Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award.

In 2017, Brangham and his colleagues won another News & Documentary Emmy Award for their series "The End of AIDS?," which looked at the state of the global campaign against HIV. That series also received several other awards, including the National Academies of Sciences Communication Award.

Brangham’s reporting on the Syrian refugee crisis in 2015, where he followed Syrian families trying to cross from Hungary into Austria, was among the work cited when the News Hour won a Peabody that year for its ongoing series “Desperate Journey.”

When he is not out reporting in the field, Brangham is a regular interviewer on the News Hour, and is the substitute anchor for the program.

During his career, Brangham has also worked on video and television projects for The New York Times, ABC News, National Geographic and Frontline. Prior to joining the NewsHour, he was a producer and correspondent for Need to Know on PBS, and before that, on Bill Moyers Journal. Brangham worked on multiple Moyers' documentary series in the 1990s, and was a producer on the critically acclaimed magazine series Now with Bill Moyers in the early 2000s.

In 2014, he was an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Brangham and his wife live in Washington D.C. and have three children.

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William’s Recent Stories

Politics Sep 29

Why health care tax credits are a sticking point in shutdown negotiations

Millions of Americans who rely on health plans under the Affordable Care Act could see their premiums increase if Congress doesn’t expand key tax credits. Some could lose their insurance altogether. William Brangham discussed what this means for coverage and…

World Sep 23

How H-1B visa changes could impact American businesses and workers

The Trump administration moved forward today with its overhaul of H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. The president is proposing a $100,000 fee for anyone applying for the visa. The plan is sparking concern as employees and companies that…

Nation Sep 22

Health experts respond to Trump’s claims linking autism to acetaminophen

President Trump tied the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy to autism and made several other claims about vaccines. William Brangham discussed those claims and the concerns about what the president said with Alycia Halladay of the Autism Science Foundation and…

Nation Sep 19

What’s in the U.S.-China deal for an American TikTok spinoff

President Trump announced a deal with China's Xi Jinping to spin off a U.S. version of TikTok, the wildly popular social media app. A Chinese company developed and owns the app, which raised concerns in the U.S. over national security…

Nation Sep 19

Kimmel suspension and self-censorship set dangerous precedent, FCC commissioner says

The debate continues over Disney’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr suggested that ABC affiliates should pull Kimmel’s show or face action from his agency. But Carr rejected accusations that he was punishing…

Politics Sep 19

Brooks and Capehart on censorship and authoritarianism

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show and whether the government is taking another dangerous step into censorship and authoritarianism.

Nation Sep 18

What the move to pull Kimmel off the air says about free speech under Trump

The political fallout from the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk continues. Wednesday, Disney suddenly suspended ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" following comments Kimmel made about how President Trump’s supporters were responding to the killing. That suspension was cheered by Trump…

Nation Sep 16

A look into the online subcultures tied to Charlie Kirk’s accused killer

One focal point for investigators in the Charlie Kirk case is the messages that were found carved on the bullet casings believed to have belonged to the shooter. They contain several seemingly sarcastic, irreverent phrases that are common in gaming…

Nation Sep 15

What’s caused reading scores to drop to worst point in decades? Education expert weighs in

Math and reading scores dropped to their lowest levels in more than two decades among high school seniors. That's according to the Nation’s Report Card put out by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. It shows that student achievement has…

Nation Sep 09

Brutal murder of Ukrainian refugee in N.C. ignites debate about crime and mental health

A brutal murder in Charlotte, North Carolina, claimed the life of a young Ukrainian refugee and has become a rallying cry for Republicans who want to paint Democrats as soft on crime. William Brangham discussed the case and reaction with…

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