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About William @WmBrangham

William Brangham is an award-winning correspondent, producer, and substitute anchor for the PBS News Hour. He also serves as the host of Horizons from PBS News.

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

Economy Sep 24

How the diesel price spike is rippling through nearly every part of the economy

A rapid surge in the price of diesel fuel is straining businesses and threatening to raise costs across the economy. It’s also putting pressure on President Trump to bring relief at the pump, including through a diesel export ban that’s…

Arts Sep 22

2 years after the storm, graphic novel shares stories of Hurricane Helene survivors

Two years after Hurricane Helene ripped through much of the Southeast, many of the communities affected by that storm are still recovering. A new project has chronicled their journey, using what might seem like an unlikely medium: a graphic novel.

Science Sep 11

The lasting health toll of 9/11 on rescue workers and survivors

It’s now believed that more people have died because of the toxic exposures they got from the 9/11 sites than were killed by the terrorists on that day. Survivors, first responders and volunteers have faced everything from cancer to respiratory…

Sep 11

The lasting health toll of 9/11 on rescue workers and survivors

It’s now believed that more people have died because of the toxic exposures they got from the 9/11 sites than were killed by the terrorists on that day. Survivors, first responders and volunteers have faced everything from cancer to respiratory…

Science Sep 04

Technology is reshaping education. But is it helping students learn?

Putting technology into schools was sold as a revolution that would help kids learn. But as tech companies exert greater influence, many are now wondering if screen time is doing more harm than good. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores how…

Sep 04

Technology is reshaping education. But is it helping students learn?

Putting technology into schools was sold as a revolution that would help kids learn. But as tech companies exert greater influence, many are now wondering if screen time is doing more harm than good. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores how…

Nation Sep 04

Pablo Torre breaks down financial questions surrounding Dodgers owner Mark Walter

A controversy is brewing involving the Los Angeles Dodgers, owner Mark Walter and NBA legend Magic Johnson. Federal investigators have been looking into whether Walter broke the law in how he raised the money and disclosed the source of those…

Nation Sep 03

NBA hits LA Clippers with a record fine for circumventing salary cap

The NBA handed out one of its harshest penalties ever against the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing the salary cap with star forward Kawhi Leonard. The league suspended the team’s owner, stripped draft picks and fined the Clippers $30 million.

Health Sep 02

Pediatrician says RFK Jr. sowing doubt about measles-associated deaths

A coalition of leading medical groups issued their own vaccine guidance in response in part to changing and confusing messaging from federal officials. It comes on the heels of rising measles cases in multiple states. William Brangham discussed more with…

Science Sep 01

How a super El Niño is fueling extreme weather patterns

The potentially record-breaking El Niño has brought a relentless stretch of extreme weather across the country. Experts watching the climate and weather patterns are warning that the effects could persist well into 2027. William Brangham discussed the super El Niño…

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