A New Season — and New Ways to Experience FRONTLINE
At FRONTLINE, we’re committed to bringing you investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.
We’ve been PBS’s flagship investigative series for more than three decades, and we’re obsessed with telling the stories others can’t or won’t — from the rise of the NSA’s domestic surveillance dragnet to the hidden history of the NFL and concussions to the secret reality of rape on the job for immigrant women.
You’ve told us how much these stories matter to you, and that you want to be able to engage with them in ways and places that fit into your life.
We hear you.
Starting this week, as our new season begins on PBS with The Trouble with Antibiotics (check local listings), there are more ways than ever for you to find, engage with, and experience FRONTLINE wherever you are.
Here’s what we mean.
1.) We’re on your iPad.
From the long-form documentaries you love, to interactive projects that explore the issues you care about, our new, iPad-optimized viewing experience allows you to experience FRONTLINE’s storytelling like you never have before.
“We’re proud to offer this new, iPad-optimized viewing experience, thanks to a generous grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,” says FRONTLINE founder and executive producer David Fanning. “Tablets allow people to lean back and intimately watch full documentaries in a way they aren’t able to on phones or desktops.”
“We’re passionate about translating our core journalistic values of fairness, depth and transparency into the digital space, and connecting with new audiences in new places, while also remaining committed to our long-form documentary series on air and online,” says FRONTLINE deputy executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath. “We’re grateful for the strong and enthusiastic support from PBS, to all our funders and to our FRONTLINE fans who support us through their local stations.”
“As FRONTLINE continues to pursue tough stories and tell them in compelling ways, we’re thrilled to support our flagship investigative series as it works to engage more deeply than ever with existing audiences, and to identify and reach new ones,” says Beth Hoppe, PBS chief programming executive.
This new tablet experience is a rich, deep and seamless way to explore FRONTLINE films. You’ll also find original, interactive digital journalism created specifically for the tablet — like Ballot Watch, our state-by-state interactive database tracking which states are making it harder and easier to vote.
Check it out and tell us what you think.
2.) We’re on YouTube.
Ever think about how the NSA can get onto your iPhone? How stunningly loud it is in solitary confinement? What the day-by-day, hour-by-hour fight to contain Ebola in West Africa is like?
Then subscribe to our new YouTube channel, launched with the support of the John and James L. Knight Foundation.
From our look at how to train a Syrian rebel army (secretly) in seven steps, to the day Troy Aikman forgot, subscribe to FRONTLINE on YouTube for fresh storytelling that makes you think about your world in new ways.
3.) We’re also on Flipboard, on Instagram — and nearly everywhere else.
If you’re a fan of FRONTLINE’s original digital journalism — like Jason Breslow’s continuing coverage of brain disease in football players, or Sarah Childress’s reports on voting rights — you’ll now be able to find it on Flipboard. Just search and flag FRONTLINE in your Flipboard app.
And we’re on Instagram, sharing unforgettable photos, infographics, gifs, and behind-the-scenes moments.
And remember, you can always find FRONTLINE:
- On your TV (check local listings)
- On your computer (watch more than 170 full FRONTLINE docs, for free, any time)
- As a free podcast
- In your inbox
- On Facebook, Twitter, and Google+
Simply put, we are where you are — and we’re excited to share our stories with you, across all of these platforms, as our new season begins.
