Acclaimed international reporter and news commentator Aaron Brown joined WIDE ANGLE, the weekly primetime international affairs series on PBS, in 2008. With his engaging, award-winning brand of insight and analysis, Brown brings substantive understanding of worldwide issues to American audiences.
Among the topics to be explored: the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur; the young Chinese generation poised to take the reins of an emerging superpower; pioneering midwives in Mozambique; and the re-emergence of Japan’s military.
There are very few stories in our lifetime that Brown has not covered. Beginning with the Vietnam protests and Watergate in the 1970s to the beginning of the Iraq war he has, quite literally, been there. But it is likely that he is best remembered for one story – the attack of 9/11. On his first day of work at CNN, he was on the air a half-hour after the first attack, broadcasting from a rooftop in lower Manhattan. Brown’s coverage has been called courageous, calming and insightful.
“The challenge of making global issues accessible and relevant is never easy,” says Brown. “WIDE ANGLE has successfully accomplished that goal for years. I am delighted to become a part of a team and a program with such a rich history of doing good and important work.”
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07/17/2008 :: 06:18:18 PM
alice burton Says:
I am delighted that Aaron Brown is back on the air. His news coverage is so outstanding and his insights so powerful that I have really missed his presence.