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About Beth @bponsot

Elisabeth Ponsot (Beth) is the Digital News Editor at PBS NewsHour Weekend, where she oversees the program's online team.

Beth is responsible for managing the PBS NewsHour's online news coverage and social media accounts on the weekends.

Prior to joining PBS NewsHour, Beth was a web producer for PBS Need to Know and worked as a multimedia reporter and social media editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

She is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and Colby College.

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Beth’s Recent Stories

Nation Jan 18

California natural gas leak just one of thousands across country

Experts estimate there are thousands of methane leaks across the U.S., compounding the nation’s greenhouse gas inventory and foisting political pressure onto federal regulators to deal with the global warming contributor.

World Jan 10

Sean Penn met secretly with drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

In an interview with Sean Penn secretly conducted last year, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman admitted he was the world's largest supplier of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana.

World Dec 05

ISIS claims California shooters as followers of militant group

The Islamic State said Saturday the two shooters who stormed a holiday party in San Bernardino, Calif., on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 21, were followers of the militant group.

Nation Nov 29

Colorado shooter reportedly told police ‘no more baby parts’

The man suspected of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood health center on Friday in Colorado reportedly told the authorities "no more baby parts."…

World Nov 21

Brussels remains on maximum alert amid threat of ‘imminent’ terror attack

Schools and public transit will remain shuttered Monday in Brussels amid a "serious and imminent" threat of a terror attack on the Belgian capital, Prime Minister Charles Michel announced Sunday.

World Nov 14

American college student among victims killed in Paris attacks

A 23-year-old American student was among the victims killed in Friday night's terror assault on Paris.

World Nov 14

International manhunt underway as inquiry in Paris terror attack widens

Authorities launched an international search Sunday for a suspect wanted in connection with the wave of coordinated terror attacks that hit several locations in Paris on Friday, killing at least 129 people.

World Oct 10

Twin blasts in Turkish capital kill dozens at peace rally

Twin explosions carried out by suspected suicide bombers in Ankara, Turkey, killed dozens of people who had assembled in the capital city on Saturday to attend a peace rally.

Nation Oct 03

Air crews searching for El Faro ship spot objects in water, recover life ring

Search teams have spotted multiple objects in the water where crews are searching for the El Faro, the American cargo ship that went missing after encountering heavy weather from Hurricane Joaquin.

World Aug 23

Americans recount harrowing takedown during Thalys train attack

The three Americans chiefly responsible for overpowering an armed attacker on a Thalys high-speed train recounted the harrowing takedown for reporters at a press conference held Sunday in Paris.

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