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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 Mar 29

What’s your media diet? See how you compare to the NewsHour team

Is it ethical to use a friend's Netflix password? Is cable still worth the cost? Read what NewsHour staff had to say about their media diet and share your thoughts.

Politics Mar 21

Judge: U.S. must release photos of detainee abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan

A federal judge ruled on Friday that the government must release photographs that depict abuse of detainees by American military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Nation Mar 15

Update: 20-year-old charged in Ferguson police shooting

A 20-year-old man from the St. Louis area was arrested and charged Sunday in connection with last week's shooting of two police officers following a late-night protest in Ferguson, Mo.

Nation Mar 15

Subject of HBO documentary Robert Durst arrested on murder warrant

Real estate heir Robert Durst, the subject of an HBO documentary series 'The Jinx,' was arrested Sunday in New Orleans on a murder warrant issued by Los Angeles authorities.

World Mar 01

‘I am not afraid’: Mass rally held in Moscow to remember Nemtsov

Tens of thousands of Russians marched in Moscow on Sunday in memory of Boris Nemtsov, the opposition politician who was gunned down near the Kremlin shortly before midnight on Friday.

Nation Feb 22

Al-Shabab urges attacks on malls in Western countries

A video purportedly released by the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab late Saturday urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in Western countries, specifically naming the Mall of America in Minnesota.

Nation Feb 12

New report details how the next Sandy Hook might be prevented

More than two years after the fatal shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a state commission released on Thursday a 256-page report detailing recommendations on how similar school tragedies might be prevented.

Nation Feb 07

‘Serial’ subject Adnan Syed granted appeal by Maryland court

The Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled that it will hear arguments in defense of Adnan Syed, the subject of the blockbuster true crime podcast "Serial," in June.

World Feb 01

Egypt releases jailed Al Jazeera journalist

Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who had been imprisoned for 400 days on terrorism charges in Egypt, was released from a Cairo jail Sunday and deported back to his native Australia.

World Jan 31

Online video purports to show beheading of Japanese hostage

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Sunday the video posted online showing the apparent execution of hostage Kenji Goto by ISIS militants appears authentic.

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