About Hari @hari
Hari Sreenivasan joined the PBS NewsHour in 2009. He is the Anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend and a Senior Correspondent for the nightly program.
Prior to joining NewsHour, he was at CBS News, reporting for the "CBS Evening News,” "The Early Show" and "CBS Sunday Morning." Before that, he served as an anchor and correspondent for ABC News, working extensively on the network's 24-hour digital service "ABC News Now." Sreenivasan also reported for "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings," "Nightline with Ted Koppel," and anchored the overnight program “World News Now.”
Previously, he ran his own production company and freelanced as a reporter for KTVU-TV in Oakland, California. Sreenivasan served as an anchor and senior correspondent for CNET Broadcast in San Francisco and was a reporter for WNCN-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina and KAPP-TV in Yakima, Washington.
Sreenivasan received an Emmy award for a story on gold mining by children in the Philippines. He has previous nominations for work from PBS NewsHour, Frontline and during his time at CBS. Sreenivasan is a member of both the South Asian Journalists Association and the Asian American Journalists Association and a 2003 graduate of the AAJA Executive Leadership Program.
Hari’s Recent Stories
Health Jul 11
Local groups are running pop-up testing sites in South CarolinaAmid a surge in COVID-19 infections in South Carolina, PBS NewsHour Weekend visits a mobile testing site in Orangeburg County. Organized by the statewide chapter of the African Methodist Espicopal - or AME - churches, it was one of dozens…
Nation Jun 15
This city already rebuilt its police department. Did it work?Protesters across the country are continuing to fill the streets, looking to turn their outrage over police violence against black people into action. Many point to the city of Camden, New Jersey, as an example of what reforming a police…
Nation May 16
New Jersey plans for cautious reopening of beachesWith summer right around the corner, New Jersey announced this week that beaches would be open by Memorial Day weekend, with some restrictions. The openings are weeks behind other coastal states like Georgia and Florida. But as one of the…
Arts May 10
Little libraries become food pantries during COVID-19When the coronavirus emerged in the U.S., people who share books on a small-scale, the stewards of little free libraries, saw a new need. Adding food and other supplies suddenly transformed many of their tiny library boxes into pantries. Now…
Arts Apr 20
The ‘Self Made’ story of American millionaire Madam C.J. WalkerAmerica's first self-made female millionaire was Madam C.J. Walker, an African American who rose from domestic labor to her own beauty empire in the early 1900s. Now, Walker is the inspiration for a Netflix limited series, "Self Made," starring Octavia…
Politics Apr 19
WATCH: Coronavirus task force briefing in 15 minutes for April 19, 2020From swabs to reagents to columnists and China, President Trump and some of the White House coronavirus task force held a news briefing Sunday that covered a range of topics related to the global outbreak and beyond. NewsHour Weekend’s…
Nation Apr 18
WATCH: Coronavirus task force briefing in 6 minutes for April 18, 2020NewsHour Weekend's Hari Sreenivasan and Zachary Green recap Saturday's White House coronavirus task force briefing in the latest edition of "Briefly."…
Health Apr 12
WATCH: Can my phone tell if I’ve been near someone with COVID-19?One of the ways to decrease the spread of COVID-19 is through contact tracing, meaning once someone tests positive, finding everyone that individual has come into contact with and warning them.
Nation Apr 05
Today’s coronavirus task force briefing in 5 minutesAnother day, another coronavirus task force briefing. NewsHour Weekend's Hari Sreenivasan and Zachary Green once more dive into the White House press conference to sift out the most accurate information about the pandemic that's affecting all our lives in our…
Health Apr 04
Today’s coronavirus task force briefing in 5 minutesBeing able to sift out facts from the White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefings each day can be an arduous affair. NewsHour Weekend’s Hari Sreenivasan and Zachary Green are highlighting the most salient details in a new online segment,…
