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
Politics Mar 02
Documents reveal inner workings of Clinton’s White HouseThe online world has been buzzing about thousands of pages of documents from the Clinton administration that were released by the Clinton Presidential Library on Friday. Much of the conversation has focused on insight the documents provide about then-first lady…
World Feb 23
New details of most-wanted drug kingpin captured in MexicoIn a joint effort of Mexican and U.S. law enforcement on Saturday, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the notorious drug kingpin, was taken into custody in the resort city of Mazatlan.
Science Feb 22
Apple bug leaves devices vulnerable to hackersVulnerable devices include the iPhone 4 and later, iPod touch, and iPad 2 and later. Security researchers found the bug also occurs on Mac OS X running on Apple laptops and desktops.
World Jan 27
Diving into the Philippines’ dangerous, underwater minesFilipino divers disappear into water as opaque as chocolate milk as they blindly dig in search of gold trapped in muddy sediment. It's risky business: As miners go deeper, underwater tunnels could collapse or the compressor that provides air may…
Nation Nov 29
The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Rivalry Saturday// Video by PBS NewsHour Welcome to a special edition of the Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. I'm filling in for Judy Woodfuff and Gwen Ifiill as they take some time off…
Politics Nov 15
The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on the U.S.-Israel alliance, Batkid the heroIn this week's Doubleheader, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join me to tackle the tense relationship between the U.S. and Israel in the context of fragile negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. Switching…
Politics Oct 25
The Doubleheader: Shields, Brooks on Acela eavesdropping and World Series picksWhen the stars line up and syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks and I can all be on the same space-time continuum, we join up for the Doubleheader, where we discuss the sport of…
Nation Sep 05
Google+ Hangout On Air: A First Look at NewsHour WeekendOn Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. EDT, PBS NewsHour Weekend anchor Hari Sreenivasan will host a Google+ Hangout On Air. The conversation will feature a first look at NewsHour Weekend's signature field-reported pieces, premiering on air Sept. 7 and 8…
Politics Jul 26
The Doubleheader Returns: Misbehaving Politicos, Baseball and Bald HeadsPolitical analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks chat with Hari Sreenivasan in the NewsHour newsroom. Welcome back to the Doubleheader. You remember us? This is the space where talk about the sport of politics and politics of sport…
Politics Jul 12
Shields and Brooks on Palin and PuigIn this episode of the Doubleheader -- where syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sport -- we talk about a kerfuffle in Alaska…
