About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Brown is a senior correspondent and chief arts correspondent for the PBS NewsHour.
Jeffrey’s Recent Stories
Health May 15
How students who struggle with mental illness can find helpThese three high-achieving students at one of the world's most prestigious universities have also suffered crippling depression and been through years of therapy and medication. In the second part of his report, Jeffrey Brown hears how they got help with…
Education May 14
‘Portraits of Resilience’ destigmatize depression at one of the world’s top universitiesStudents at MIT are now part of a project to give a face and voice to a growing crisis across U.S. campuses. When a computer science professor noticed more and more students were coming to discuss their mental health issues,…
Nation May 10
Why the fate of Bears Ears’ cultural treasures is uncertainIn the rugged and remote canyons of Southern Utah, scientists say they've barely scratched the surface of discoveries that can reach back millions of years, or shed light on the last 10,000 years of human history. But their work in…
Health May 08
‘I am old enough to die’: Barbara Ehrenreich questions our longevity obsessionWhen is a medical procedure or preventative screening counterproductive? How much time should we spend in the gym or fixating on the latest diet? The new book “Natural Causes” calls into question a number of seeming certainties of modern life…
Arts May 04
In ‘RBG,’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg looks back on a life spent working for equalityThe documentary "RBG" is a look at perhaps the most unlikely rock star Washington has ever seen: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Tracing her roots, education and career, it's her early and continuing fight for gender equality that winds…
Nation Apr 27
A national memorial confronts the terror of lynchingA new memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, looks to confront one of this country’s greatest shames: its brutal history of racial terror and the systematic lynching of thousands of African Americans. Jeffrey Brown reports.
Arts Apr 20
This poet’s guide dog helped him discover a new worldBorn with a condition that left him legally blind and in a family that kept his disability hidden, it wasn’t until poet and professor Stephen Kuusisto was in his late 30s that he decided to train with a guide dog.
Arts Apr 17
Can this rural town go from a youth exodus to an art epicenter?What kind of future should a struggling rural town choose? In the town of Green River, population 950, a nonprofit called Epicenter aims to use art and architecture to bring new energy, life and economic development. Jeffrey Brown reports.
Arts Apr 13
David Hockney thinks you should take a longer look at lifeIt's a kind of album of family and friends, but the pictures are large paintings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. For a new exhibit called "82 Portraits and One Still Life," renowned artist David Hockney tried to…
Science Mar 23
High-tech imaging lets anyone dive into a Bermuda shipwreckThe island of Bermuda has a rich history of shipwrecks dating back centuries. But instead of diving underwater to explore the cultural treasure, there's a non-invasive yet still immersive solution for observing the past: 3D models and videos that allow…
