About Lorna @lornabaldwin
Lorna Baldwin is the Deputy Senior Producer for PBS NewsHour's segment production unit.
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Science Nov 21
The Plastic ProblemPolitics Oct 29
How Florida voters are thinking ahead of Election DayFlorida is yet again proving to be a swing-state election battleground. How do voters in the Tampa and St. Petersburg area see the midterms and other pressing issues? Judy Woodruff talks to five residents, ranging in age and political persuasion.
Science Sep 26
Why it will take more than basic recycling to cut back on plasticIn the 70 years that plastic has been around, humans have created 9 billion tons of it -- most of which still exists. Are the existing strategies for tackling plastic pollution -- namely reusing and recycling -- really making any…
Health Sep 25
Plastic lasts more than a lifetime, and that’s the problemAround the world, waves of plastic are washing ashore and clogging landfills. Even though plastic pollution is now one of the largest environmental threats facing humans and animals, our appetite for the virtually indestructible material keeps growing. Amna Nawaz and…
Health Jul 24
Why do pregnant women get confusing guidance about alcohol?How much alcohol can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a difficult to diagnose condition, sometimes called an "invisible disability"? Doctors don't know. While official guidelines say no amount of alcohol is safe to drink during pregnancy, women often receive mixed…
Health Jul 23
Fetal alcohol disorders are more common than you thinkFetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a possible result from mothers drinking during pregnancy, has flown under the radar for decades. Now new conservative estimates published in The Journal of the American Medical Association show that anywhere from 1.1 to 5 percent…
Nation Jul 23
The story about drinking while pregnant that got our newsroom talkingMany children with FASD go through multiple misdiagnoses and many don’t ever get diagnosed.
Politics Jun 08
Bill Clinton says America should be rooting for Trump’s success on North Korea“I think we should be rooting for” President Trump to succeed with Korean negotiations, former President Bill Clinton tells Judy Woodruff. In the second part of our interview with Clinton and author James Patterson, they discuss the prospects of the…
Politics Jun 07
Bill Clinton: Monica Lewinsky ‘paid quite a price’ for relationshipIn the first of a two-part interview, former President Clinton says said he was afraid that Monica Lewinsky would be frozen in the public memory for their relationship: "I didn't want that for her." He sits down with James Patterson,…
Politics Apr 18
Remembering Barbara Bush, political dynasty matriarchWe look back at the life of former first lady Barbara Bush. Son and former President George W. Bush describes his family saying goodbye in a conversation with Amy Holmes and Michael Gerson, then Judy Woodruff gets remembrances from Susan…
