About Michael
Mike Fritz is a video journalist and producer for the PBS NewsHour.
Michael’s Recent Stories
Nation Sep 16
Tribes across North America converge at Standing Rock, hoping to be heardProtesters of the North Dakota pipeline celebrated after the Department of Justice temporarily halted the project in federal jurisdictions last Friday. But while some equipment sits idle, construction in other areas continues. William Brangham visits the Standing Rock Reservation, where…
Arts Aug 22
For Hayes Carll, it’s ‘all for the sake of the song’Hayes Carll has come a long way since his days of playing for brawling shrimpers in Texas. His latest album, "Lovers and Leavers," uses the loss of love (a recent divorce) and love for his son as motivation for lyrics that are…
Nation Jun 28
Should a juvenile sex offender be locked up indefinitely?Nation Jun 28
Inside Minnesota’s sex offender facility, where no one has ever been releasedThe PBS NewsHour was recently granted rare access to Minnesota’s Sex Offender Program in the rural town of Moose Lake, MN. It is one of two state-run facilities that house more than 700 sex offenders. They’re all being held under…
Sep 17
Testing the limits of saltwater intrusionSep 16
Shifts in Climate Shifting Sea TurtlesEducation Jul 27
Using telegrams and love letters to teach World War IIThey found love letters, pictures, death-notice telegrams, and even insurance settlement claims that have survived for decades. Cpl. Henry Bernard Van Hyfte with his father in Minnesota before World War II. The discoveries are a result of a…
World Apr 29
The last men who fought in the Vietnam War remember the fall of SaigonBy April 29, 1975, the fall of Saigon was imminent and only a few dozen U.S. troops remained – down from more than half a million in 1969.
Arts Apr 15
Rhiannon Giddens performs ‘Julie,’ a song inspired by a slave’s storySinger-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens is the first to admit she's big into history, and in particular the history of the South and the Civil War.
Nation Mar 17
Photo essay: Life inside a juvenile detention center for girlsFor the past eight years, photographer Richard Ross has been documenting juvenile detention centers across the country. He has visited more than 200 facilities in 34 states and been given rare access to interview and photograph more than 1,000…