About Vika @vika_aronson
Vika Aronson is podcast producer at the PBS NewsHour.
Vika’s Recent Stories
Health Feb 05
Why we haven’t cracked the mystery of COVID ‘long-haulers’For people whose COVID-19 symptoms linger for months, the effects can be devastating and debilitating.
Nation Jan 08
What we saw the day the Capitol was attackedOn Jan. 6, for the first time in more than two centuries, Congress was attacked and overrun, this time by its own citizens. The PBS NewsHour's anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff talks to correspondents Lisa Desjardins, Amna Nawaz and…
Politics Jan 04
What’s at stake in the Georgia Senate runoffsAmna Nawaz talks to Emory University political science professor Andra Gillespie about why the state found itself with not one, but two runoff elections Jan. 5 – and what we can learn from the state’s changing political landscape.
Health Dec 18
How COVID-19 could worsen America’s childhood trauma crisisIn this episode, PBS NewsHour correspondent William Brangham talks to special correspondent Cat Wise and reporter Laura Santhanam about why the pandemic is likely making the childhood trauma crisis worse and how caregivers can help their kids and themselves through…
Politics Dec 07
How rocky presidential transitions have shaped American historyFor most of American history, the transition from president to president-elect has been smooth. The loser accepts his fate, publicly concedes and the winner prepares to take the reigns. And although this election and President Donald Trump’s response to losing…
Politics Nov 23
A grandmother, a granddaughter and a deep post-election divideAfter a bruising election, one President Donald Trump has so far refused to concede, Americans are left trying to repair divides that are deeper and more personal than ever. In this episode, PBS NewsHour correspondent William Brangham speaks to a…
Nation Nov 16
Two middle schoolers, their mom and their teacher on what it’s like to learn in the pandemicMonths into the COVID-19 pandemic, schools are using all kinds of models -- virtual, in-person or some hybrid inbetween -- to try to keep kids on track and engaged. Parents and teachers say sometimes it feels like none of them…
Politics Nov 06
In an unprecedented election, two key swing states show how we got hereElection Day has come and gone, but there are still many unanswered questions, along with uncertainty about how we got here and where we go next. In this episode, we talk to our reporters who have been covering this election…
Politics Nov 02
In Pennsylvania, mail-in ballots and legal battles could put our electoral system to the testThe pandemic, a nationwide shift toward voting by mail and a flurry of pre-election lawsuits are upending how voters and election officials prepare for the election. Nowhere is that uncertainty more evident than in Pennsylvania…
Politics Oct 26
Why voter suppression continues and how the pandemic has made it worseThe disenfranchisement of voters has been a part of America’s history for as long as it’s held elections, and this year is no different. A look at the history of voter suppression and what it looks like in a pandemic.