About Zachary @Zach4TheEvening
As part of the associate producer "Dream Team" (as they refer to themselves) at NewsHour Weekend, Zachary Green produces and assists in the production of many of the segments featured on NewsHour Weekend. This includes shooting, writing, and editing such pieces as "No Comment" and "Digital Death". Before joining NewsHour, Zachary was an associate producer for Need to Know on PBS.
Zachary’s Recent Stories
Nation May 12
Venezuelans fleeing crisis are seeking asylum in TexasThousands of Venezuelan immigrants have entered the U.S. in recent years, fleeing political and economic crises. Many have settled in and around the city of Houston, Texas, which is already home to a large Venezuelan-American community. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano…
Arts Apr 13
Broadway play reexamines the U.S. ConstitutionA new Broadway production, "What the Constitution Means to Me," is taking a fresh look at the founding document: what it says, who it serves and who it doesn’t. The play’s author and lead actor reexamines the rights laid out…
World Apr 06
Citizenship shift leaves Dominican-Haitians statelessDuring the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of Haitians crossed into the wealthier Dominican Republic to escape poverty and political instability only to face color-based racism and repression. Recently, the Dominican government drew international outrage when it ended birthright citizenship…
Arts Mar 23
Jazz festival highlights Haiti’s contributions to the artsNews from Haiti is often about natural disasters and political crises, but the island nation is also home to a burgeoning arts scene. One of the biggest events recently held there was the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival, or PAPJAZZ. This…
World Feb 16
On the front lines: One doctor’s decades-long fight to heal HaitiA devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti created an unprecedented health crisis that led the U.S. to grant Haitians Temporary Protected Status. But with the Trump administration's plan to eliminate TPS, 60,000 Haitians living in the U.S. may be deported. NewsHour…
Science Jan 05
As seas continue to rise, New Jersey buys residents out of flood zonesHundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents live in flood zones that can become inundated with storm water. But the state is trying to move some of them out of harm's way in one of the biggest home buyout programs…
Nation Nov 24
Museums are curating an era of social movements in real timeAs Black Lives Matter protests erupted in 2014 after a police officer killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in D.C. sent curators to collect t-shirts and gas masks -- artifacts it could…
Nation Oct 28
Pittsburgh mourns as names of synagogue shooting victims emergeA day after 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh were killed in the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history, communities there were mourning and considering what precautions will help them feel safe. Meanwhile, suspect…
Nation Oct 14
A community of color uses yoga to improve ties with the NYPDAs police departments across the country work to repair and bolster their relationships with communities, a citizen group in New York City is aiming to bring residents, particularly people of color, together with the NYPD through yoga and meditation. They…
Nation Oct 13
Florida could soon restore voting rights to over 1 million felony offendersThis Election Day, more than six million Americans will be unable to vote due to a felony conviction. A quarter of those people live in Florida, which has some of the most restrictive laws regarding felony disenfranchisement in the country.
