Jan 14 PBS NewsHour Offers Live Coverage of Inauguration Day 2021 ARLINGTON, VA (January 14, 2021) — PBS NewsHour will provide live coverage of Inauguration Day 2021 on PBS stations nationwide beginning at 10:30 am ET on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 (check local listings). The special will include the swearing-in… Continue reading
Jan 13 "American Reckoning - A PBS NewsHour Special Report" to Air on PBS on Friday, January 15 ARLINGTON, VA (Updated January 14, 2021) -- Following the aftermath of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, "American Reckoning - A PBS NewsHour Special Report" will premiere on PBS stations nationwide on Friday, January 15, 2021, 9:00… Continue reading
Jan 12 PBS NewsHour to Broadcast Live Coverage of Congress' Second Impeachment of President Trump Proceedings ARLINGTON, VA (January 12, 2021) --PBS NewsHour will broadcast "The Second Impeachment of President Trump, A PBS NewsHour Special" beginning at 9:00 am ET on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings). The special program will… Continue reading
Jan 12 "Witness to the Siege, A PBS NewsHour Special" to Air on PBS ARLINGTON, VA (January 12, 2021) -- In "Witness to the Siege, A PBS NewsHour Special," PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff talks to Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins, senior national correspondent Amna Nawaz and White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor about what they saw as… Continue reading
Jan 06 "We the Young People," a teen inauguration special presented on WORLD Channel produced by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Arlington, Va. (January 6, 2021) — PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) will host We the (Young) People, a half-hour, virtual special streaming on PBS NewsHour on January 14 at 7pm ET, with an… Continue reading
Jan 05 PBS NewsHour Series "Rethinking College" Explores the Future of Higher Education Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic ARLINGTON, VA (January 5, 2021) -- On Tuesdays, January 5 - 26, 2021, PBS NewsHour will air its signature "Rethinking College" series as part of NewsHour's overall look at the future of higher education. The special four-part… Continue reading
Jan 04 Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Jonathan Capehart Named PBS NewsHour Regular Contributor ARLINGTON, VA (Monday, January 4, 2021) – Jonathan Capehart, a Washington Post opinion writer and anchor of MSNBC's The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart, was today named a regular contributor to the PBS NewsHour. As part of this role,… Continue reading
Dec 14 Mark Shields to Step Down as Friday Night Regular on PBS NewsHour ARLINGTON, VA (December 14, 2020) -- After more than 33 years, syndicated columnist Mark Shields will step down on December 18 from the PBS NewsHour's weekly Shields & Brooks discussion segment. A regular on the NewsHour since 1987, Shields has… Continue reading
Dec 14 PBS NewsHour Series "Invisible scars: America's childhood trauma crisis" to Examine the Effects of Childhood Trauma ARLINGTON, VA (December 14, 2020) -- PBS NewsHour will air "Invisible scars: America's childhood trauma crisis," a four-part series examining the effects of childhood adversity. Special correspondent Cat Wise offers an in-depth look at how childhood trauma impacts our society… Continue reading
Dec 07 PBS NewsHour Launches Criminal Justice Reform Series "Searching for Justice" ARLINGTON, VA (December 7, 2020) -- PBS NewsHour today will launch the multi-platform series "Searching for Justice" to examine racial and economic disparities in the criminal justice system. With support from the Kendeda Fund, NewsHour will explore solutions to… Continue reading