Apr 29 PBS NewsHour and The Jim Lehrer Memorial Fund Create Journalism Fellowship to Honor the Memory of Late PBS NewsHour Co-Founder Jim Lehrer PBS NewsHour, with financial support from The Jim Lehrer Memorial Fund, recently launched the Jim Lehrer Journalism Fellowship in honor of award-winning, longtime PBS NewsHour anchor and co-founder Jim Lehrer. Lehrer, who co-anchored… Continue reading
Apr 28 PBS NewsHour Recognized as an Honoree in the 24th Annual Webby Awards WASHINGTON, DC (April 28, 2020) -- The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) today announced the PBS NewsHour was named an official honoree in the 24th Webby Awards for General Websites: News & Politics. The IADAS… Continue reading
Mar 12 "Confronting Coronavirus: A PBS NewsHour Special" to air Thursday, March 19 at 8pm ET WASHINGTON, DC (March 12, 2020) -- It's been less than three months since reports of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China first made international headlines. With worldwide… Continue reading
Mar 12 PBS NewsHour's Podcast Series "Broken Justice" Named a Finalist in American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Awards WASHINGTON, DC (March 12, 2020) -- The American Bar Association named the PBS NewsHour podcast series "Broken Justice" a finalist for the 2020 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts in the… Continue reading
Feb 14 Laura Santhanam Named Recipient of The American Psychoanalytic Association's 2020 Award for Excellence in Journalism The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) will today present its 2020 Award for Excellence in Journalism to PBS NewsHour data producer Laura Santhanam for her online report "How Detention Causes Long-term Harm to Children." The award recognizes professional reporting that… Continue reading
Jan 23 From Judy Woodruff: Longtime PBS NewsHour Anchor and Co-Founder Jim Lehrer Has Passed Away at 85 WASHINGTON, DC (January 23, 2020) -- It is with great sadness that I share the news that co-founder and longtime anchor of the PBS NewsHour Jim Lehrer died today, Thursday, January 23, 2020, peacefully in his sleep at… Continue reading
Jan 17 PBS NewsHour Offers Live Coverage of Senate Impeachment Trials Beginning on Tuesday, January 21st PBS NewsHour will offer live, anchored coverage of the Senate Impeachment Trial beginning at 12:30 pm ET on Tuesday, January 21st, and going forward as proceedings take place in the following weeks including special Saturday sessions. The trial… Continue reading
Jan 16 PBS NewsHour's Interview Series Brief But Spectacular Makes Its Canadian Debut on CBC Canada's public broadcaster to launch 10 Canadian episodes of the Emmy-nominated series Watch the trailer HERE PBS NewsHour's popular interview series Brief But Spectacular today will begin a 10-episode run on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's… Continue reading
Dec 20 PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Democratic Debate Delivered a Combined Television Audience of 6.171 Million Viewers More than 8.4 Million Total Live Streams Across PBS NewsHour's, POLITICO's, PBS's, and CNN's Digital and Social Platforms Los Angeles (December 20, 2019) – The PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Democratic Debate reached a combined television audience of 6.171… Continue reading
Dec 19 Media Restrictions for PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Democratic Debate Washington, DC — PBS NewsHour & POLITICO will host the sixth Democratic Primary Debate – sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee – on Thursday, December 19, 2019 from 8:00 – 11:00pm ET in Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University's Gersten… Continue reading