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
Dec 17 PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Announce Podium Order and Coverage Plans for Democratic Debate Order of podiums for PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Democratic Debate based on average of DNC qualifying polls. Washington, D.C. (December 17, 2019) – PBS NewsHour & POLITICO today announced the following candidates have qualified for… Continue reading
Dec 11 PBS NewsHour Named Recipient of Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for “Inside Yemen” WASHINGTON, DC (December 11, 2019) — PBS NewsHour’s reporting by special correspondent Jane Ferguson for the ongoing series “Inside Yemen” was named the recipient of an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award from the Columbia Journalism School. The annual ceremony… Continue reading
Dec 06 PBS NewsHour to Broadcast Impeachment Hearings on December 9 The PBS NewsHour will provide live, anchored coverage of the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearing. Coverage for next week’s hearing will begin at 9:00 am ET on Monday, December 9th. The hearing will broadcast on PBS… Continue reading
Dec 06 PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Democratic Debate Format The PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Democratic Debate on Thursday, December 19 will open with moderator questions for the candidates, thus no opening statements. Candidates will each be allotted 1:15 for responses to moderator questions and :45 for rebuttals and follow… Continue reading
Dec 03 PBS NewsHour Returns with Live Broadcast of Impeachment Hearings The PBS NewsHour returns with live, anchored coverage of the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearing. Coverage for this week’s hearing will begin at 10:00 am ET on Wednesday, December 4th. Anchor and Managing Editor… Continue reading