Mar 26 Four-Part PBS NewsHour Series “Warnings from Antarctica” to Debut in April 2019 Arlington, VA (March 26, 2019) — Throughout the month of April – and as part of PBS NewsHour’s weekly Leading Edge science reporting on Wednesdays – correspondent William Brangham and producers Emily Carpeaux and Mike Fritz travel to Earth’s southernmost… Continue reading
Mar 25 PBS Presents “The Mueller Report” – a Special Collaboration from FRONTLINE and PBS NewsHour The Mueller Report Airing Monday, March 25 at 8pm EST/7pm CST on PBS and online In response to conclusions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, PBS presents The Mueller… Continue reading
Mar 06 “PBS NewsHour” Announces Expansion of Broadcast and Digital Capabilities with the Launch of “PBS NewsHour West” at Arizona State University Arlington, Va. and Phoenix, Ariz. (March 6, 2019) — PBS NewsHour executive producer Sara Just today announced the launch of PBS NewsHour West at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The opening of the bureau, made… Continue reading
Feb 22 PBS NewsHour Names Award-Winning Journalist Ali Rogin Foreign Affairs Producer Washington, D.C. (February 22, 2019) — PBS NewsHour executive producer Sara Just today named award-winning journalist Ali Rogin the nightly news broadcast’s newest foreign affairs producer. Rogin – who has spent the past decade reporting on politics, Congress and foreign policy – was most recently a… Continue reading
Feb 21 Jane Ferguson Named Recipient of George Polk Award for Foreign Television Reporting WASHINGTON D.C. (Feb. 21, 2019) — PBS NewsHour special correspondent Jane Ferguson was named recipient of the George Polk Award for Foreign Television Reporting, administered by Long Island University, for her groundbreaking coverage of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Ferguson’s… Continue reading
Feb 03 PBS NewsHour’s Coverage Plans for President Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday, February 5 Washington, DC (February 3, 2019) — PBS NewsHour will produce a prime time special broadcast for President Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 from 9 – 11:30pm ET. Managing editor Judy Woodruff will anchor the broadcast, with correspondents Yamiche Alcindor and Lisa… Continue reading
Jan 15 Divided Nation, United States: Navigating Today’s Partisan Waters Washington, DC (January 15, 2019) — Americans have been bombarded with reports of a democracy in decline, intensified recently by the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history. Ideological divisions and partisanship have further diminished an already historically low trust… Continue reading
Jan 07 PBS NewsHour Names Executive Director of Digital Strategy and Podcast Producer, Promotes within for Managing Editor Washington, D.C. (January 7, 2019) — As part of its effort to vastly expand and transform the PBS NewsHour online with the addition of nine new full-time positions, executive producer and WETA SVP Sara Just announces the hires of James… Continue reading
Dec 11 PBS NewsHour – in Partnership with Reveal, the Associated Press, and PRX – Named Recipient of Esteemed duPont-Columbia Silver Baton Washington, DC (December 11, 2018) — PBS NewsHour’s two-part reporting series – produced in partnership with Reveal and the Associated Press – today was named a recipient of a duPont-Columbia Silver Baton for “Kept Out,” a Reveal/Associated Press/PRX/PBS NewsHour investigative reporting partnership… Continue reading
Dec 03 PBS NewsHour’s Coverage Plans for the Funeral and Memorial Events in Remembrance of President George H.W. Bush Washington, DC (December 3, 2018) — PBS NewsHour will continue its coverage on the life and legacy of President George H.W. Bush on broadcast, online and on social through the end of this week, including live at 10am ET on PBS… Continue reading