Nov 10 Miles O'Brien Named Recipient of AAAS Kavli Silver Award for Series on Advancements in Upper Limb Prosthetics Washington, DC (November 10, 2015) -- PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien's two-part series on advancements in robotic arms technology earned a 2015 AAAS Kavli Silver Award in the television spot news/feature reporting category of the science journalism competition. The… Continue reading
Nov 06 Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff Named Recipients of Women's Media Center's Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 05: (L-R) Judy Woodruff, Pat Mitchell and Gwen Ifill attend The Women's Media Center 2015 Women's Media Awards on November 5, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The… Continue reading
Oct 27 PBS NewsHour Reports on Italy's Crumbling "La Città Che Muore" Washington, DC (October 27, 2015) – Civita Di Bagnoregio, Italy, has just seven year-round residents. But each morning, the city swells with people, as thousands of tourists make the difficult trek up a long footbridge to see the unique city. In… Continue reading
Oct 26 PBS NewsHour Reports on Restoring Damaged Art Treasures in Florence A restorer works on a panel of Giorgio Vasari's 'Last Supper' at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, Italy. Photo credit: Frank Carlson Washington, DC (October 26, 2015) – Florence is a city known for its art treasures. Continue reading
Oct 23 PBS NewsHour Hires Three, Promotes Two, within 2016 Election Team Washington, DC (October 22, 2015) -- PBS NewsHour's 2016 Elections Team has three new hires and two promotions, expanding a growing team focused on covering the races with depth, insight and vigor. "The PBS NewsHour has two of the best political… Continue reading
Oct 20 PBS NewsHour Clarification On October 12, 2015, the PBS NewsHour aired a report from veteran education reporter John Merrow, based on nearly a year of reporting, about suspension policies of young children and one successful charter school network in New York City. Continue reading
Oct 12 Soledad O'Brien Takes Viewers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for Special PBS NewsHour Series Washington, DC (October 12, 2015) - The PBS NewsHour with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will air "Congo's Hope," a series of three segments with contributing editor Soledad O'Brien to premiere on tonight's broadcast (check local listings) and continue this week. In July 2015, O'Brien traveled… Continue reading
Sep 29 PBS NewsHour Named Recipient of Two News and Documentary Emmy Awards PBS NewsHour was named the recipient of two Emmy awards on Monday evening at the 36th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Continue reading
Sep 21 PBS Special Presentation 'America After Charleston' Examines Race, Politics and Inequality with Experts and Public. Premieres Monday, September 21, 9 P.M. ET PBS today announced additional details for its special broadcast, AMERICA AFTER CHARLESTON, a one-hour town hall meeting that explores the many issues propelled into public discourse after a white gunman shot and killed nine African-American parishioners in Charleston’s Emanuel African… Continue reading
Sep 21 PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll Demonstrates Both White and African American Residents Nationally Agree That Race Relations in the U.S. Have Deteriorated In Past Year *** Use of poll findings require attribution to the "PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll" and reference to PBS's Monday, September 21 broadcast of America After Charleston with Gwen Ifill*** Washington, DC (September 21, 2015) -- Three months after a white gunman shot… Continue reading