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
Sep 14 PBS to Premiere 'America After Charleston' on Monday, September 21 PBS to Premiere America After Charleston on Monday, Sept 21. A special production to be moderated by Gwen Ifill. Continue reading
Sep 09 PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff to Moderate National Association of Manufacturers 2016 Presidential Candidates Forum Washington, DC (September 9, 2015) – As the presidential primary season heats up, PBS NewsHour co-anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff will moderate the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) 2016 Presidential Candidates Forum on Manufacturing on Monday, November 2, 2015 in Pella, Iowa. Republican… Continue reading
Aug 31 The PBS NewsHour Launches Year Long Conversation on Race, Diversity and Intolerance WASHINGTON, DC (August 31, 2015) – Michael Brown. Freddie Gray. Eric Garner. These are just three names that have dominated news coverage in the past year. Different stories and different circumstances, provoking similar conversations about race on a national and… Continue reading
Aug 13 PBS NewsHour Debuts 5-Part Series "Rethinking College: Closing the Graduation Gap" Week of August 17 WASHINGTON, DC (August 13, 2015) - Each night the week of August 17, 2015 (check local listings), the PBS NewsHour with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will broadcast the… Continue reading
Aug 06 PBS NewsHour Co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff to Moderate Final DNC Debate The Democratic National Committee on Thursday announced that PBS NewsHour will host the final Democratic debate in February or March of 2016. The debate will be moderated by NewsHour co-anchors and managing editors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff… Continue reading
Jul 21 PBS NewsHour Names Jon Gerberg General Assignment Producer Washington, DC (July 21, 2015) — PBS NewsHour with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff on Monday welcomed Jon Gerberg as the nightly broadcast's newest general assignment producer. Gerberg, who produced several pieces for NewsHour in recent months, has worked as a freelance journalist and producer in New… Continue reading
Jul 20 PBS NewsHour to Unveil New Set, Graphics, and Music on Monday, July 20 Broadcast Washington, DC (July 20, 2015) — PBS NewsHour with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will unveil a new look, including new set, graphics, and music during its broadcast on Monday, July 20, 2015. The open, bright and modern concept incorporates the iconic… Continue reading
Jul 09 PBS NewsHour Ups Politics Game – Adds Bob Kovach as Senior Producer for Politics WASHINGTON, DC (July 9, 2015) – The PBS NewsHour today announces the hire of Emmy-award winning journalist Bob Kovach as Senior Producer for Politics. In this role, Kovach will serve as the lead producer for NewsHour political coverage as national… Continue reading