Dec 17 PBS NewsHour Introduces Content and Social Partnership with OZY Media The PBS NewsHour, co-anchored by Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, and OZY Media, one of the fastest growing digital news magazines, are coming together to highlight each other’s excellent journalism and to introduce new stories and engage with each media… Continue reading
Oct 29 The Atlantic and PBS NewsHour Join Forces for Broadcast Partnership In First Broadcast Venture for The Atlantic, PBS NewsHour Producing Series Based on Atlantic Reporting… Continue reading
Oct 24 PBS NewsHour Plans Special Broadcast and Multi-platform Midterm Election Coverage on November 4th, 2014 Majority control of the U.S. Senate hangs in the balance this November and, as voters head to the polls on Election Day, viewers can count on PBS NewsHour for results, context and analysis. Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will co-anchor… Continue reading
Jul 31 AWARD-WINNING NEWS PRODUCER SARA JUST NAMED NEW "PBS NEWSHOUR" EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ARLINGTON, VA — WETA President and Chief Executive Officer Sharon Percy Rockefeller announced today the selection of Sara Just as Executive Producer of PBS NewsHour and Senior Vice President of NewsHour Productions LLC. Currently the Washington Deputy Bureau Chief at… Continue reading
Jun 18 WETA and MacNeil/Lehrer Productions Announce Planned Transfer Of PBS NewsHour To WETA WETA, the flagship public media station for Washington, D.C., is expected to assume ownership and control of PBS NewsHour on July 1, 2014. Continue reading
Apr 14 PBS NewsHour examines how development will impact Myanmar's architectural and archeological heritage in the first of a new series: "Culture at Risk" For years, the people of Myanmar were cut off from the rest of the world, isolated by strict military rulers. But a recent cease fire has ushered in a period of calm, which is opening up the country and creating… Continue reading
Apr 10 Civil Rights, poetry and the power of words to move a nation is next in PBS NewsHour's "Where Poetry Lives" series. The Civil Rights movement was about brave deeds and bold words. Both are explored by US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and PBS NewsHour Correspondent Jeffrey Brown in the latest of their reports on "Where Poetry Lives". Their story airs… Continue reading
Mar 13 Poems from Prison, next in PBS NewsHour's "Where Poetry Lives Series" Jeffrey Brown and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey profile the Pongo Teen Writing Project in Seattle Monday, March 17, 2014 Helping homeless and incarcerated teens overcome trauma in their lives is the goal of The Pongo Teen… Continue reading
Feb 27 PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the continued impact of Japan's nuclear plant meltdown Three years after a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien returned to Japan for an update on clean-up efforts and the continuing impact of the… Continue reading
Feb 26 Domenico Montanaro to become Political Editor/Senior Producer at PBS NEWSHOUR, effective March 17, 2014. PBS NewsHour is pleased to announce that Domenico Montanaro will become Political Editor/Senior Producer effective March 17, 2014. Currently the Deputy Political Editor for NBC News, Montanaro has worked for NBC's Washington bureau for the past seven years. He… Continue reading