Dec 27 WATCH: 7 questions with Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett By Amna Nawaz, Geoff Bennett, Tim McPhillips Before the PBS NewsHour's Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett take over the NewsHour anchor desk from the legendary Judy Woodruff on Jan. 2, they sat down with the NewsHour's digital team to reflect on how they came into journalism, the… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 2:34 Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett Named Co-Anchors of PBS NewsHour Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett have been named co-anchors of the PBS NewsHour. They will succeed Judy Woodruff who recently announced she's stepping aside at the end of 2022. The PBS NewsHour, co-anchored by Nawaz and Bennett, will launch on… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch 1:39 Judy Woodruff stepping aside from PBS NewsHour anchor desk at end of 2022 By Judy Woodruff Anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff announced her intent to step aside from the PBS NewsHour anchor desk on Friday, December 30, 2022. She will devote 2023 and 2024 to a new national reporting project, Judy Woodruff Presents: America at… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 1:09 Judy Woodruff honored with Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award Our own Judy Woodruff was honored with the Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Television News. She shared some words of wisdom as she accepted the award at the News and Documentary Emmys ceremony in New York on Wednesday. Continue watching
May 11 WATCH: Judy Woodruff on journalism ethics in a time of crisis | UVA’s Jim Lehrer Lecture By News Desk Woodruff will discuss Lehrer's journalistic legacy and how she has led the NewsHour, as anchor and managing editor, through challenging times ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to the devastating war in… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 8:51 GOP Sen. Capito on funding infrastructure, raising debt ceiling and increasing taxes A bipartisan group of senators is still negotiating the details of an infrastructure bill after a procedural vote to debate it failed yesterday. The biggest issue remains how to fund the $1.2 trillion framework, including the $600 billion in new… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 7:51 Sanders: GOP ‘nervous’ about ‘overdue’ progressive policies in budget, infrastructure bill Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and the person tasked with overseeing the multi-trillion-dollar budget proposal introduced by Democrats last week. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the infrastructure deal, the $3.5 trillion… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 10:07 How U.S. officials worked to prevent coups, Waco-like sieges in Trump’s final year President Donald Trump's last year in office was book-ended by impeachment trials and, marked by a deadly pandemic, economic collapse, racial unrest , and a violent insurrection. "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year" authors Carol… Continue watching
Jan 15 WATCH: American Reckoning – A PBS NewsHour Special Report By Justin Stabley PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff was joined by senior national correspondent Amna Nawaz and national correspondent William Brangham to talk about what steps the nation might take to heal from the recent attack on American democracy. Continue reading
Sep 08 WATCH: Coronavirus vaccine ‘unlikely’ by Election Day, Fauci says By Dan Cooney “It’s not impossible...but it’s unlikely that we’ll have a definitive answer” by Nov. 3, Dr. Anthony Fauci told PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff during a virtual health research forum on Sept. 8. Continue reading