Quick Takes
Monday roundup: WNYC revamps Schoolbook.org, CPB gives NPR $1 million for foreign coverage
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Plus: American Graduate Day carriage grows, and a NewsHour segment prompts scrutiny.
Hari Sreenivasan
NewsHour Weekend adapts PBS flagship for new timeslot, lean production model
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PBS backed the startup of NewsHour Weekend as the core element of a revamped approach to its weekend public affairs programs. It was cast as a platform for experimentation.
Gwen Ifill
NewsHour promotes Ifill and Woodruff to helm show, as TV’s first female co-anchor team
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The PBS NewsHour is reassigning its senior journalists to new roles by tapping Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff as co-anchors and managing editors of the weeknightly broadcasts. The change, announced today during the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Los Angeles, drops the system of rotating anchor duties among six different NewsHour journalists. It takes effect next month. Jim Lehrer, longtime anchor and co-owner of the show through MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, retains the title of executive editor, but Ifill and Woodruff will lead editorial and strategic planning of PBS’s flagship news show. “Gwen and Judy have been the heart and soul of NewsHour for years,” said Linda Winslow, executive producer, “so it’s wonderful to formalize these new roles and give them an opportunity to provide even more input on the content and direction of the show.”
Programs/Content
PBS expands NewsHour and Charlie Rose
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PBS is reconfiguring its lineup of weekend news programs, backing an expansion of the NewsHour and giving late-night interviewer Charlie Rose a new slot in its Friday-night public affairs block.