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How students are bringing new perspectives to 2024 election coverage
“On Our Minds: Election 2024,” a special podcast from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, spotlights young people’s views on issues that impact ...Robert MacNeil, founding co-anchor of ‘PBS NewsHour,’ dies at 93
MacNeil, a television journalist who had the “courage to be boring,” favored substance over flash.‘PBS NewsHour’ special looks at how Americans became so divided
“America at a Crossroads” offers insight into the causes of the nation’s political divisions in a Tuesday prime-time PBS program.How ‘PBS NewsHour’ shaped its reporting on incarcerated people reentering society
The show worked with Knology, a social science research institute, to gather feedback from experts, professionals and formerly incarcerated people themselves.John Yang to anchor ‘PBS News Weekend’
Yang succeeds Geoff Bennett, who left the program to co-anchor "PBS NewsHour."Amna Nawaz, Geoff Bennett to co-anchor ‘NewsHour’
The co-anchors start in their roles Jan. 2.‘PBS NewsHour’ staffers announce intent to form union
Union organizers say they aim to improve staff morale and reduce turnover.Yamiche Alcindor to leave ‘NewsHour’ for NBC News, will retain ‘Washington Week’ role
Alcindor has been a political contributor for NBC News and MSNBC since 2016.WETA to take control of ‘NewsHour Weekend’ with Geoff Bennett as host
The weekday "NewsHour" and its weekend offshoot, which launched in 2013, will be consolidated under WETA in Washington, D.C., by next year.New ‘NewsHour’ initiative deepens reporting on diverse communities
“The misery from a local perspective continues even after some of the national media has left. But the unique thing with The ...Yamiche Alcindor named moderator of ‘Washington Week’
Alcindor plans to maintain the show's traditions while thinking of ways it can speak “to a new generation of people.”As mob breached Capitol, Lisa Desjardins ‘took a moment to really calm myself’ during long ...
The “NewsHour” correspondent crouched behind a barrier and continued reporting as police confronted rioters near the balcony of the House chamber.With a focus on civil rights, Yamiche Alcindor rises to the top as a White ...
Alcindor is the first public media reporter and first Black woman to win the White House Correspondents’ Association Aldo Beckman Award, presented ...Lester Crystal, news executive who oversaw expansion of ‘PBS NewsHour,’ dies at 85
As executive producer, Crystal directed launch of the first hourlong daily news program on U.S. television.PBS to broadcast documentaries and specials on racism and police
The initiative includes programs from "PBS NewsHour," "Frontline," "POV" and "Independent Lens."