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PBS NewsHour Named Recipient of Two News and Documentary Emmy Awards
September 29, 2015
PBS NewsHour was named the recipient of two Emmy awards on Monday evening at the 36th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Continue reading →
PBS Special Presentation ‘America After Charleston’ Examines Race, Politics and Inequality with Experts and Public. Premieres Monday, September 21, 9 P.M. ET
September 21, 2015
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 Methodist Episcopal Church in June 2015. Continue reading →
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
September 21, 2015
*** 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 →
PBS to Premiere ‘America After Charleston’ on Monday, September 21
September 14, 2015
PBS to Premiere America After Charleston on Monday, Sept 21. A special production to be moderated by Gwen Ifill.
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PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff to Moderate National Association of Manufacturers 2016 Presidential Candidates Forum
September 9, 2015
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 →
The PBS NewsHour Launches Year Long Conversation on Race, Diversity and Intolerance
August 31, 2015
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 →
PBS NewsHour Debuts 5-Part Series “Rethinking College: Closing the Graduation Gap” Week of August 17
August 13, 2015
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 special 5-part series “Rethinking College: Closing the Graduation Gap.” NewsHour Correspondent … Continue reading →
PBS NewsHour Co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff to Moderate Final DNC Debate
August 6, 2015
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 and will … Continue reading →
PBS NewsHour Names Jon Gerberg General Assignment Producer
July 21, 2015
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 →
PBS NewsHour to Unveil New Set, Graphics, and Music on Monday, July 20 Broadcast
July 20, 2015
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 →

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