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Hariharan "Hari" Sreenivasan (born 1974) is an Indian-born American broadcast journalist.
Sreenivasan was born in Mumbai, India, around 1974. After immigrating to the United States at age seven, he attended Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Washington, where he became a radio disc jockey. While earning his degree in 1995 in mass communication (with minors in politics and philosophy) at University of Puget Sound, he interned for several TV news stations in Washington state. In September 2008, Sreenivasan became an American citizen.
He was hired full-time in 1995 by NBC affiliate WNCN-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, and later moved to San Francisco, California, to work for CNET, covering the high tech sector. In 2004, Sreenivasan joined ABC News in New York City as a correspondent; he became co-anchor, with Taina Hernandez, of World News Now, and concurrently co-hosted, with Jake Tapper, the behind-the-scenes podcast ABC News Shuffle. In early 2009, he worked as a correspondent for CBS News' Dallas bureau.
Hari Sreenivasan is an online and on-air correspondent for PBS NewsHour. In his interview, Hari talks about having a sense of curiosity, being a bridge between different communities, and the importance of stories. Hari makes regular news updates throughout the day on the NewsHour's website and appears nightly on the program. Previous to the NewsHour, Hari regularly appeared on "CBS Evening News," "The Early Show," and "CBS Sunday Morning." He also worked extensively with ABC News's 24-hour digital service "ABC News Now." Hari has reported for "World News Tonight" and "Nightline," and he worked as a journalist in San Francisco, California and Raleigh, North Carolina. Hari was born in Mumbai, India, where he also spent his early childhood. (Arlington, Virginia) Interview & Camera by Erin ...
PBS Newshour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan is moving to New York to host the New Weekend Edition. It will be a half hour show each day of the weekend covering news. Judy Woodruff welcomes this Big Change during July 12th 2013 PBS Newshour broadcast.
Hari Sreenivasan, anchor of PBS NewHour Weekend, describes his path to one of the respected seats in television news. He talks too about where he sees journalism going and what he hopes his legacy to be.
Hari Sreenivasan unloads his desk and builds a pyramid of neckties as he counts his collection for the PBS NewsHour audience.
Declining graduation rates, skyrocketing student debt and a paltry job market for graduates has many in the education community looking for new ideas to restart America’s colleges and universities. Join PBS NewsHour Weekend anchor Hari Sreenivasan as he explores innovative approaches that are changing the way higher education works around the nation.
In 2012 you may have seen NewsHour Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan reporting from all over the country for the climate change series. Making those stories was his favorite project of the year. Hari and his team traveled across the United States to bring light to climate change through what he calls "the lens of adaptation." Listen to what he enjoyed most about making this series. The climate change playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2D52FACDA41EE571
After a showdown in the House ended with a vote to cut the nation's food stamp program by $40 billion dollars, the controversial measure is headed to the Senate. Wall Street Journal reporter Damian Paletta breaks down some of the numbers behind the food stamp program and explains the impact of the proposed cuts.
Hari Sreenivasan, Anchor, PBS NewsHour Weekend talks about how news doesn’t stop for the weekend and how technology is playing a major roll in sharing media. 1/5/15 #1662
Jim Kirchherr talks via Google Hangouts with the PBS NewsHour’s tech-savvy Hari Sreenivasan about the fast pace of change and the global competition the U.S. is facing in science and innovation.
New PBS Newshour Weekend Edition Starting September 7 2013 hosted by Hari Sreenivasan.
Hari Sreenivasan, Correspondent and Director of Digital Partnerships at PBS NewsHour, talks with Access Communications to discuss his thoughts on technology and news reporting.
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week in politics and President Obama’s interview with Gwen Ifill, including the difference between factual analysis and political grandstanding, how effectively the president defended his economic legacy and the recent “Trump University” revelations.
Comedian Hari Kondabolu has made a name for himself by speaking honestly -- and humorously -- about race. Kondabolu sits down Hari Sreenivasan at the Aspen Ideas Festival to discuss why colonialism can be a ripe subject for humor, and why comedians can say things that the rest of us can’t. Read the story here: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/comedian-hari-kondabolu-finds-humor-substance-talking-race/ Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/139JZdo Watch more PBS NewsHour videos at: http://to.pbs.org/1e3qlFJ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/newshour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pbs.newshour Google+: https://plus.google.com/+PBSNewsHour
On Friday, the FBI released two key documents from its investigation into the private email server Hillary Clinton used as secretary of state. One file contains the FBI’s notes from its interviews with Clinton; the other summarizes the agency’s findings. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with NPR’s Carrie Johnson about what new information these materials reveal and why their publication is controversial.
As Apple’s standoff with federal courts reignites the debate over privacy versus security, some may wonder just how much American intelligence policies have changed since Sept. 11. Hari Sreenivasan talks with former CIA Director Michael Hayden about the constitutional cost of national security, the efficacy of drone strikes and the human element within the Central Intelligence Agency.
Moviegoers lined up at independent theaters to see “The Interview,” a comedy about a CIA plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un. After criticism from President Obama and others, Sony Pictures reinstated the release of the film in some theaters and via on-demand. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Russ Collins of the Art House Convergence about the effort to bring the movie to audiences.
Sony’s self-censorship of “The Interview” -- which imagines the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un -- has launched debate on the collision of free speech and security. Hari Sreenivasan explores criticism and questions leveled at Sony Pictures with David Rothkopf of Foreign Policy and Sharon Waxman of The Wrap.
Indie-rock band Sleater-Kinney, part of the ‘90s riot grrrl movement, has released its first album, “No Cities to Love,” in nearly a decade. Hari Sreenivasan asks the band what led to their surprise reunion.
For more on the backlog: http://to.pbs.org/10grP45 Nearly a quarter million veterans wait more than a year for their medical claims to wind through the Veterans Administration (VA) before receiving their earned benefits, according to an investigation conducted by the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR). The report, based on the VA's own internal numbers, also shows that almost one million veterans are currently waiting for their benefit claims to be processed and that the wait time has grown 2000 percent in the past four years. Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan talks with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki in this extended interview. Shinseki responds to Rachel McNeill and Aaron Thorson, Iraq War veterans affected by the backlog.