Aug 23 PBS NewsHour’s ‘On Our Minds’ Youth Mental Health Podcast Wins 2022 Murrow Award Arlington, VA (August 11, 2022)— PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL), a journalism education program in middle and high schools across the country, has received this year’s Edward… Continue reading
Jul 28 PBS NewsHour’s January 6th Coverage Named Recipient of a News & Documentary Emmy Nomination Arlington, VA (July 28, 2022) – PBS NewsHour today received a News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage category from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for its Special Coverage… Continue reading
Jul 28 The PBS NewsHour of Today – Reaching Larger Audiences in More Places than Ever Before Distributed at PBS NewsHour’s virtual July 2022 TCA panel on Thursday, July 28, 2022 ARLINGTON, VA (Thursday, July 28) — Given strategic investments in recent years and under the leadership of PBS NewsHour senior executive producer Sara Just, the NewsHour of today… Continue reading
Jun 07 PBS NewsHour’s Coverage of January 6th Named Recipient of Peabody Award Arlington, VA (June 7, 2022)— PBS NewsHour today received a Peabody Award for its coverage of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. The George Foster Peabody Awards are administered by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass… Continue reading
Jun 06 Lisa Desjardins Named Honorable Mention Awardee for the Medill Medal Arlington, VA (June 6, 2022)–Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism today announced that PBS NewsHour’s Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins (MSJ97) was named the Honorable Mention Awardee for the James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for… Continue reading
Jun 03 PBS NewsHour Live-Streamed Special “Tipping Point: Fisheries on the Brink” Explores the Effects of Climate Change on the Fishing Industry Arlington, VA (June 3, 2022) — PBS NewsHour’s live-streamed special, “Tipping Point: Fisheries on the Brink” will air Wednesday, June 8th at 7:00 p.m. ET online and on NewsHour’s social platforms, including YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. The… Continue reading
Jun 02 PBS NewsHour Names Laura Barrón-López White House Correspondent Arlington, VA (June 2, 2022)—PBS NewsHour senior executive producer Sara Just today named Laura Barrón-López the program’s new White House Correspondent where she will cover the Biden administration for the nightly news broadcast. She will remain a CNN political analyst,… Continue reading
May 13 A joint statement from PBS NewsHour and Judy Woodruff From PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff: I love working at the PBS NewsHour and can’t imagine it not being a part of my life. I will continue to anchor through this year’s midterm elections, until the… Continue reading
Apr 29 PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Announces 2022 Student Academy Fellows April 29, 2022 Arlington, Va.– PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has selected 27 up-and-coming storytellers from across the country for its annual summer academy, which will take place at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism… Continue reading
Apr 26 Judy Woodruff Named Recipient of Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award Arlington, VA (April 26, 2022)–The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced that PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff has been named the recipient of this year’s Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Television… Continue reading