View Post PBS Political Journalists at PBS Discuss 2020 Coverage Adjustments: ‘We’ve Seen Our Audience Respond in a Powerful Way’ By A.J. Katz on Jul. 29, 2020 - 9:23 AM "Maybe we can learn to be better reporters now and then when we do get back in the field, those habits stick."
View Post SportsNewser | TV Biz Willie Geist Is Your 2018 TVNewser Bracket Challenge Champion By A.J. Katz on Apr. 3, 2018 - 10:56 AM We had nearly 50 TV newsers participate this year, a Bracket Challenge record!
View Post PBS | Politics Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff to Co-Anchor PBS NewsHour Election Coverage By Mark Joyella on Oct. 29, 2014 - 6:15 PM “PBS NewsHour” will to anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff on election night, with Ifill and Woodruff leading the NewsHour’s online and on-air elections coverage. NewsHour will have an elections edition live at ...
View Post TV Biz News Pro Names ’12 to Watch in TV News’ By Jordan Chariton on Dec. 25, 2013 - 4:00 PM TV Week’s News Pro magazine is out with its forward-looking “12 to Watch in TV News” list. Unsurprisingly, HLN president Albie Hecht is on the list, as he’s expected to make major changes to the network early ...
View Post PBS MacNeil-Lehrer Productions To Give Up Ownership of The ‘PBS NewsHour’ By Alex Weprin on Oct. 9, 2013 - 9:39 AM The “PBS NewsHour” will likely be getting new owners in the coming weeks. The public-TV stalwart, which has had some troubling months, even as it expanded to the weekend, is in talks with Washington DC public TV statio ...
View Post PBS PBS ‘NewsHour Weekend’ Readies For Launch By Alex Weprin on Sep. 5, 2013 - 2:26 PM This weekend, the “PBS NewsHour” expands to weekends (and to New York City), with the debut of “PBS Newshour Weekend.” Anchored by Hari Sreenivasan, the weekend edition of the iconic evening news program wi ...
View Post PBS | Revolving Door Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff Named Co-Anchors of the ‘PBS NewsHour’ By Alex Weprin on Aug. 6, 2013 - 1:40 PM At the Television Critics Association Summer Press tour in Beverly Hills this afternoon, PBS named Gwen ifill and Judy Woodruff as the co-anchors and managing editors of the “PBS NewsHour,” making them the first all-fe ...
View Post PBS PBS Adds ‘NewsHour Weekend’ To Fall Lineup By Alex Weprin on Jun. 17, 2013 - 4:10 PM PBS has made it official: there will be a new half-hour weekend edition of the “PBS NewsHour” coming later this year. “PBS NewsHour Weekend” will debut September 7, and will be anchored by Hari Sreenivasan ...
View Post PBS The ‘PBS NewsHour’ Debates Its Own Future By Alex Weprin on Jun. 14, 2013 - 10:14 AM With the news this week that the “PBS NewsHour” would be laying off staff and reorganizing in order trim costs, the show’s future has become a hot topic of debate. The Baltimore Sun‘s David Zurawik wrote th ...
View Post PBS | Revolving Door ‘PBS NewsHour’ Lays Off Staff In Reorganization By Alex Weprin on Jun. 11, 2013 - 11:05 AM The “PBS NewsHour” is laying off staff in a significant reorganization, TVNewser has learned. According to an internal memo obtained by TVNewser, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions–which produces the “NewsHour̶ ...