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PBS NewsHour

PBS News is the primary daily, breaking and special news producer for PBS.

It is the consolidator news brand within News Hour Productions LLC, a wholly owned nonprofit subsidiary of WETA that produces PBS News Hour, PBS News Weekend and Washington Week with The Atlantic; primetime and daytime breaking news and political specials; and documentaries. PBS News also maintains a robust footprint across digital and social platforms, including YouTube. PBS News Hour is co-anchored by Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett.

It serves as public television’s marquee news program and features the latest news, analysis, field reports from around the world, and live studio interviews and discussions. For nearly 50 years, millions have turned to the nightly broadcast for the solid, reliable reporting that has made News Hour the most objective and credible news programs on television. PBS News Weekend is anchored by John Yang. Jeffrey Goldberg is the moderator of Washington Week with The Atlantic, the longest-running primetime news and public affairs program on television.

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