PBS News Hour
Public television newscast in the United States
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| June 10 2024 | PBS News Hour introduced a new logo, studio, and rebranded the program's name from 'NewsHour' to 'News Hour'. |
| April 12 2024 | Robert MacNeil passes away |
| January 2 2023 | Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett begin anchoring the one-hour weekday editions of PBS NewsHour. |
| December 31 2022 | John Yang becomes the anchor for the weekend editions of PBS NewsHour. |
| December 30 2022 | Judy Woodruff made her final broadcast as anchor. |
| December 8 2022 | PBS NewsHour announced John Yang would become weekend anchor, starting December 31. |
| November 17 2022 | Michael Gerson passes away |
| June 16 2022 | Laura Barrón-López joined PBS News Hour as White House correspondent. |
| April 2022 | WNET transfers all of its PBS NewsHour involvement to WETA, consolidating production. |
| April 2 2022 | Geoff Bennett became anchor of weekend broadcast |
| April 2 2022 | WETA assumed production of weekend editions, which were retitled PBS News Weekend and began originating from Washington studios. |
| March 27 2022 | Hari Sreenivasan stepped down as special correspondent and former substitute anchor. |
| January 7 2022 | Yamiche Alcindor leaves for NBC News |
| January 3 2022 | Geoff Bennett joined PBS News Hour as chief Washington correspondent |
| August 30 2021 | PBS NewsHour aired its final 'Honor Roll' segment following the end of the War in Afghanistan. |
| January 8 2021 | Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post joined PBS News Hour as a political analyst for Friday segments. |
| December 18 2020 | Mark Shields ends his tenure as a syndicated columnist |
| September 2020 | Michael Hill joined PBS News Hour as a substitute weekend anchor. |
| January 23 2020 | Jim Lehrer passes away |
| December 2019 | Nightly Business Report ceased production, which had previously been a lead-in program on many PBS member stations. |
| October 14 2019 | PBS NewsHour launched 'PBS NewsHour West' bureau at Arizona State University, anchored by Stephanie Sy. |
| 2018 | 'The Plastic Problem' documentary aired and subsequently won a Peabody Award in 2019. |
| September 17 2018 | Ended livestreaming on Ustream after IBM Watson Media discontinued free livestreaming on the platform. |
| July 29 2018 | Jeff Greenfield begins as weekend political analyst, serving until January 30, 2022 |
| July 16 2018 | Susan Page of USA Today joined PBS News Hour as a substitute political analyst. |
| April 6 2018 | Amna Nawaz joined PBS News Hour as a chief correspondent |
| January 16 2018 | Yamiche Alcindor joins as White House correspondent, serving until January 7, 2022 |
| September 7 2017 | Margaret Warner leaves as weekday anchor |
| January 2017 | Livestreamed the inauguration of Donald Trump on the program's Twitter account, marking a significant digital broadcast event. |
| November 14 2016 | Gwen Ifill passed away, with that evening's broadcast dedicated to her memory and journalistic influence. |
| March 1 2016 | John Yang joined PBS News Hour as a national correspondent |
| February 10 2016 | Nick Schifrin joined PBS News Hour as foreign affairs and defense correspondent. |
| July 20 2015 | The program introduced an overhauled visual appearance with a new minimalist set and graphics package, along with updated theme music. |
| June 15 2015 | Malcolm Brabant joined PBS News Hour as a special correspondent based in Denmark. |
| April 11 2015 | Mike Taibbi joined PBS News Hour as a special weekend correspondent. |
| 2014 | Kwame Holman retires as correspondent |
| October 29 2014 | Lisa Desjardins joined PBS News Hour as a political correspondent. |
| September 27 2013 | Alison Stewart joined PBS News Hour as a substitute weekend anchor. |
| September 7 2013 | Weekend editions of PBS NewsHour premiere, expanding the program's broadcast schedule. |
| August 6 2013 | Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff were named co-anchors and co-managing editors, sharing anchor duties Monday through Thursday. |
| June 19 2013 | P.J. Tobia joined PBS News Hour as foreign affairs editor. |
| January 11 2013 | Megan Thompson joined PBS News Hour as a substitute weekend anchor. |
| 2012 | Alison Stewart begins her role as a substitute weekend anchor, serving until 2020 |
| November 1 2012 | Tamara Keith of NPR joined PBS News Hour as a political analyst for Monday segments. |
| August 10 2012 | William Brangham joined PBS News Hour as a correspondent/producer. |
| June 6 2011 | Jim Lehrer formally ended his tenure as a regular anchor, though he continued occasional Friday anchoring until December 30. |
| October 5 2010 | Miles O'Brien joined PBS News Hour as science and aviation correspondent. |
| September 27 2010 | PBS NewsHour received the Chairman's Award at the 31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards, with MacNeil, Lehrer, Crystal, and former executive producer Linda Winslow accepting the honor. |
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