Voice of America is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest of the U.S.-funded international broadcasters. VOA produces digital,TV,and radio content in 49 languages,which it distributes to affiliate stations around the world. Its targeted and primary audience is non-American. As of November 2022,its reporting reached 326 million adults per week across all platforms.
Kenneth Lauren Burns is an American filmmaker and historian known for his documentary films and television series,many of which chronicle American history and culture. His work is often produced in association with WETA-TV and/or the National Endowment for the Humanities and distributed by PBS.
Frontline is an investigative documentary program distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Episodes are produced at WGBH in Boston,Massachusetts. The series has covered a variety of domestic and international issues,including terrorism,elections,environmental disasters,and other sociopolitical issues. Since its debut in 1983,Frontline has aired in the U.S. for 39 seasons,and has won critical acclaim and awards in broadcast journalism. In 2024,Frontline won its first Oscar at the 96th Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature,"20 Days in Mariupol," made by a team of AP Ukrainian journalists. Frontline has produced over 750 documentaries from both in-house and independent filmmakers,200 of which are available online.
Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief International Anchor for CNN and host of CNN International's nightly interview program Amanpour and CNN's The Amanpour Hour on Saturdays. She also hosts Amanpour &Company on PBS.
WNET,branded on-air as "Thirteen",is a primary PBS member television station licensed to Newark,New Jersey,United States,serving the New York City area. Owned by The WNET Group,it is a sister station to the area's secondary PBS member,Garden City,New York–licensed WLIW,and two class A stations:WMBQ-CD,and WNDT-CD. The WNET Group also operates New Jersey's PBS state network NJ PBS,and the website NJ Spotlight through an outsourcing agreement.
Karim DuléHill is an American actor. He is known for his roles as personal presidential aide and Deputy Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff Charlie Young on the NBC drama television series The West Wing,for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series,and pharmaceutical salesman-private detective Burton "Gus" Guster on the USA Network television comedy-drama Psych. He also had minor roles in the movies Holes,The Guardian,and She's All That and a recurring role on Ballers. He joined the regular cast of Suits for seasons 8 and 9,and played patriarch Bill Williams in the 2021 remake of The Wonder Years. Hill also serves as a member of the SAG-AFTRA Board of Directors.
American Public Media (APM) is an American company that produces and distributes public radio programs in the United States,the second largest company of its type after NPR. Its non-profit parent,American Public Media Group,also owns and operates radio stations in Minnesota and California. Its station brands include Minnesota Public Radio and Southern California Public Radio. Based in St. Paul,Minnesota,APM is best known for distribution of the national financial news program Marketplace.
Judy Carline Woodruff is an American broadcast journalist who has worked in local,network,cable,and public television news since 1970. She was the anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour through the end of 2022. Woodruff has covered every presidential election and convention since 1976. She has interviewed several heads of state and moderated U.S. presidential debates.
ITVS is a service in the United States which funds and presents documentaries on public television through distribution by PBS and American Public Television,new media projects on the Internet,and the weekly series Independent Lens on PBS. Aside from Independent Lens,ITVS funded and produced films for more than 40 television hours per year on the PBS series POV,Frontline,American Masters and American Experience. Some ITVS programs are produced along with organizations like Latino Public Broadcasting and KQED.
William Lyman is an American actor. Known for his polished,resonant voice,he has narrated the PBS series Frontline since its second season in 1984. He played William Tell in the action/adventure television series Crossbow.
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) was a nonprofit news organization based in San Francisco,California. In February 2024,it merged with Mother Jones.
Stephen Henderson Talbot is a TV documentary producer,reporter and writer. Talbot directed and produced "The Movement and the 'Madman' " for the PBS series American Experience in 2023. He is a longtime contributor to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and worked for over 16 years for the series Frontline.
Michael Kirk is a documentary filmmaker and partial creator of the PBS show Frontline,where he worked as senior producer until 1987. Kirk founded and currently owns the production company,the Kirk Documentary Group,in Brookline,Massachusetts,which has produced dozens of award-winning documentaries,both for Frontline and through his company,that focus on political,social and cultural issues.
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial,free-to-air television network based in Crystal City,Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States,distributing shows such as Frontline,Nova,PBS NewsHour,Masterpiece,Sesame Street,and This Old House.
PBS America is a British free-to-air television channel derived from PBS,an American public television broadcaster similar to the BBC and Channel 4. It is a joint venture between entrepreneur David Lyons and PBS Distribution,itself a joint venture of PBS and the WGBH Educational Foundation,which owns the international rights to the bulk of PBS's output.
Sarah Ferguson is an Australian journalist,reporter and television presenter. She is the host of ABC TV's flagship news and current affairs program 7.30.
America's Great Divide:From Obama to Trump is a 2020 two-part television documentary film about the political divide between the United States Democratic and Republican Party in the early 21st century. Produced by the investigative journalism program Frontline on PBS,it charts how the two major political parties became increasingly adversarial to each other due to factors of race,media,and misinformation,from the 2008 presidential election to the presidency of Donald Trump. The film was directed by Michael Kirk and written by Kirk and Mike Wiser,and was first aired on PBS in two parts on January 13 and 14,2020.
The Choice 2020:Trump vs. Biden is a 2020 television documentary film about the Republican and Democratic Party nominees for the 2020 United States presidential election:President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden respectively. Produced by the investigative journalism program Frontline for PBS,it aims to better inform American voters in their choice by recounting the two major nominees' character and past deeds. Co-produced and directed by Michael Kirk,the film premiered on PBS and simultaneously made available to stream on the broadcaster's website and YouTube channel on September 22,2020. Biden would ultimately be elected President of the United States that November,setting a record for the most votes ever received by a presidential candidate. He also became the first man to defeat an incumbent president in 28 years and received the highest percentage of the popular vote over an incumbent president since Franklin Roosevelt in 1932.
The Power of Big Oil is a three-part 2022 documentary miniseries produced by WGBH for the investigative documentary television program Frontline,which airs in the United States on PBS. It is an examination of what the public,businesses,governments,and scientists have known for decades on climate change,as well as the numerous opportunities that were lost to help mitigate the issue.
