Judy Woodruff is the anchor of"PBS NewsHour," which will soon have a full-time bureau on the West Coast.
“PBS NewsHour,” public television’s nightly national newscast, is adding a full-time West Coast bureau aimed at providing more timely coverage for viewers in the region. The program produced by Washington, D.C., PBS station WETA will unveil plans Wednesday to open a dedicated newsroom and studio based at the Arizona State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix. The studio will provide live updates for the West Coast feed of the broadcast.The launch of the operation, called “PBS NewsHour West,” will give the program the ability to keep up with the seemingly nonstop news cycle where stories often can break in the evening.
Sara Just, executive producer of “PBS NewsHour,” said the bureau scheduled to open later this year will better equip the program to stay on top of developing stories that occur after the full broadcast is fed live to stations at 6 p.m. Eastern time. The program has only been done live for the West Coast when it covers major planned events.
“We’re not a 24/7 news operation, so updates have been a challenge,” Just said. “We’re excited to have the opportunity to more regularly and smoothly add more information. We’re also expecting the team to be a really active reporting unit that will cover the region for the national broadcast and for our digital and social platforms as well.”
Is Tempe on the coast? Sealevelrise
Should be in Los Angeles.
Finally
Finally the media moves out of NYC!