Description
Get a behind-the-scenes look from PBS NewsHour producer and special correspondent Kathleen McCleery. McCleery gives you insights and details about the making of two national news stories, “Hearts in Ukraine” focused on students at the Armand Hammer United World College and “The Plastic Problem,” which highlighted a YouTube campaign to clean up waterways. Learn about pitfalls and surprises in the field, what gets green-lighted, and how editors help shape a piece. Finally, understand what prompts newsroom managers to air a story.
Kathleen McCleery is an award-winning broadcast journalist who has worked for PBS and NBC over her four-decade career. Now she reports and produces occasional stories on a wide variety of topics, including politics, the environment, education, science, health care, and the arts for the PBS NewsHour. Before moving to New Mexico, she was the program’s deputy executive producer.