Jeffrey Brown

Arlington

Senior Correspondent at PBS NewsHour

Host at PBS NewsHour - Art Beat

Award-winning senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, and author of the poetry collection, #TheNewsPoems.

Articles

New jazz fellowship honors long-time musicians who often struggle financially

1 week ago | pbs.org | Jeffrey Brown

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Unless you’re a longtime jazz aficionado, you might only know the names and music of a handful of stars and legends. But what about all those who’ve built a life working in this art form? A new fellowship honors them and offers financial support in their final years of music and life. Jeffrey Brown has the story for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Author Colum McCann’s novel ‘Twist’ explores isolation in the internet age

1 week ago | pbs.org | Jeffrey Brown

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio How lost are we without our devices? Or putting it more simply, as novelist Colum McCann might: just how isolated are we? His new novel "Twist" asks big questions through a story of characters literally at sea. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown has this profile of the book and its writer for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
How artificial intelligence impacted our lives in 2024 and what’s next

Dec 31, 2024 | pbs.org | Jeffrey Brown

PBS News Hour delivers the reliable, fact-based reporting you rely on, and your support ensures we can continue this essential work. Right now, your support goes twice as far—every gift is being matched, dollar for dollar. Don’t wait—our match expires at midnight on December 31—this is your last chance to keep PBS News Hour strong in the year ahead. The future of public media depends on viewers like you.
10 of the best books of 2024, according to these experts

Dec 30, 2024 | pbs.org | Jeffrey Brown

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review, to recap their highlights. “All Fours” by Miranda July“You have a middle-aged female artist, she decides to take a road trip from LA to New York. Twenty minutes outside of town, she stops at a motel and decides to completely redo the motel and becomes obsessed with a younger man.
Editorial - There’s a hole in my bucket — Jeffrey O. Brown | Ministry Magazine Podcast | Episode

Nov 4, 2024 | share.transistor.fm | Jeffrey Brown

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Miami art project puts spotlight on threat of rising sea levels

Sep 16, 2024 | pbs.org | Jeffrey Brown

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio By 2100, scientists project sea levels around parts of Florida will rise between two and eight feet. The majority of Miami-Dade County is just six feet or less above the ocean today. One local artist is doing what he can to sound the alarm. Jeffrey Brown reports from Miami for our coverage on art and climate change and our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Editorial - The great reversal — Jeffrey O. Brown | Ministry Magazine Podcast | Episode

Aug 5, 2024 | share.transistor.fm | Jeffrey Brown

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8 movies to watch for a summer escape

Jun 21, 2024 | pbs.org | Jeffrey Brown |Lena Jackson

Arts Jun 21, 2024 4:06 PM EDT It’s not the summer of Barbenheimer, but Hollywood is still hoping to lure moviegoers with breakneck blockbusters and smaller charmers. Aisha Harris of NPR and Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times recently joined PBS News Hour’s Jeffrey Brown to share the movies they’re excited to share this summer. READ MORE: Need a summer read?
‘The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt’ looks at the women who shaped a future president

May 9, 2024 | pbs.org | Jeffrey Brown |Anne Davenport |Ryan Holmes |Alexa Gold

Jeffrey Brown: Theodore Roosevelt was known as a rugged outdoorsman, a naturalist, a soldier, combative politician, and the 26th president of the United States, enshrined on Mount Rushmore.
Robert MacNeil, co-founder of NewsHour, dies at 93

Apr 12, 2024 | pbs.org | Anne Davenport |Jeffrey Brown

Robert MacNeil, a pioneer of public media journalism and a driving force behind the show that would become the PBS NewsHour, died Friday at the age of 93. A lifelong lover of language, literature and the arts, MacNeil’s trade was using words. Combined with his reporter’s knack for being where the action was and a refusal to sensationalize the news out of respect for his viewers, he covered some of the biggest stories of his time. He was on the ground in Dallas when President John F.