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Jeffrey Brown is a co-anchor and senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, public television's nightly news program airing nationally and abroad. In a career spanning more than twenty years at the NewsHour, Brown has served in a variety of roles, both on and off camera. As anchor and correspondent, he has interviewed leading newsmakers, conducted studio discussions on a vast array of topics, and reported from around the United States and abroad, including the Middle East and Haiti. As arts correspondent, he has profiled and interviewed many of the world's leading writers, musicians, and other artists. As senior producer for national affairs for more than a decade, he helped shape the program's coverage of the economy, healthcare, social policy, culture, and other areas. In addition, he is the creator and host of "Art Beat", the NewsHour's popular online arts and culture blog. His work as correspondent and producer has garnered an Emmy, six Cine Golden Eagle Awards, and other honors. Prior to joining the NewsHour, Brown helped produce numerous public television series for Media & Society Seminars, an independent production company headed by Fred W. Friendly. He attended the University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Classics), the UC Berkeley School of Law, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (M.S.).
The changing media landscape and "The Public Voice": Exploring changes in technology and consumer behavior, the dividing of the news audience, the evolution of the media business, and the impact for good and bad on an informed citizenry; "Public: A Defense": addressing the concern that the very notion of the 'public good' is under stress in many areas of our culture and our increasingly fractured politics; arts in American culture and journalism; the practice of “NewsHour” journalism.