Need to Know (PBS)
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Need to Know is an American public television news program
produced by WNET
, New York City
and broadcast weekly on all Public Broadcasting Service
(PBS) stations in the United States
.
NTK originally occupied the one-hour slot previously held by Bill Moyers Journal, and branded itself as the "TV and Web newsmagazine [that] gives you what you need to know." It was hosted by Alison Stewart
, one of the founding members of NPR's "The Bryant Park Project" and primary substitute host for The Rachel Maddow Show
, and Jon Meacham
, the Newsweek
editor and an author.
Meacham became a contributing editor in April, 2011, providing commentaries, and Stewart continued as the sole anchor.
On September 16, 2011, a new format was introduced on air and reflected on the website. NPR
's Scott Simon
guest-hosted the first episode with the new format. The website said the show would "spend the next 15 months covering the campaign for president
, but we’re going to do it differently ...[,] covering the campaign from the voters’ perspective, not the candidates’". The show went to a 30-minute format and Stewart left September 9, citing a book project, family and lack of interest in returning personally to the political campaign focus the show was adopting.
News program
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produced by WNET
WNET
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, New York City
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and broadcast weekly on all Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
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(PBS) stations in the United States
United States
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.
NTK originally occupied the one-hour slot previously held by Bill Moyers Journal, and branded itself as the "TV and Web newsmagazine [that] gives you what you need to know." It was hosted by Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart is an American radio and television journalist. She was one of the hosts of the Bryant Park Project, a morning drive news program from NPR...
, one of the founding members of NPR's "The Bryant Park Project" and primary substitute host for The Rachel Maddow Show
The Rachel Maddow Show (TV series)
The Rachel Maddow Show is a news and opinion television program that airs weeknights on MSNBC at 9:00 p.m. ET. It is hosted by Rachel Maddow, who gained popularity with her frequent appearances as a liberal pundit on various MSNBC programs. It is based on her former radio show of the same name...
, and Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham is executive editor and executive vice president at Random House. A former editor of Newsweek and a Pulitzer Prize winning bestselling author and a commentator on politics, history, and religious faith in America, he is a contributing editor to Time magazine and editor-at-large of WNET...
, the Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
editor and an author.
Meacham became a contributing editor in April, 2011, providing commentaries, and Stewart continued as the sole anchor.
On September 16, 2011, a new format was introduced on air and reflected on the website. NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
's Scott Simon
Scott Simon
Scott Simon is an American journalist and the host of Weekend Edition Saturday on National Public Radio.- Life and career :...
guest-hosted the first episode with the new format. The website said the show would "spend the next 15 months covering the campaign for president
United States presidential election, 2012
The United States presidential election of 2012 is the next United States presidential election, to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. It will be the 57th quadrennial presidential election in which presidential electors, who will actually elect the President and the Vice President of the United...
, but we’re going to do it differently ...[,] covering the campaign from the voters’ perspective, not the candidates’". The show went to a 30-minute format and Stewart left September 9, citing a book project, family and lack of interest in returning personally to the political campaign focus the show was adopting.