WASHINGTON and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- PBS NewsHour in partnership with
Twitter will live stream special coverage of Inauguration Day 2017 on Twitter from
11am – 5pm
ET on Friday, January 20,
2017. The special broadcast will be anchored by managing
editor Judy Woodruff, with NewsHour
correspondents John Yang reporting
from the steps of the U.S. Capitol and Lisa
Desjardins from the National Mall. NewsHour's livestream
will include the swearing in of the 45th President of
the United States Donald J. Trump
and the 48th Vice President of the United States
Mike Pence on the steps of the U.S.
Capitol, the Inaugural Address and Parade, and the arrival of
President-elect Trump at the White House.
NewsHour's broadcast coverage will live stream on Twitter
globally at inauguration.twitter.com and @NewsHour and will be
available to both Twitter's logged-in and logged out audience.
"We are delighted to partner with Twitter for Inauguration Day coverage," said Sara Just, NewsHour's executive producer and
WETA SVP. "The peaceful transition of power from one president to
the next is a powerful moment in the American democratic process.
And this year, it comes at a time when the country is embroiled in
political discourse like we have rarely seen. Streaming public
broadcasting's thoughtful coverage on Twitter will allow more
Americans to experience the inauguration and join in discussion
around it."
"Twitter is where news and politics are discussed in real time
every day, and we're excited to collaborate with PBS NewsHour
around this historic event to bring public broadcasting's live
coverage to Twitter," said Anthony
Noto, COO at Twitter. "NewsHour's broadcast will integrate
dependable, thorough coverage with the live Inauguration Day conversation on Twitter."
Joining Woodruff in studio will be a panel of guests including
New York Times columnist David Brooks; syndicated columnist Mark Shields; the Cook Political Report's
Amy Walter; PBS NewsHour Weekend
special correspondent Jeff
Greenfield; chair of the American Conservative Union Matt
Schlapp; interim director of GW's Graduate School of Political
Management Lara Brown, and senior advisor and national spokesperson
for @MoveOn Karine Jean-Pierre.
PBS is Twitter's exclusive live streaming partner for
Inauguration Day. As part of the live
stream, comprehensive sponsorship packages will be available via
Twitter.
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About PBS
PBS NewsHour is seen by over four million
weekly viewers and is also available online, via public radio in
select markets, and via podcast. PBS NewsHour is a production of
NewsHour Productions LLC, a wholly-owned non-profit subsidiary of
WETA Washington, D.C., in
association with WNET in New York.
Major funding for PBS NewsHour is provided by the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting, PBS and public television viewers. Major
corporate funding is provided by BNSF, Lincoln Financial Group, and
XQ Institute, with additional support from Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New
York, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the S.D. Bechtel, Jr.
Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the
Lemelson Foundation, National Science Foundation, The Rockefeller
Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Ford
Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Friends of the NewsHour and others.
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www.pbs.org/newshour.
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