• $1,000,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Inactive Grant)

  Media

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — The PBS NewsHour is the signature news and public affairs program broadcast on public television as well as on radio in the U.S. and internationally. It is widely considered one of the most informative and balanced newscasts on television, and it has won every major award in journalism for its thoughtful analysis and civil discourse on the most important news stories of the day. Every night, across the country, on primetime, The NewsHour television broadcast draws a consistent audience of 1 million nightly viewers. Its digital audience has grown rapidly over the last year and now sees 3 million page views each month.

• $39,500Active Strategy

  2012 (Inactive Grant)

  Media

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — WETA Public Television & Radio is the PBS station serving the greater Washington, D.C. area and the presenting station of The PBS NewsHour. This grant supports a research project that will collect and analyze data on news consumers which will be used to better understanding and to help expand the audience for The PBS NewsHour.

• $1,000,000Active Strategy

  2010 (Inactive Grant)

  Media

  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — In support of The NewsHour, a nightly primetime news program on PBS (over three years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded WETA Public Television & Radio $2,039,500 between 2010 and 2013.