Video: Need to Know
NEED TO KNOW is an integrated broadcast and online current affairs project, uniting broadcast and web in an innovative approach to newsgathering and reporting. It breaks through the limitations of the broadcast schedule by means of a web-based production model that empowers audiences to "tune in" anytime and anywhere. A cross-media initiative built around a wide community of journalists and producers, with input from an engaged audience, NEED TO KNOW covers five primary beats: the economy; the environment and energy; health; security; and culture. Stories, interviews, blogs and photo features are continually added to and updated online, with the production teams inviting interaction and input from online readers and users who are on the lookout for the latest information on a given subject. Each week's online story development culminates in the weekly broadcast, curated from the week's reporting by the various beat teams. The broadcast features documentary-style field reports, both domestic and international, short features and studio-based interviews and conversation to complement and advance the produced reports.
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Need To Know | Fixing America: Christine Quinn | PBS (#218)
Christine Quinn on achieving equality for LGBT communities. 02:45
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Need To Know | Feels like home | PBS (#218)
A model program designed to rescue homeless gay teens. 11:20
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Need To Know | Fri., Jan. 6, 2011 | PBS (#217)
Full Program: How is Main Street doing? 25:08
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Need To Know | Help Wanted: New Hampshire | PBS (#217)
How is Main Street doing? 21:24
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Need To Know | Fri., Dec. 30, 2011 | PBS (#216)
Full Program: A look at Iowa before the presidential caucuses. 25:20
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Need To Know | Faith in the system | PBS (#216)
How evangelical voters in Iowa have been unable to coalesce around a single candidate. 11:55
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Need To Know | American Voices: Michael Gartner on Iowa | PBS (#216)
Michael Gartner offers a portrait of his home state. 03:09
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Need To Know | Playing the field | PBS (#216)
How presidential candidates are no longer committing to ethanol subsidies in Iowa. 07:38
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Need To Know | Fri., Dec. 23, 2011 | PBS (#215)
Full Program: The uncertain future of Iraqi Christians. 25:16
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Need To Know | Anthony Shadid on Muslim-Christian relations in the Middle East | PBS (#215)
Anthony Shadid of the NYT discusses Muslim-Christian relations in the Middle East. 08:20
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Need To Know | American Voices: Jon Meacham on religious tolerance | PBS (#215)
Jon Meacham on the path to reconciliation for Muslims, Christians and Jews. 02:15
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Need To Know | Faith under fire | PBS (#215)
A report on precarious Muslim-Christian relations in Iraq. 10:20
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Need To Know | Steven Malanga on how cities can get by | PBS (#214)
Steven Malanga discusses how to restore the health of the nation's cities. 04:47
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Need To Know | American Voices: Tricia Rose | PBS (#214)
Tricia Rose discusses how to create jobs for inner-city minority residents. 02:25
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Need To Know | Fri., Dec. 16, 2011 | PBS (#214)
Full Program: Fiscal challenges facing cities in today's economy 25:15
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Need To Know | Making Congress work | PBS (#214)
Jeff Greenfield moderates a bipartisan panel on fixing Congress. 18:09
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Need To Know | Fixing America: Walter Kirn on making Congress members live in their districts | PBS (#214)
Walter Kirn argues that members of Congress should live FT in the districts they represent 02:37
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Need To Know | Fixing Government: DJ Spooky on investing in the arts | PBS (#213)
Hip-hop artist DJ Spooky believes Americans can flourish with more investment in the arts. 00:55
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Need To Know | Fixing Government: Christine Quinn on getting government out of small businesses | PBS (#213)
Christine Quinn discusses why small businesses see government as an obstruction. 01:34
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Need To Know | Fixing Government: Bret Stephens on raising the caliber of government officials | PBS (#213)
Bret Stephens on how the government can attract top talent. 01:54
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