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 | Mayor under siege | PBS (#213)
Need to Know chronicles the challenges faced by the mayor of Milwaukee. 13:56
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Need To Know | Fri., Dec. 9, 2011 | PBS (#213)
Full Program: Various proposals on fixing the current state of Congress. 25:15
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Need To Know | Fixing Government: Kurt Andersen | PBS (#212)
Getting lawmakers to get along. 00:56
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Need To Know | Fixing Government: Elliot Ackerman | PBS (#212)
Full Program: A digital nominating convention. 01:17
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Need To Know | Fixing Government: Anil Dash on a social media revolution for Congress | PBS (#212)
Anil Dash proposes policymakers make use of social media. 01:05
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Need To Know | Fixing Government: Anna Holmes on getting politicians to communicate | PBS (#212)
Congress must learn better communication skills, says Jezebel's Anna Holmes. 00:50
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Need To Know | Fri., Dec. 2, 2011 | PBS (#212)
Full Program: An update on the age of uncertainty for the employed. 25:15
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Need To Know | Help Wanted: Revisiting Ohio | PBS (#212)
Need to Know revisits northern Ohio for an in-depth look at Americas job crisis. 21:57
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Need To Know | Fri., Nov. 25, 2011 | PBS (#210)
Full Program: A report on Alabama's controversial immigration law. 25:15
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Need To Know | Alina Das on protecting the rights of immigrants | PBS
NYU professor Alina Das discusses immigrant rights and the federal government. 05:43
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Need To Know | Alabama: The immigration battle | PBS (#211)
Need to Know speaks with an Alabama sheriff who opposes the state's immigration law. 12:46
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Need To Know | American Voices: Gustavo Arellano on the 2012 Latino vote | PBS (#211)
Full Program: Gustavo Arellano explains why he will not support the GOP in 2012. 03:00
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Need To Know | The Pentagon: Hard times, hard choices | PBS (#210)
Fred Francis hosts a panel discussion on the Pentagon's budget. 15:01
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Need To Know | Thomas Donnelly on sparing the Pentagon budget | PBS (#210)
Thomas Donnelly argues against Pentagon budget cuts. 06:11
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Need To Know | Fri., Nov. 18, 2011 | PBS (#210)
Full Program: The Pentagon and budget cuts. 25:14
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Need To Know | Fri., Nov. 11, 2011 | PBS (#209)
Full Program: Coming home: Veterans' stories. 25:15
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Need To Know | A Different Kind of Memorial | PBS (#209)
Caring for troops scarred by battle. 04:51
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Need To Know | Coming Home | PBS (#209)
Homelessness about veterans. 13:29
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Need To Know | Did Rick Perry Fall Victim to Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon? | PBS (#209)
Rick Perry's disastrous mental block. 02:20
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Need To Know | American Voices: Mopping Up | PBS (#209)
Cleaning up the mess in Iraq. 02:43
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