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- We’ve been honored with 10 News & Documentary Emmy Award nominations. The recognized documentaries investigate critical issues, such as the chaotic response to the 2023 wildfire in Maui, Hawaii, a corruption scandal in Venezuela and more. Watch them in this playlist: bit.ly/3GZSIdE
- How did leaders of the Army Reserve respond to the many, clear warning signs about the reservist who carried out the 2023 Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting? Watch the ASL-interpreted video of episode 3 of our podcast “Breakdown,” a collaboration with @mainepublic.org and the @pressherald.com:
- Our award-winning feature documentary with @apnews.com "2000 Meters to Andriivka" will be featured in a special screening this week at the TV Festival de Cannes. The film is from the Oscar®-winning team behind "20 Days in Mariupol."
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- Months before the deadly October 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, the gunman’s family and friends were desperately trying to get him help. Watch the ASL-interpreted video of episode 2 of our podcast “Breakdown,” a collaboration with @mainepublic.org and the @pressherald.com:
- Two family members of pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok were recently arrested in Hong Kong, according to media reports. In our November 2024 documentary "China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping," Kwok talked about the price she had paid for opposing President Xi's tightening grip on Hong Kong.
- In this challenging time for independent journalism, FRONTLINE remains committed to offering access to trustworthy and accurate reporting for the American public. Your donation will help us to continue producing rigorous investigative journalism. Thank you. frontline.donorsupport.co/page/donate-...
- In a few brief moments in October 2023, 18 lives were lost in a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Episode 1 of our podcast “Breakdown,” a collaboration with @mainepublic.org and the @pressherald.com, examines what it means to be a victim or a survivor. Explore the ASL-interpreted video:
- Reposted by FRONTLINE@frontlinepbs.bsky.social, the acclaimed @pbs.org investigative documentary series, has published – for the first time – ASL-interpreted videos for each episode of the podcast Breakdown: Turning Anguish Into Action, a six-part series in collaboration w/ Maine Public & @pressherald.com.
- For the first time, we have published ASL-interpreted videos of our podcast "Breakdown: Turning Anguish Into Action," a collab. with @mainepublic.org & @pressherald.com. The podcast examines the 2023 shooting in Lewiston, Maine, & its aftermath for victims, some of whom were deaf & hard of hearing.
- We’ve been recognized as finalists for a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for the joint project “Documenting Police Use of Force” & “Lethal Restraint” made in collaboration with The Associated Press and the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism. to.pbs.org/437kmgw
- Journalist Christo Grozev exposed Russian spies & assassins. Then, he was placed on the Russian government's "wanted" list. This video drawn from the documentary "Antidote" — premiering TONIGHT on PBS & online — shows Grozev's reaction to the news of the Kremlin's designation & how his life changed.
- Today marks World Press Freedom Day. On Tuesday, the FRONTLINE documentary “Antidote” tells the story of an investigative journalist and the grave consequences he faces standing up to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Premieres May 6 on PBS and online:
- On World Press Freedom Day, revisit our documentaries about journalists holding power to account and the forces working against them — including “A Dangerous Assignment” (2024), “20 Days in Mariupol” (2023), “Putin vs. the Press” (2023) and “A Thousand Cuts” (2021):
- We are committed to offering access to trustworthy and accurate reporting for the American public. Your donation on this #WorldPressFreedomDay will help us to continue producing rigorous investigative journalism. Thank you for your support.
- FRONTLINE has been honored with 10 News & Documentary Emmy Award nominations. The recognized documentaries investigate critical local, national and global issues. to.pbs.org/3RHsNtF
- FRONTLINE has received a new grant from the Knight Foundation aimed at continuing the series' Local Journalism Initiative, a project that has supported more than a dozen local newsrooms around the country since 2019. Local reporters can submit proposals to join the next LJI cohort by June 2, 2025.
- This week, FRONTLINE received three Scripps Howard Award nominations — two for "A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians" and one for "Maui's Deadly Firestorm." Read more:
- FRONTLINE's 2019 documentary "Flint's Deadly Water" uncovered the extent of a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak that happened during the Flint water crisis 11 years ago, and how officials failed to stop it.
- The South Korean government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission has suspended its investigation into the fraud and abuse that tainted the nation's foreign adoption program. Read more in our partner @apnews.com's report:
- Explore years of FRONTLINE documentaries on the science, politics and impact of climate change — from the organizations that fought the scientific establishment on the climate conversation in the U.S. to the role of climate change in deadly American wildfires.
- The filmmakers behind "Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages" share how the documentary came together and break down the challenges of filming in remote areas of Alaska.
- Researchers have found that parts of Alaska are warming at up to four times the rate of most of the world. The shift has left residents of some Alaska Native villages fighting for survival. Read more and watch a video from “Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages,” premiering tonight on PBS and online:
- A @propublica.org and FRONTLINE review shows the teen was recently active in at least 5 extremist Telegram channels or chat groups, including one in which neo-Nazi posters uploaded detailed instructions for crafting explosives and improvised firearms.
- FRONTLINE is honored to have been recognized today with 3 Peabody Award nominations for “South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning,” “China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping” and “Breakdown in Maine.” Learn more about the nominated documentaries.
- FRONTLINE and @propublica.org have been investigating the Terrorgram Collective, a global network of far-right extremists. Reporters A.C. Thompson and James Bandler discuss the ideas and rhetoric they found inside Terrorgram in a new episode of The FRONTLINE Dispatch podcast. Listen here:
- The internationally acclaimed documentary "Antidote" — a stunning and immersive look at the cost of opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin — will have its U.S. broadcast premiere on May 6 on FRONTLINE. Read more here:
- Amid an escalating U.S.-China trade fight, revisit "China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping." This 2024 FRONTLINE documentary traced the rise of China's president and examined the U.S.-China relationship, including the U.S.-China trade war during President Donald Trump's first term.
- A look inside Alaska Native villages fighting for survival against climate change. With the Howard Center at ASU, FRONTLINE examines why communities are relocating and why they’re struggling to preserve their traditions. Premieres Tuesday, April 22 on PBS and online.
- The battle of Fallujah began in April 2004. Roughly two decades later, U.S. Marines, journalists and ordinary Iraqis recounted one of the defining episodes of the Iraq War in FRONTLINE’s 2023 documentary “Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah.”
- These documentaries and podcast episodes trace the evolution of violent white supremacists and online radicalization from Charlottesville to today.
- How did an online network known as Terrorgram spread extremism and violence? In “The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram,” FRONTLINE and @propublica.org trace the rise of a global community of white supremacists and the anonymous, loosely moderated platforms used to spread hate and promote terror attacks.
- A truth and reconciliation commission in South Korea said the government bore responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program that was rife with fraud and abuse. The AP and FRONTLINE's 2024 documentary "South Korea's Adoption Reckoning" found cases of falsified records and identities.
- Reposted by FRONTLINENEW: To friends, Matthew Allison was a likeable part of Boise, Idaho’s electronic music scene. But behind his computer screen, authorities say, he helped lead the Terrorgram Collective, an online network that inspired white supremacist violence. With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
