Hari Sreenivasan

American television journalist

This article is about the American TV journalist. For the Indian surgeon, see Hariharan Srinivasan.

Hari Sreenivasan

Sreenivasan during an interview (2019).

Born|

Hariharan Sreenivasan

1974 (1974) (age 50)

Mumbai, India

Nationality| American
Alma mater| University of Puget Sound (BA)
Occupation| Television journalist
Employers|

* WNCN-TV (1995-?)
* CNET
* ABC News (2004-?)
* CBS News (2009-?)
* PBS NewsHour Weekend (2013-2022)

Hariharan "Hari" Sreenivasan[1] (born 1974) is an American broadcast journalist.

## Biography[edit]

Sreenivasan was born in Mumbai, India, around 1974.[2] After immigrating to the United States at age seven,[3] he attended Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Washington.[4] where he became a radio disc jockey. While earning his degree in 1995 in mass communication (with minors in politics and philosophy) at University of Puget Sound,[5] he interned for several TV news stations in the state of Washington. In September 2008, Sreenivasan became a U.S. citizen.[3]

He was hired full-time in 1995 by then-NBC affiliate WNCN-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, and later moved to San Francisco, California, to work for CNET, covering the high tech sector. In 2004, Sreenivasan joined ABC News in New York City as a correspondent, he became co-anchor, with Taina Hernandez, of World News Now, and concurrently co-hosted, with Jake Tapper, the behind-the-scenes podcast ABC News Shuffle. In early 2009, he worked as a correspondent for CBS News' Dallas bureau.[6]

Late in 2009,[7][8][9] he became an "online/on-air correspondent"[9] for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, delivering the television broadcast's news-summary and end-of-the-hour recap[8] and leading the show's blog.[9] In 2013, Sreenivasan became the anchor for the PBS NewsHour Weekend made at the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.[10] He regularly replaced the late correspondent Gwen Ifill and stands in for Judy Woodruff when she is away or on assignment.

Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri and Sreenivasan hosted a talk given by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, on September 28, 2014, at Madison Square Garden in Midtown Manhattan,[11] in front of an audience of over 18,000.[12] This was Modi's first visit to the United States since he had been denied a visa in 2005.[13]

## Other PBS projects[edit]

Sreenivasan also anchors SciTech Now, a science program produced by WLIW 21, a WNET sister station and PBS affiliate on Long Island. He is also a correspondent for Amanpour & Company, based out of the WNET studios in Manhattan.[14]

## See also[edit]

* Indians in the New York City metropolitan region
* New Yorkers in journalism
* PBS NewsHour

## References[edit]

1. ^ "In memory of my father, by Hari Sreenivasan". ompower.com.
2. ^ "Interview with Hari Sreenivasan, correspondent, ABC News Now -- August 2005" Archived 2006-04-25 at the Wayback Machine at JournalismJobs.com
3. ^ a b Sreenivasan, Hari (September 18, 2008). "Going All In: The Story Of Becoming A U.S. Citizen". Couric & Co. CBS News. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
4. ^ Owen, Rob. "Hari Sreenivasan: From Nathan Hale High to 'PBS NewsHour'". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
5. ^ "Three Questions: Hari Sreenivasan moves to CBS News - and Dallas". South Asian Journalists Association. February 15, 2007. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
6. ^ "Hari Sreenivasan -- Correspondent" at CBS News
7. ^ "Press Release", November 23, 2009, at PBS.org
8. ^ a b "Introducing...", December 3, 2009, at PBS.org
9. ^ a b c "What Is the Rundown?", December 3, 2009, at PBS.org
10. ^ Jensen, Elizabeth (September 8, 2013). "'PBS NewsHour' Begins Its Overhaul". The New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
11. ^ Sinha, Shreeya (September 27, 2014). "Indian Leader Narendra Modi, Once Unwelcome in U.S., Gets Rock Star Reception". The New York Times.
12. ^ Pennington, Mathew (September 28, 2014). "India's Modi takes Madison Square Garden (+video)". Christian Science Monitor.
13. ^ Gowen, Annie (September 26, 2014). "India's Modi begins rock star-like U.S. tour". Washington Post.
14. ^ Koblin, John (September 9, 2018). "Christiane Amanpour Takes the Old 'Charlie Rose' Slot on PBS". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-11-01.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Hari Sreenivasan at Wikimedia Commons
* Hari Sreenivasan on Facebook
* Hari Sreenivasan on Twitter
* Three Questions for Hari Sreenivasan from SAJAforum.org
* Profile from ABC Medianet
* Profile from the South Asian Journalists Association
* Article on rediff.com based on Sreenivasan's sulekha.com blog entry
* Interview on JournalismJobs.com, August 2005
* SciTech Now website
* Hari Sreenivasan Joins PBS NewsHour November 23, 2009.

* v
* t
* e

PBS

* National Association of Educational Broadcasters (1925–1981)
* National Educational Television (1952–1970)
* American Public Television (1961–)
* Educational Television Stations (1963–1973)
* Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
* Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1967–)
* America's Public Television Stations (1979–)

Documentaries|

* Independent Lens (episodes) (since August 9, 1999)
* PBS Short Film Festival (since 2012)
* POV (episodes) (since July 5, 1988)

Drama|

* Masterpiece (since January 10, 1971)

Music and fine arts|

* American Masters (since June 22, 1986)
* Art:21 (since 2001)
* Austin City Limits (since January 3, 1976)
* Bluegrass Underground (since 2011)
* Craft in America (since 2007)
* Great Performances (episodes) (since November 4, 1972)
* Next at the Kennedy Center (since 2023)

History|

* American Experience (episodes) (since October 4, 1988)
* Antiques Roadshow (since January 9, 1997)
* Finding Your Roots (since March 25, 2012)
* Secrets of the Dead (since May 15, 2000)

News and public affairs|

* Amanpour & Company (since September 10, 2018)
* BBC World News America (since June 3, 2019 from American Public Television)
* Firing Line (episodes) (April 4, 1966 – December 26, 1999; since June 22, 2018)
* Frontline (episodes) (since January 17, 1983)
* PBS NewsHour (since October 20, 1975)
* To the Contrary (since April 3, 1992)
* Washington Week (since February 23, 1967)

Personalities|

* Samantha Brown
* Ken Burns
* Ric Burns
* Michael Gerson
* Amy Holmes
* Bill Moyers
* Hari Sreenivasan
* Judy Woodruff

How-to and special interest|

* MotorWeek (since October 15, 1981)
* This Old House (episodes) (since January 1, 1979)

Science and nature|

* Nature (episodes) (since October 10, 1982)
* Nova (episodes) (since March 3, 1974)

Networks|

* PBS
* PBS Kids
* PBS YOU1
* PBS Digital Studios
* Create
* World
* PBS America (UK)

Major stations|

* Dallas
* KERA-TV
* Houston
* KUHT
* Los Angeles
* KLCS
* KOCE-TV
* KCET
* San Francisco/Watsonville/San Jose
* KQED
* KQET
* KQEH
* Boston
* WGBH-TV
* WGBX-TV
* Chicago
* WTTW
* Miami–Ft. Lauderdale–West Palm Beach
* WPBT
* WXEL-TV
* WLRN-TV
* New York
* WNET
* WLIW
* New Jersey
* NJ PBS
* Philadelphia–Wilmington–Lehigh Valley
* WHYY-TV
* WLVT-TV
* Tampa–St. Petersburg
* WEDU
* WEDQ
* Washington, D.C.
* WETA-TV
* WHUT-TV
* Pittsburgh
* WQED
* Maryland
* MPT

Former|

* America's Ballroom Challenge (February 1, 2006 – May 8, 2015)
* Baking with Julia (1996 – 1998)
* BBC OS (January 1, 2020 – March 30, 2023)
* Bill Moyers Journal (1972 – 2010)
* A Chef's Life (September 7, 2013 – October 22, 2018)
* Charlie Rose (September 30, 1991 – November 17, 2017)
* Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns (July 9 – August 13, 2008)
* The French Chef (February 11, 1963 – January 14, 1973)
* History Detectives (July 14, 2003 – July 22, 2014)
* Hometime (November 1, 1986 – January 30, 2016)
* Live from the Metropolitan Opera (1977 – 2003; replaced with Great Performances at the Met in 2007)
* Mystery! (February 5, 1980 – 2006; absorbed into Masterpiece)
* Need to Know (May 7, 2010 – June 28, 2013)
* Nightly Business Report (January 22, 1979 – December 27, 2019)2
* Nova ScienceNow (January 25, 2005 – November 14, 2012)
* Now on PBS (January 18, 2002 – April 30, 2010)
* Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (October 3, 1997 – February 24, 2017)
* Tavis Smiley (January 2004 – December 13, 2017)
* The Victory Garden (April 16, 1975 – 2015)
* Wall Street Week (November 20, 1970 – June 24, 2005; moved to Bloomberg Television)
* We'll Meet Again with Ann Curry (January 23, 2018 – January 8, 2019)
* The Woodwright's Shop (1979 – 2017)

See also|

* PBS Distribution
* PBS Satellite Service
* PBS original programming
* Members (networks
* stations)
* List of programs broadcast by PBS

* 1Defunct network
* 2Distributed by American Public Television (APT).

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