Kansas City PBS Community Impact Report - Report - Page 3
PUBLIC/CIVIC AFFAIRS
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THE DEFINING ISSUES OF OUR TIME
PBS NewsHour
Kansas City PBS connects national and local conversations, echoing big
picture issues in the stories of our diverse communities told through
reporting and documentaries on television and online. We believe there’s
nothing more vital to achieving progress, mutual respect and crossing
divides than telling the stories that connect — and impact — us all.
FRONTLINE
Washington Week
Week in Review
(30th Season)
Flatland Hosted by
D. Rashaan Gilmore
The Future of Work
Hiding in Plain Sight:
Youth Mental Illness
The Gun Conundrum
This year, Kansas City PBS brought extensive, important coverage of
the defining issues of our time. From elections coverage and the state
of our country on PBS NewsHour, FRONTLINE and Washington Week,
to conversations around gun rights in the local documentary The Gun
Conundrum and the pressing crises of mental illness in Hiding in Plain
Sight: Youth Mental Illness, we kept the spotlight on the issues affecting
our communities now, and how those issues may develop in the future.
We brought these conversations into a local focus with complementary
conversations and coverage on Kansas City Week in Review and Flatland,
our newest civic affairs show, which launched in September 2021.
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