This new weekly series hosted by Nick Schifrin offers in-depth analysis on subjects like America’s global influence and rising international tensions, airing Sundays and streaming online.
Compass Points from PBS News airs Sundays at 6 p.m., beginning January 18 on WXXI-TV and streaming live on the WXXI and PBS apps.
Compass Points from PBS News takes an all-encompassing look at a prominent international topic each week and provides timely analysis with a panel of experts including former government officials and journalists on issues such as America’s power and influence abroad, the shifting world order under the Trump Administration, and what global conflicts and rising tensions could mean for America’s interests. Hosted by Peabody and duPont-Columbia award-winning journalist and PBS News Hour foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Schifrin, Compass Points is executive produced by Stephanie Kotuby, who also serves as executive producer of Washington Week with The Atlantic and senior editorial producer for PBS News Hour.
Please note: This program replaces PBS NewsHour Weekend. PBS cancelled the show due to the loss of federal funding for public media.