When trying to get people excited about his video news nonprofit, Chris Buck relies on one question to get the conversation started. Do power lines cause cancer? Buck founded Retro Report about two ...

Essays and documentary videos that re-examine the leading stories of decades past. Shifting objectives led to the expansion of a war that dragged on for almost two decades, and is ending in chaos. By ...

A new PBS public affairs series that looks at the past to explain current events is experimenting with a new formula to create connections with local audiences. Retro Report on PBS, an hourlong ...

The documentary is the latest component of FRONTLINE’s Un(re)solved multiplatform initiative investigating civil rights era cold case killings Emmett Till, James Chaney, Medgar Evers, and four little ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A new PBS series takes a look at some of today's most pressing issues, the challenges we face right now, and looks to the past to try and understand them. In school, some of us ...

Originally posted Monday, October 7, 2019 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog In this day and age, it almost seems every bit of news is unprecedented or groundbreaking. But all ...

RETRO REPORT ON PBS, a public affairs program that aired on PBS in October 2019, brings new insight to today’s important headlines with stories that provide historical context and discredit myths.

"Retro Report on PBS" is a new magazine-style program running this fall on PBS stations. It's looking to the past for new perspectives on the news. The episode set for Monday, Oct. 21, at 9 p.m.