A special look back at stories featured on Rhode Island PBS Weekly marking four years on the air.

‘Rhode Island PBS Weekly’ Celebrates Fourth Anniversary

Take a look back at some of the program’s most memorable moments

November 11, 2024

“Rhode Island PBS Weekly” turns four years old today.

In honor of this milestone, the show’s team mined the program’s archives to produce this short retrospective video.

Since its launch, “Rhode Island PBS Weekly” has earned 21 Emmy nominations and two wins. Over the last two years, the show has earned more Emmy nominations than any other program produced in Rhode Island. The show also has been nominated for four National Education Telecommunications Association (NETA) wards and has won three.

Justin Kenny Justin Kenny is a national Emmy and Peabody-winning journalist and Senior Producer of Rhode Island PBS Weekly. Kenny previously worked as a North American Producer and Editor at Reuters Television in Washington and was the PBS NewsHour’s Foreign Affairs Editor and Senior Producer from 2012-2015. He owns Small Footprint Films, a news and documentary production company focusing on international humanitarian issues. He was born and raised in West Warwick, Rhode Island and attended Bishop Hendricken High School, Marymount University and the University of Missouri.

Politics + Justice

Union-backed group launches push for pro-affordability candidates in Rhode Island

Affordable RI, seeded by the state’s largest health care union, backs policies including higher taxes on the wealthiest residents

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Ian Donnis

One on One with Ian Donnis

Providence’s creative ecosystem faces a turning point, Bert Crenca says

AS220 co-founder says the city remains attractive to artists, but soaring housing costs could push many out

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Ian Donnis

Weekend 401

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A manifesto for Tiny Gardens, a ‘visual spectacle’ concerto for percussion, St. Patrick’s Day parades and more

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James Baumgartner

Religion

After release of clergy abuse investigation, survivors in Rhode Island and Mass. call for accountability

Victims who cooperated with investigators say the Massachusetts attorney general’s office has yet to release its long-promised report into abuse allegations in the Worcester, Springfield and Fall River dioceses

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Nancy Eve Cohen

Economy

‘Every time I go in, another store has left’: Steph Machado on the future of the Providence Place Mall

The downtown mall is in receivership and searching for a buyer as empty storefronts become harder to ignore

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Luis Hernandez

Climate + Environment

How do researchers know that heat waves affect our health?

Extreme heat can have serious health consequences, but until recently, public health researchers only had imprecise tools to study it. Brown University Professor Allan Just is working to change that

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