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.

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