PBS Names The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg as Host of ‘Washington Week’
PBS’ Washington Week has found its next moderator.
The company’s NewsHour division announced Wednesday that Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, will be the host of the 30-minute Friday news program. The magazine will also invest an unspecified sum into the show, which will be renamed Washington Week With The Atlantic. Goldberg’s first show will be on Aug. 11.
“We are delighted to be working with The Atlantic and Jeffrey Goldberg, whose depth, intellect and, yes, wit, are such ideal fits for this program and its next chapter,” Sara Just, the program’s senior executive producer, said in a statement. “Together, I am confident we will bring the most insightful conversations about today’s many urgent news stories that can be found on television and online.”