Pmn 531: Breakfast

PBS NewsHour’s three-part series “Stopping a Killer Pandemic” was named the recipient of the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Science, Medical and Environmental Report.  The award was presented by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences during the virtual awards ceremony held in September. The series, which aired in June 2019, explored the potential threat of a likely flu pandemic and the advances in medical research leading to a solution.  The producer of the documentary series was Maea Lenei Buhre, of Samoan heritage.  Maea Lenei is a video journalist and reporter currently working at the PBS NewsHour, a national nightly news show based in Washington D.C.. Maea Lenei received a Masters of journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and she interned with the New York Times video team.  Before becoming a journalist, she worked in the Queensland State Government and graduated from the Australian National University