Overview
- Anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett announced the decision on Friday’s PBS NewsHour and brought in weekend anchor John Yang to reflect on the show.
- Yang said he will leave PBS at the end of the month as he steps back from full-time work.
- Yang noted that many weekend staff members will remain at PBS to help produce new programming in the near future.
- Nawaz thanked the weekend team for reporting major breaking stories in recent years, highlighting their consistency and storytelling.
- PBS reiterated the change in a post on X, confirming the weekend team will deliver a final broadcast on Sunday.