What Happened To Hari Sreenivasan, Is He Leaving PBS News?

A renowned American TV journalist Hari Sreenivasan is currently working as an anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend, a senior correspondent for PBS NewsHour, and a contributor for Amanpour & Company.

48-years-old Sreenivasan was born in Mumbai, India, and migrated to the United States at the age of seven. He did his schooling at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Washington, and received a degree in mass communication at the University of Puget Sound with minors in politics and philosophy.

During his college life, he interned for several TV news stations. In 1995, he started his career in 1995 as a reporter for WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina. Later in 1996, he left WNCN, worked for CNET as an anchor and a correspondent, and moved to San Francisco.

Most amazing journalism project ever. https://t.co/jeJht7M5vc

— hari sreenivasan (@hari) January 11, 2022

The Emmy-winning journalist worked as an anchor, correspondent for ABC News, reporting for ABC News Now, World News Tonight, Nightline, and co-hosted the behind-the-scenes podcast 'ABC News Shuffle,' alongside Joke Tapper in 2004.

He joined PBS NewsHour in December 2009 and currently serves as an anchor and senior correspondent, and also hosts the national public television series SciTech Now.

Is Hari Sreenivasan Leaving PBS News?

The rumor of Hari Sreenivasan leaving PBS News has surfaced on social media, but it is just a false rumor.

Recently, on January 3, 2022, as chief Washington correspondent, Geoff Bennett joined PBS NewsHour and will be the host of PBS NewsHour Weekend from April.

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Reminding us of the era before digital photos & the role of class in imagery.

— hari sreenivasan (@hari) January 9, 2022

Currently, Sreenivasan was an anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend, and Geoff Bennett took his position, so speculation of him leaving PBS gained attention.

Throughout his journalism career, his work from CBS, Frontline, and PBS News Hours has received several nominations and has earned the Emmy award for a story regarding gold mining by children in the Philippines.

He also received multiple 'Outstanding Broadcast Story' awards from South Asian Journalists Association and has served on the board of that association.

Where Is Hari Sreenivasan Going?

Hari Sreenivasan will continue to work with PBS and is not going anywhere leaving PBS.

He is now in New York and works as a contributor for Amanpour & Company and host of Take on Fake, a YouTube series produced by WNET.

I'm trying to hold onto that optimism and what I think is a core "goodness" of human beings that make up these parties and country to get through these midterms and the next election without ever having anything like what happened a year ago.

But we have to want it....

— hari sreenivasan (@hari) January 7, 2022

Sreenivasan also anchors a science program known SciTech Now, produced by WLIW 21, and contributes to PBS NewsHour Weekend. 

5feet 10 inches tall anchor is married to a music supervisor originally from India, Sucheta Sachdev, and has a lovely son.

His current net worth is around $1.5 million, and his average annual salary is $95,870.

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