Hari Sreenivasan

Host

America Abroad

Hari Sreenivasan joined America Abroad in 2014 as an occasional host. In addition to his work on radio he can also be seen on the PBS NewsHour which he joined in 2009. He is the Anchor of PBS Newshour Weekend and a Senior Correspondent for the nightly program. In addition, Sreenivasan also serves as the Director of Digital Partnerships helping guide the digital strategy of Newshour’s online endeavors.

Prior to joining the Newshour, he was at CBS News, reporting regularly on the "CBS Evening News,” "The Early Show" and "CBS Sunday Morning." Before that, he served as an anchor and correspondent for ABC News, working extensively on the network's 24-hour digital service "ABC News Now." Sreenivasan also reported for "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings," "Nightline with Ted Koppel," and anchored the overnight program “World News Now.”

Previously, he ran his own production company and freelanced as a reporter for KTVU-TV in Oakland, California. Sreenivasan served as an anchor and senior correspondent for CNET Broadcast in San Francisco and was a reporter for WNCN-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sreenivasan received Emmy nominations for NewsHour coverage of the Gulf oil spill, his work on an Interactive piece for PBS Frontline Targeting the Electorate and for his reporting at CBS. He is the recipient of multiple Outstanding Broadcast Story Awards from the South Asian Journalists Association, an organization for which he served as a board member from 2001-04. Sreenivasan is also a member of the Asian American Journalists Association and a 2003 graduate of their Executive Leadership Program.

He was born in Mumbai, India, where he also spent his early childhood. Sreenivasan graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a degree in mass communication and minors in both politics and philosophy.

Clean water a casualty of civil war in South Sudan

Host Hari Sreenivasan talks to Manyang David Mayar about the situation in South Sudan where flooding and unrest has made it extremely difficult to find clean drinking water.

Clean water a casualty of civil war in South Sudan

How new technologies are bringing water to the developing world

How new technologies are bringing water to the developing world

California's drought is big business for drillers

California's drought is big business for drillers