The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres a new episode in the New York metro area tonight, October 1 at 7 p.m. on WLIW21, 8:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN and 10:30 p.m. on NJTV.
In this special edition of MetroFocus, we look ahead to American Graduate Day, a seven-hour program airing Saturday that highlights the community leaders, educators and students making a difference all across America.
American Graduate Day host and broadcast journalist Soledad O'Brien joins us to discuss what we can expect during this year's show and how academic achievement is important to the overall health of our nation.
We'll hear from one student, Demarcus Womack, as he shares his journey from a rough Orlando neighborhood to his high school graduation. Womack tells his story to college dropout-turned-graduate, basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal.
MetroFocus will also explore the link between health and education. Broadcast journalist and American Graduate Day co-host Jane Pauley explains how poor access to health care hurts kids in the classroom and what the Children's Health Fund is doing about it.
And finally, we sit down with WNET President Neal Shapiro to learn how American Graduate Day and
PBS is having a positive impact on young lives.
MetroFocus is an award-winning multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New York region. The MetroFocus television program features interviews, in-depth reporting, content from many partners and solutions-oriented reports from the community. Major areas of coverage include sustainability, education,
Science and technology, the environment, transportation, poverty and underserved communities. MetroFocus.orgamplifies that reporting with daily updates and original stories that also cover culture, government and politics, the economy, urban development and other news in the metropolitan region. More information at: thirteen.org/metrofocus/about-us-faq/
MetroFocus is a production of WLIW21 in association with WNET, parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21. For 50 years, THIRTEEN has been making the most of the rich resources and passionate people of New York and the world, reaching millions of people with on-air and online programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of
Science and nature, and invites students of all ages to have fun while learning.
MetroFocus is made possible by James and Merryl Tisch, the Ford Foundation, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Charlotte and David Ackert, Jody and John Arnhold, Betty and John Levin and the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation. Corporate funding is provided by Mutual of America.
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