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Jennifer Robinson
Web Producer
Jen is a web producer at KPBS, responsible for program promotion, online membership-related activities, and is the editor of the KPBS community calendar. Jen has worked at KPBS since 2000. She is originally from Las Vegas and attended the UNLV.
Recent Stories by Jennifer Robinson
POLDARK Season 5 On MASTERPIECE (New Season Premiere)
- Sept. 13
- By Jennifer Robinson
Aidan Turner returns as the heroic Ross Poldark for a final season of drama in Cornwall. Also returning are Eleanor Tomlinson as Demelza and Jack Farthing as George Warleggan.
BORN TO EXPLORE WITH RICHARD WIESE: Qatar: A Desert Welcome
- Sept. 11
- By Jennifer Robinson
Richard Wiese travels to Qatar, an exotic land where the desert meets the sea. Meet the most expensive Arabian stallions in the world, and discover falconry, a royal sport that dates back 5000 years.
A PLACE TO CALL HOME: Season 5 (New Season Premiere)
- Sept. 11
- By Jennifer Robinson
In Season 5, dark clouds are forming over Ash Park. The family will realize that they are vulnerable to the malicious intentions of Sir Richard Bennett and that his entanglement in their financial affairs makes their hold on Ash Park precarious and tenuous.
AMERICAN MASTERS: Raúl Juliá: The World's A Stage
- Sept. 10
- By Jennifer Robinson
Discover the life and career of Raúl Juliá, the charismatic, award-winning actor and humanitarian known for versatile roles on stage and screen, from Shakespearean plays to “The Addams Family.” A co-presentation of VOCES and AMERICAN MASTERS.
COUNTRY MUSIC - A Film By Ken Burns
- Sept. 10
- By Jennifer Robinson
From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues and hymns performed in small settings, to its worldwide popularity, learn how country music evolved over the course of the twentieth century. The series features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists. No one has told the story this way before.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Feud
- Sept. 9
- By Jennifer Robinson
Discover the real story behind the most famous family conflict in U.S. history — the battle between the Hatfields and McCoys. Much more than a tale of two warring families, the film goes beyond the myth to show the forces that ignited the feud.
FRONTLINE: Flint's Deadly Water
- Sept. 9
- By Jennifer Robinson
Exposing the deadly toll from the Flint water crisis. A two-year FRONTLINE investigation uncovers the roots and extent of a deadly Legionnaires' outbreak during the water crisis, and how officials failed to stop it.
POV: Grit
- Sept. 6
- By Jennifer Robinson
After her town is left submerged by a tsunami of mud, Dian, a politically active teenager, galvanizes her neighbors to demand reparations from the corporate powers accused of one of the largest environmental disasters in recent history.
Country Music: Live At The Ryman, A Concert Celebrating The Film By Ken Burns
- Sept. 5
- By Jennifer Robinson
The concert features many of the artists who appear in the upcoming Ken Burns documentary COUNTRY MUSIC, including Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Asleep at the Wheel, Holly Williams and Dwight Yoakam.
LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: Odyssey Chamber Music Society In Greece
- Sept. 4
- By Jennifer Robinson
Join the Chamber Music Society on a journey across iconic settings as they perform signature works in venues like the Ancient Amphitheater of Larissa and more.