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Jan 5, 2022 · NPR's Audie Cornish talks with reporters Lisa Desjardins and Sarah Ferris about media coverage around the Jan. 6 insurrection and attack on the Capitol.
- You have received several awards for your reporting on the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol. As the National Press Foundation noted, you remained calm even as rioters entered the Capitol.
- You have spoken about the long-lasting toll of that experience. How did you manage the impact of that experience while ensuring your reporting about the events of that day remained fair?
- One of PBS’s core values is accuracy, which includes putting information into sufficient context. You often break down stories for viewers by using numbers and data.
- Does social media help you engage with the audience? Do you find that holds you accountable in some way? (For example, you recently received some critical feedback about asking President Biden about his comment that Putin “cannot remain in power.”)
Jan 8, 2021 · Lisa Desjardins, a PBS NewsHour Capitol Hill correspondent, was working inside the Capitol on January 6. Little did she know, she'd soon be face-to-face with the pro-Trump mob. (Image credit:...
Jan 6, 2022 · Lisa Desjardins of the PBS NewsHour and Sarah Ferris of Politico were two of the journalists at the U.S. Capitol when it
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Jan 8, 2021 · NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Lisa Desjardins of the PBS NewsHour and Sarah Ferris of Politico about what it was like to cover the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and about its consequences.
Lisa Desjardins (née Goddard; born January 29, 1972) is an American political journalist. She is a correspondent at PBS NewsHour and has previously worked for the Associated Press and CNN Radio. As of 2018, she has reported on five U.S. presidential elections.
Jan 6, 2021 · PBS Newshour political correspondent Lisa Desjardins was inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as a pro-Trump mob breached a building and interrupted the Electoral College vote count.
