Sreenivasan joining 'NewsHour' staff

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- CBS News correspondent Hari Sreenivasan is joining the staff of "The PBS NewsHour," the U.S. program's producers announced Monday.

Sreenivasan is also expected to "play a key role in bridging its broadcast and digital platforms when it succeeds 'The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer' on Monday, Dec. 7," the show's producers said in a news release. "He will report and anchor video news updates throughout the day on the 'PBS NewsHour's' Web site. He'll also appear nightly on the 'PBS NewsHour' itself, anchoring a summary of the day's headlines from the broadcast's newsroom. Sreenivasan will join NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer and the on-camera team of senior correspondents already associated with the venerable news program, which is celebrating its 34th year on the air."

"This is a wonderful opportunity for me," Sreenivasan said. "Jim Lehrer and his colleagues at the 'NewsHour' and PBS have set the standard for top quality reporting and analysis. I look forward to helping them meet the exciting challenges presented by the new landscape in journalism."

"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" will be re-established Dec. 7 as "The PBS NewsHour." In addition to a new name, new logo and new broadcast and online graphics, "The PBS NewsHour" will "feature many other changes, all of which have been guided by extensive audience and station research and are designed to create a stronger relevance to, and attunement with, our broadcast and digital audiences," producers said.