Hedrick Smith

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Hedrick Smith Productions is an independent television production company that creates long-form documentaries and miniseries for PBS. It was founded in 1990 by Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former foreign correspondent, editor and Washington Bureau Chief for The New York Times. Since then, Hedrick Smith and his production teams have created more than 20 prime time PBS miniseries and broadcast specials, winning most of television's most prestigious awards. In 16 years, Hedrick Smith Productions has established a trademark for high quality programs that not only provide insightful analysis of current issues but solid case studies of American heroes at the grass roots solving social problems. HSP is known for television that strikes a contrast with standard news and public affairs programs, not only through penetrating investigative reporting but with a commitment to showing solutions and success stories as well as giving voice to ordinary people and engaging them in dialogues about critical issues confronting American society. Our topics have been as varied as the Washington power game and the elegant jazz of Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck. On issues vital to the daily lives of ordinary Americans, we have ranged from exploring effective educational reform, the quality of health care, preparing for retirement, juggling the competing demands of work and family, to how communities can confront teen violence and hate crime...

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