This Newsy documentary series delivers immersive and powerful storytelling, with a different reporter diving deep into a different topic each week. From innovative projects to counter climate risks to unlikely viral TikTok stars to the underworld of illegal art trafficking, In Real Life takes viewers off the grid and to the heart of the story.
In one of America's few remaining Freedmen's towns, a cowboy carries on the tradition of one of the nation's oldest African-American rodeos. Focused on compelling characters and colorful history, this Newsy original documentary shows a little-known slice of the modern American frontier.
Award-winning visual investigations shed light on international conflict and extremism.
Love in virtual reality. Killer robots. Climate migration. A new form of justice. These are stories shaping the future.
In partnership with TIME, Newsy pulls back the curtain on the private adoption industry, where big profits can open the door for exploitation.
In the early 1960s, The Freedom Singers traveled across the country to raise funds for the civil rights movement and spread a message of hope.
Three days inside a Detroit funeral home, where COVID-19 is pushing death care workers to their limit.
This Newsy documentary charts the life, loss, and triumph of Ed Scott Jr., a Mississippi farmer who waged a decades-long fight against discrimination.
Going into the final event of the 2019 surf season, Americans held the top three spots in women's world championship standings. But only two of them can claim Olympic spots.
Amid the pandemic, thousands of non-violent offenders released early from their sentences are making the transition from prison to quarantine and into a radically changed outside world.
Adama and Adja have a problem. Their country is running out of fish. This Newsy documentary shows the human impact of the global overfishing crisis.
Across the U.S., waste incinerators have health impacts for communities living nearby. In Baltimore, there's a heated debate over what to do about it.
Investigative journalists, scientists, and citizens trace the global fallout of a new American fossil fuel boom.
"Off The Trail" digs into the issues at the heart of the 2020 campaign trail. In each episode, we'll show the human stories behind the issues and shed new light on what voters really think.
In the Arctic, melting glaciers are the biggest indicator of climate change. On America's coastline, it's ghost forests.
A quiet crisis has left millions of American women without much-needed maternal health care, as shifting resources and populations have led to the closure of hospitals and maternity wards nationwide. In this short documentary from Newsy, mothers navigate vast gaps in a flawed system.
This special report shows how everyday Puerto Ricans are adapting to life after Hurricane Maria, from rebuilding homes, to counting those lost, to regaining employment.
In this special report, Newsy digs into a new frontier for firearms and looks at how the YouTube generation will shape the debate over guns in America.
In this special report, Newsy travels to El Salvador to examine the root causes of the U.S. border crisis and to show the impact of President Trump's new "zero-tolerance" immigration policies.
The lowest paid teachers in the nation are in the middle of a statewide walkout in Oklahoma. From crowded classrooms to a packed state capitol, Newsy offers and in-depth look as the teachers demand raises and change for education nationwide.
Sold In America is an investigative original series that dives into the nation's unseen sex trade, covering issues from human trafficking to prostitution.
Direct mail advertising, aka junk mail, is a nuisance the public mostly accepts. But it can be both an invasion of privacy and a predatory practice. This Newsy special report dives deep into the system that keeps junk mail alive and the lack of recourse for the vulnerable populations it targets.
The battlefield has been blurred. This Newsy special report looks at how cyber and information warfare are changing the face of global conflict and posing a threat to both U.S. infrastructure and democracy.
