Jeffrey Brown is an award-winning senior correspondent and chief arts correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, public television's national nightly newscast. In more than a quarter century with the program, he has served as co-anchor, studio moderator, field reporter, and senior producer on a wide range of national and international issues, with his work taking him around the country and to many parts of the globe.

Brown has profiled many of the world's leading writers, musicians, actors and other artists. He serves as host of "Art Beat", the NewsHour's arts and culture blog, and of the new book club, "Now Read This," a partnership with the New York Times. A poet, Brown is author of the collection, "The News."