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An Apple Exclusive. Join Shumita Basu and Duarte Geraldino every weekday morning as they guide you through some of the most fascinating stories in the news — and how the world’s best journalists are covering them.
About the Host
Shumita Basu & Duarte Geraldino
Shumita Basu is a reporter, host and producer in the newsroom. You can follow her on Twitter You'll hear her on Morning Edition, where she responds to the news of the day with a New York/New Jersey angle. Whether she's catching you up on a local story, debunking a partly-true post that's in your news feed, or asking you to call in with your thoughts, her goal is to get you thinking about the role news plays in your day. Previously Shumita was the social media and digital producer at The Brian Lehrer Show, which involved interacting with the show's highly-engaged, thoughtful audience across all digital platforms on a daily basis. It was, in few words, the best.
Duarte Geraldino is a special correspondent for PBS NewsHour. He is currently working on a book about people left behind in the USA after their loved-ones have been deported. For much of 2016 he was traveling around the United States reporting on the race for the White House. He has extensively covered the Black Lives Matter movement, the banking crisis, and the impact of changing demographics on America’s culture & economy. Most recently he was a correspondent for Al Jazeera America, where he traveled the country documenting how economics, business, technology and public policy change lives. He has contributed reports to Bloomberg TV, the CBS Affiliate News Service and guest anchored the CBS Morning News. Duarte’s research interests include how finance, technology, and immigration issues impact American culture.
