Between September 2012 and May 2014 , Brown presented the series " Where Poetry Lives " on the '' NewsHour '' together with Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey . They travelled through the US to report on societal issues through the lens of poetry . In 2014 , Brown started presenting the '' NewsHour '' series " Culture at Risk " about threatened heritage in the United States and abroad . For that series , he has reported from numerous countries , including Myanmar , Peru , Mali , Nepal ( after the April 2015 earthquake ) , Cuba , Italy , Spain , Tunisia , and South Africa . When the '' PBS NewsHour '' launched a monthly book club in collaboration with '' The New York Times '' called " Now Read This " in 2018 , Brown became its host , interviewing the writers
April 2015 earthquake
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
Jeffrey Brown (journalist)