Cat Wise
Cat Wise
Cat Wise is an award-winning producer and on-air correspondent.
 
 

Journalist

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Catherine (Cat) Wise is an award-winning independent producer and a Special Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour.  She has traveled throughout the country and internationally to report on important stories with a focus on health, technology, science, and education.

 
 
 

Featured Work

Videos
PBS NewsHour - Artist reflects on natural beauty with a knife and paper

Paper cutting is an art form that possibly dates back to the invention of paper itself in China around 2,000 years ago. Since then, many cultures have developed their own unique styles. Special correspondent Cat Wise visited an artist whose paper cutting reflects the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest and the lives of those who live there. It's part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

After pandemic pet boom, owners struggle with rising costs of veterinary care
PBS NewsHour - How opioid settlement money led to a legal battle in Ohio

In Ohio, a state with one of the highest overdose death rates in the nation, a private foundation has been set up to distribute opioid settlement funds over several years. But as special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Mike Fritz report for our ongoing series, “America Addicted,” some have raised concerns that the public will be left out of the process.

PBS NewsHour - Are young kids losing the brain-boosting benefits of playtime
 

About Cat

Catherine (Cat) Wise is an award-winning independent journalist and a Special Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. She has traveled throughout the U.S. and internationally for the past two decades covering a variety of issues including health care, science, education, arts and culture, technology, politics, and breaking news.

In 2023, Cat was part of a NewsHour reporting team that won a Peabody Award for Guns in America, a series of reports on the gun violence epidemic and its impact on communities and survivors.

Throughout her career, Cat has focused on issues confronting America’s families including the lack of affordable child care, the opioid epidemic, teen mental health, and childhood trauma. She has been the correspondent for two in-depth PBS NewsHour series: Raising the Future - American’s Child Care Dilemma and Invisible Scars - America’s Childhood Trauma Crisis.

In October 2021, Cat and Producer Kate McMahon’s reporting was part of a special PBS NewsHour primetime documentary on the child care crisis.

Cat lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two sons.

 
 

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