Need To Know is a PBS news magazine produced by WNET.org that puts top current events and cultural stories in context, offering a deeper understanding of today's issues through taped field segments and in-studio guests. It follows a web-based production model that allows viewers to watch the show online and via podcast, complemented by daily multimedia content released on its website. Need To Know incorporates a cross-media menu of broadcast investigative journalism, issues and discussion blogs, social media and partnerships with VII Photo and The Climate Desk. / Need To Know is anchored by Alison Stewart, the Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist who is a veteran of NPR and MSNBC, with periodic contributions from Jon Meacham, executive editor at Random House and the former editor of Newsweek.