Jon Palfreman
A veteran of both U.K. and U.S. television, Jon Palfreman has made over 40 BBC and PBS one-hour documentaries including a dozen FRONTLINE reports. His programs for PBS include the Peabody Award–winning series The Machine That Changed the World, the Emmy Award–winning NOVA Siamese Twins and the Alfred I. du Pont–Columbia University Silver Baton winner NOVA/FRONTLINE Harvest of Fear. His recent FRONTLINE productions are Sick Around the World, Sick Around America and The Vaccine War.
Palfreman has received many other awards honoring the quality and accuracy of his science journalism. These include the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence...
Stories from Jon Palfreman
Nuclear Aftershocks
The Vaccine War
Sick Around America
Sick Around the World
Policies
Teacher Center
Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation
Koo and Patricia Yuen
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Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation; Park Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. Web Site Copyright ©1995-2025 WGBH Educational Foundation. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
