# EWTN News Nightly

EWTN News Nightly is a nightly newscast covering news from a Catholic perspective, currently hosted by Tracy Sabol. The show has aired on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) since 2013. Produced from the network's Washington, D.C. bureau, the show features reports from the White House and Capitol Hill as well as the Vatican and includes discussions with experts on various subject matter. The 30-minute program runs on weeknights at 6:30pm and again at 9:30pm for west coast viewers.

## Format
### Opening

The first segment of the program is devoted to the top news stories of the day, most often politics and current events from the US and around the world. News from the White House is reported by White House correspondent Owen Jensen followed up by the latest from Congress reported by Capitol Hill correspondent Erik Rosales. A guest segment is included to discuss what was reported at the White House or the Hill, depending on which had the weightier news of the day.

### Vatican Reporting

EWTN maintains a bureau in Rome to report on news developments at the Vatican, often reported on by either the bureau chief Andreas Thonhauser or correspondent Colm Flynn. Flynn has on several occasions been among the press corps that has accompanied Pope Francis on his major visits abroad, including Iraq and Mongolia.

### Pro-Life Coverage

In keeping with its Catholic identity, the show focuses heavily on national and international politics as they affect members of the Catholic Church. Much of the show is devoted to coverage of legislation in the United States and abroad that relates to life issues like abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty.

### International Coverage

The show often features reports with Associated Press correspondents such as Philip Crowther, as well as EWTN's own foreign correspondent Colm Flynn who has covered numerous global events including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the subsequent flood of refugees in neighboring countries like Poland, as well as Papal visits to a range of nations.

## Studio

The show is produced out of the network's Washington, D.C. bureau located in the Capitol Hill area, along with the rest of EWTN's news programming including The World Over, Pro Life Weekly, and EWTN News In-Depth. News Nightly was the first program produced out of the bureau when the network decided to open on in the capital around 2013.

## Production

The team begins putting the show together between 8 and 9AM with a rundown meeting held at 9:30AM for correspondents and their field producers to pitch their chosen stories for the day, as well as pending guests pitched by the show's booker. Necessary adjustments and redirects are often decided in the rundown meeting after which filling out the show begins. Final approval by the show's producers is given to the video content prior to the beginning of the show.

## Guests

The show welcomes a variety of guests, some of whom are semi-regular on the show such as author Gordon Chang, economist Joel Griffith, and Grove City College professor Paul Kengor. Other guests have included Archbishop Bashar Warda of the Archdiocese of Erbil, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Harrison Butker, Jason Jones, and many others.