August 13, 2025

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI) today announced Connecting America, a news, information and lifestyle program designed to serve a wide variety of communities across the nation by showcasing divergent points of view on current events while embracing civil conversation. The show will debut on Monday, August 25 and continues weekdays from 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. ET with a two-hour “best of show” program weekend mornings on all USA TODAY free ad-supported streaming television FAST channels and Connecting America’s YouTube channel.

Led by a trio of notable award-winning journalists including Alisyn Camerota, Jim Rosenfield, and Dave Briggs, Connecting America is set in a real neighborhood diner, embodying true Americana. Camerota, a former CNN anchor and Fox News host, is a best-selling author and co-creator of the popular “Sanity” podcast that she hosts with Briggs. Briggs also anchored at CNN and Fox News, covering business news and sports, including NASCAR and the Olympics for NBC. The Emmy award-winning Rosenfield served as anchor/reporter for flagship newscasts in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, and most recently, WCAU TV in Philadelphia. Rosenfield’s new podcast, “Life UNexpectancy,” will launch later this summer.

“What other place serves up a mix of opinions, ideas, and human connection like a diner?” said show creator Dianne Doctor. ““If America is the melting pot, then the diner is the flavorful stew. We’re proud to contribute this unique program filled with great talent, the voices of real people, and fact-driven, impactful, high-quality journalism to the USA TODAY Channel.”

Joining the hosts are contributors including Dr. Jeff Gardere, known as “America’s Psychologist,” former Fox News Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Amy Kellogg providing an international perspective from Milan, Italy, and veteran political analyst/national news commentator Jim McQueeny. USA TODAY journalists, reporting on everything from Capitol Hill to Taylor Swift, will also contribute to the program.