Five outgoing reporters with mental and physical
disabilities hit the road, traveling coast to coast in a hand-painted RV,
interviewing everyone they meet. Follow the news team as they explore honky-tonk
bars in Nashville, alligator farms in Arkansas, the Grand Canyon and the wild
streets of AmericaÂ’s cities and towns. Unassuming, funny, and genuine to the
core, this is not your typical news show.
• Awards include Official Selection of the Toronto International Film
Festival; Winner—Audience Award and Best Feature—Just For Laughs Film
Festival; Winner—Best of Festival and Audience Award—Woods Hole Film
Festival.
• The film had a limited theatrical run and debuted in 2002 as part of the
Cinemax Reel Life series. It has been rebroadcast several times.
• The How’s Your News? theme song is featured on the Howard Stern show in
the Robin Givens news segment daily and Stern frequently talks about HYN.
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- Interview by HYN reporters with executive producers Matt Stone and Trey
Parker (South Park) about their involvement in and enthusiasm for HowÂ’s
Your News? - Original 24-minute pilot episode filmed in 1998.
- Independent Film ChannelÂ’s series Split Screen featurette on the
projectÂ’s origin. - HYN reporter RonÂ’s meeting with Chad Everett after the film wrapped.
- Film festival and post-screening concerts video.
- Audio presentation of NPR radio show ‘This American Life’Â’s
insightful story about HYN.
