The World's coverage is provided by a global network of international journalists. The program also has access to the 250 BBC correspondents located around the world. Unique in public radio, this network works in concert with the program's multinational team of producers and editors, and brings an exceptional depth of understanding and freshness of perspective to the program content.

The result is an award-winning hour of breaking news, in-depth features, hard-hitting commentaries, and thought-provoking interviews found nowhere else in U.S. news coverage. PRI's The World — international news for an American audience.

Lisa Mullins became anchor of PRI's The World in 1998. Since then, the program has doubled its audience and won critical acclaim for coverage of the war on terrorism and its implications worldwide.

A seasoned journalist, Mullins brings more than 20 years of reporting experience to The World. She has covered major news events around the United States and produced reports from China, Albania, Italy, Mexico, and Northern Ireland. She has interviewed key figures on the international stage, including U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.

Mullins also hosts the American broadcast of the BBC documentary series The Changing World, which focuses on such issues as Muslims and modernity, and the black market trade in guns. She co-produced The Vegetable Chronicles, an award-winning series of public radio documentaries about diet and disease. For six years, Mullins hosted the American broadcast of the annual Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Day concert.

Public radio program directors nationwide have praised Mullins as one of the best announcers in public radio. She received the bronze award for "Best Network Anchor" in the New York Festival's international radio competition, and Boston Magazine honored her with its "Best Radio Voice" award. Mullins has won numerous other awards, including the Golden Reel Award in the category "National News and Public Affairs" from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters.