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	2010 DECEMBER Dec. 30, 2010 Charities Look to Social Media to Turn Friends Into Funders Americans are expected to have given roughly $300 billion in charitable donations in 2010 with individuals making up $220 billion of that. For a closer look at the role of social media in philanthropy and its limitations, Ray Suarez speaks with Allison Fine, co-author of "The Networked Nonprofit."

	Dec. 24, 2010 A Christmas Reading List The Rundown took a spin around the web to bring you some holiday reading this Christmas Eve.

	Dec. 23, 2010 Gary Trudeau Reflects on 40 Years of Drawing 'Doonesbury' It's been 40 years since Garry Trudeau first drew the popular comic strip "Doonesbury." The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist speaks with Jeffrey Brown about a new book chronicling his decades of work.

	Dec. 23, 2010 Hallelujah! A Global Mash-up of Handel's 'Messiah' The journalists who bring you The Rundown blog were debating last week what gift we could give you, our loyal readers, for the holidays. One thing sprang to mind that is almost universally enjoyed this time of year: Handel's "Messiah."

	Dec. 23, 2010 Geeking Out on Words Just Got Easier With the release of Google Books Ngram Viewer, diving through the rise and fall of a word's usage across 5.2 million books spanning several decades became quite easy. For some perspective, we caught up with Erin McKean of Wordnik, a site that encourages the study of every word in the English language.

	Dec. 22, 2010 UConn Women Win Place in College Basketball History The University of Connecticut women's team broke the record Tuesday for the longest NCAA Division I basketball winning streak, surpassing the John Wooden led-UCLA men's teams of 1971-74 .

	Dec. 21, 2010 Cuba's Emphasis on Preventive Medicine Ray Suarez continues his series from Havana with a report on the Cuban health care system's emphasis on preventive medicine.

	Dec. 16, 2010 New King on the Block: Piers Morgan Joins CNN Cable mainstay Larry King's CNN show ends Thursday after 25 years. His successor, British talk-show host Piers Morgan, might be an unfamiliar face to many American viewers, but he's been a major player in the U.K. media scene for decades.

	Dec. 12, 2010 Gawker Data Breach Could Lead to Attacks on Government Agencies Gawker Media, one of the web's largest publishers, has been hacked. The insides of the multiple websites within their portfolio, their 1.3 million user's names, email addresses and passwords, are now splayed all across the Internet for anyone to see.

	Dec. 10, 2010 On Friday's NewsHour: Nobel Peace Prize, Shields and Brooks Nobel Peace Prize awarded in absentia, a closer look at China-U.S. relations, Shields and Brooks on politics.

	Dec. 10, 2010 Nobel Chairman Calls for Liu Xiaobo's Release, Peace Prize Awarded in Absentia Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, placed the gold medal on an empty chair in honor of dissident Liu Xiaobo at the city hall in Oslo.

	Dec. 9, 2010 Join Hari Sreenivasan at 2 p.m. ET Thursday for Live Chat on Reddit Did you ever want to know more about correspondent Hari Sreenivasan, the man behind the NewsHour broadcast's daily news wrap and many of the video reports on our website?Hari will answer questions on Reddit, the online content-sharing community, as part of the site's popular #IamA series live at 2 p.

	Dec. 9, 2010 TEDWomen Summit Highlights How Females Are Reshaping the Future They're the presentations that your friends forward you through an e-mail or social network, the ones where you drift off for 18 minutes into the dream worlds of scientists, the powerful stories of social activists and or talks by plain, old-fashioned thinkers.

	Dec. 6, 2010 WikiLeaks Confronts More Legal, Funding and Hacker Challenges In the week since WikiLeaks began releasing a trove of diplomatic cables, the site has been attacked by hackers and senators, been kicked off Amazon's cloud-hosting platform, lost its main U.S.-hosted domain name but still managed to stay afloat, hopping to new domains and spreading itself across a host of mirror sites.

	Dec. 3, 2010 One-Week Wonders: We Pay Attention So You Don't Have To Has it occurred to anyone lately that so many of the things we obsess about turn out to be stories that last for - give or take -- one week?

	Dec. 3, 2010 WikiLeaks Stays Visible, But Is Net Closing In? The cat-and-mouse game between WikiLeaks and its detractors continues. The site found itself without a domain name after its registrar, EveryDNS shut down WikiLeaks.org Thursday night, saying attacks on the site were threatening other customers.

	Dec. 3, 2010 The Festival of Lights: Hanukkah Stories From Across the Nation The Hanukkah Festival of Lights lasts eight days. We've gathered some of the stories about the holiday from public media outlets around the nation.

	Dec. 1, 2010 Mark Twain's Autobiography Set for Unveiling, a Century After His Death Mark Twain's autobiography is set to be published for the first time, 100 years after the famous author and humorist's death. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the effort to edit and publish his century-old manuscript.

	Dec. 1, 2010 Could WikiLeaks Be Stopped? Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman thinks it's time for WikiLeaks to go dark. Good luck with that, says Erica Naone of MIT Technology Review.



	NOVEMBER Nov. 29, 2010 How Will New WikiLeaks Revelations Affect Diplomatic Candor? Judy Woodruff speaks to former national security advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Stephen Hadley about the impact of the release of confidential diplomatic documents by WikiLeaks.

	Nov. 29, 2010 Third Massive WikiLeaks Disclosure Creates Ripple Worldwide The publication of secret State Department cables by the WikiLeaks website sparked strong reaction from U.S. and foreign governments as candid insights and intelligence were made public. Gwen Ifill reports.

	Nov. 18, 2010 Royal Weddings: Looking Forward... And Back After 30 years, the United Kingdom has another royal wedding. The engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton showcases the social and cultural changes of the past three decades.

	Nov. 12, 2010 Pelosi Will Take Wait-and-See Approach to Deficit Proposals On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the draft proposal released by the president's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform "unacceptable." But on Thursday, when asked if she would ultimately accept the commission's results, Pelosi responded, "I will have to see what is in the final draft."

	Nov. 11, 2010 Will the Real Author (Bill Wyman) Please Stand Up? A (creative nonfiction) review of Keith Richard's new book, supposedly written by Mick Jagger, is mistaken for the real thing

	Nov. 10, 2010 Should Journalists Be Allowed to Make Campaign Contributions? The brief suspension of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann reignited an ethical debate over whether journalists, commentators and news organizations should be allowed to make contributions to political candidates. Jeffrey Brown gets two perspectives on the matter.

	Nov. 9, 2010 On Tuesday's NewsHour ... Obama Back in Indonesia, Bush Memoir Released President Obama revisits Indonesia, where he spent several years of his childhood, and Jim Lehrer gets context on former President George W. Bush's legacy from presidential historians.

	Nov. 8, 2010 Russian Journalists Victims of Violent Attacks A second Russian journalist was assaulted Monday near Moscow, two days after a brutal attack left a well-known political reporter in a coma.

	Nov. 2, 2010 Court Evaluates Violent Video Game Case The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether California can ban the sale of violent video games to minors. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal explains the details.

	Nov. 2, 2010 Join the PBS NewsHour for Election Coverage Live Online, On-Air, Mobile For the 2010 midterms, and political coverage promises to be plentiful Tuesday. But for the finest election news and analysis, there's only one PBS NewsHour.



	OCTOBER Oct. 30, 2010 At Stewart/Colbert 'Sanity' Rally, a Call for Fewer Political Extremes Was it humor or was it politics? We may never fully know, but crowds came to Washington by the busload Saturday for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear."

	Oct. 30, 2010 Comedians' Rally Seeks to Kindle a Spirit of Sanity and/or Fear Be it for politics or be it for comedy, crowds descended on the National Mall Saturday for the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear," organized by Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, in either in jest or protest of the nation's political climate.

	Oct. 25, 2010 Monday: Haiti's Cholera Death Toll Hits 250; More Massacres in Mexico The death toll in Haiti's cholera epidemic topped 250 over the weekend as thousands more remained hospitalized and officials braced for the disease to spread into densely populated slums in urban areas.

	Oct. 22, 2010 Juan Williams Firing: What Speech Is OK as Journalism Evolves? NPR's decision to fire news analyst Juan Williams this week over controversial comments he made on Fox News have raised big questions on media, ethics and opinion. Jeffrey Brown talks to a panel of experts for insight.

	Oct. 22, 2010 NPR's Firing of Juan Williams Reignites Ethics, Public Media Funding Debates NPR's firing of Juan Williams this week for remarks about Muslims on Fox News has spawned numerous side discussions among journalists, commentators and politicians about media ethics, views of Muslims in the U.S. and public media funding.

	Oct. 19, 2010 NewsHour Full Broadcast Audio Now Available via Phone, Podcast You now have two new ways to listen to the full NewsHour broadcast whenever and wherever you want.

	Oct. 19, 2010 Women Journalists Honored for Risky Reporting in Colombia, Tanzania Every year, the Courage in Journalism Awards honor a group of women for their reporting in dangerous locales around the world. Two of this year's winners, Vicky Ntetema and Claudia Julieta Duque, stopped by the Rundown last week to share their experiences.

	Oct. 18, 2010 Popular Facebook Apps Lack Privacy Protection, Report Finds New privacy breaches have been uncovered for users of the social network Facebook and many of its most popular applications. Geoffrey Fowler of the Wall Street Journal discusses some of his newspaper's findings with Jeffrey Brown.

	Oct. 15, 2010 China: Party Veterans Issue Letter in Support of Free Speech This hasn't been a great week for China's Communist Party leaders in the PR department, as they gather for a big party confab in Beijing today. Yes, they're flush with the glow from high-octane economy and their new assertiveness on the world stage. But they've also taken a couple of public hits.

	Oct. 14, 2010 Chile's Mine Rescue: Costs and Benefits The complicated mission to save 33 men from the collapsed San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, which ended successfully Wednesday night, will cost an estimated $10 million to $20 million, according to Chilean President Sebastian Pinera.

	Oct. 11, 2010 A Closer Look at the Influence of Religion in America When I wrote my 2006 book "The Holy Vote" I thought I was writing about the end of something, not the beginning. I was right about that, but didn't anticipate the strange ways religion would continue to put its imprint on our shared political life. Read more from Ray Suarez.

	Oct. 8, 2010 The Doubleheader: Bewitching Ads, Perfect Games, Political Hoop Dreams The sport of politics and the politics of sport is what we are all about in our check-ins with Mark Shields and David Brooks. On this webisode, we look at this political season's new ads, and political and basketball superstars going head-to-head in the newest edition of the classic arcade game "NBA JAM."

	Oct. 8, 2010 Coming Soon to PBS, the History of Art Across Time, Continents and Cultures Starting Sunday on PBS, a new 13-part educational series for high school and college students explores some of the most commonly recurring themes that come up again and again across the history (and contemporary practice) of art.

	Oct. 7, 2010 Kentucky Dispatch: How Do You Know It's Election Season? Turn On the TV Election Day is less than four weeks away, a fact that becomes obvious simply by turning on the television in any state with a competitive Senate race. It's nearly impossible to go an entire commercial break in Kentucky without seeing an advertisement from Republican candidate Rand Paul or his Democratic opponent, Jack Conway.

	Oct. 5, 2010 Google, Apple Among Those Vying for Living Room Media Dominance As people spend more and more time consuming digital media, wryly noted here, Google is hoping its new service will become the breakout tool to fully integrate how the most popular forms are consumed in the home: Web, television, social media, music and more.

	Oct. 1, 2010 Student's Death Sparks Questions on Privacy in the Digital Age Ray Suarez gets two perspectives on the many questions raised by a Rutgers University student's suicide three days after his roommate and another person allegedly broadcast his sexual encounter with another man secretly on the Internet.

	Oct. 1, 2010 Rutgers Student's Suicide Prompts Privacy, Cyber-Bullying Debates Ray Suarez looks at the varied reactions to the suicide of a student at Rutgers University and the legal questions it raises.

	Oct. 1, 2010 Status Update: Facebook-Inspired Film 'The Social Network' Opens Last week, the NewsHour looked at "The Social Network", a film -- opening across the country on Friday -- about Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.



	SEPTEMBER Sept. 28, 2010 Any Hour Can Be Your NewsHour: Download Our New iPhone App Thanks to all of those who waited -- and those who nudged, pushed and shoved for us to go mobile. We quietly rolled out a test version of our iPhone app a few weeks ago and more than 70,000 of you have helped kick the tires. It's finally official: our new iPhone app is live. Here's a brief and amusing primer on what you'll get.

	Sept. 27, 2010 Proposal Could Expand Government's Web Wiretapping Efforts Potential new regulations could make it easier for federal officials to wiretap online communications, raising privacy concerns. Ray Suarez gets two views on the idea.

	Sept. 27, 2010 No Blaring: MacNeil on Emmy, Keeping a Reasonable Tone in Broadcast News Robert MacNeil been retired from the NewsHour since 1995, but as Jim Lehrer's partner in MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, he's still a producer of the program. In a special blog post, he reflects on an Emmy honor being bestowed on the program Monday.

	Sept. 24, 2010 Facebook's Zuckerberg Lands in the Spotlight Amid Movie Flak, School Donation Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is set to donate $100 million to the Newark, N.J., school system as a new movie comes out documenting the rise of the social networking site. Ray Suarez has more.

	Sept. 24, 2010 Gwen's Take: Telling Our Stories Two women I know have recently written terrific books: Isabel Wilkerson and I were both reporters for the New York Times; Michele Norris and I became running buddies while working together at the Washington Post. I also wrote a book a few years ago, an exercise that ranks right at the top of the hardest things I have ever done.

	Sept. 22, 2010 Judy Woodruff: Former Presidents and the Press There is no set pattern to the lives led by former presidents, but there is arguably a pattern to the way they relate to the press.

	Sept. 22, 2010 Book Details White House Split Over Afghanistan; Egg Recall Hearing Ahead President Obama "urgently looked for a way out of the war in Afghanistan last year, repeatedly pressing his top military advisers for an exit plan that they never gave him," according to a new book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward.

	Sept. 20, 2010 Mexico's Drug War Putting Reporters, Journalism in the Crosshairs A young photographer for Juarez's El Diario newspaper was gunned down as he walked to lunch, prompting his newspaper to ask of Mexico's drug cartels on the front page what they expect of journalists. Ray Suarez speaks with Angela Kocherga of Belo Television about the latest killing and the effects on drug war media coverage.

	Sept. 17, 2010 Citizens No Longer Need 'Marching Orders' to Get Involved With Washington stuck in a cycle of partisanship -- made worse by the prospect of mid-term elections a little more than six weeks away -- it's refreshing to hear a room full of people cheering on the role ordinary citizens are playing these days.

	Sept. 17, 2010 Education Leaders Square Off Over Charters at 'Superman' D.C. Premiere Three documentaries released this year focus on the troubled American education system. The highest-profile is "Waiting for Superman," directed by Davis Guggenheim, who also directed the global warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."

	Sept. 15, 2010 Evan Williams Explains New Twitter Interface For the 1 percent of users who woke up to a different Twitter experience Wednesday morning, it was probably the biggest change they have ever seen to the real time information service.

	Sept. 15, 2010 Civil Rights Photographer May Have Led Double Life as FBI Informant Ernest Withers, a famed Civil Rights photographer during the 50's and 60's, may have been pulling double duty for the FBI as a paid informant. Margaret Warner talks to veteran journalist Earl Caldwell for more.

	Sept. 9, 2010 Kim Jong Un: Potential Successor in North Korea, but Who Is He? A major conference of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang has raised the expectation of a handover of power from Kim Jong Il to his youngest son.

	Sept. 9, 2010 President Obama Condemns Pastor's Plans to Burn Quran President Obama denounced a Florida pastor's plan to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this Saturday.

	Sept. 7, 2010 Chile Dispatch: Trapped Miners Sent Small Luxuries, but Pine for More COPIAPO, Chile \| On Tuesday afternoon, a city of Copiapo truck dumped a fresh load of firewood next to a small cluster of tents where several trapped miners' families have spent the last month camping on the rocky ground.

	Sept. 7, 2010 Craigslist Drops Adult Services Ads: What's the Real Impact? The world's largest classified ads website, Craigslist.org, shut down its profitable adult services section after accusations that it was being used for prostitution and human trafficking. Judy Woodruff gets two views on the larger legal impact.

	Sept. 7, 2010 For Iraqi Refugees, Survival Can Come at a High Price Haidar Hamza is among the estimated 2 million Iraqi refugees still living far from home more than seven years after the U.S.-led coalition took over Baghdad. He recently visited Syria and Jordan and relays some of the challenges Iraqis who fled their homeland continue to face.

	Sept. 3, 2010 A Woman's Military Embed Guide: What to Forget - And Not Forget Margaret Warner has been reporting in Iraq and has some advice for a military embed. First, accept the fact that you're going to feel skuzzy from the moment you alight from the helicopter in a cloud of dust at some remote U.S. military base; windblown, sweaty, and gritty. Find her full list of tips here.

	Sept. 2, 2010 Lehrer Honored With Marine Corps Parade Jim Lehrer was honored in late August at a parade in Washington hosted by Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps. Lehrer, whose father was a Marine, served with his brother in the Third Marine Division in the Far East in the 1950s.



	AUGUST Aug. 27, 2010 Tweeting in the Golden Years: Older Americans Using Social Media More A growing number of 50- to 65-year-olds are using social networking tools on the Internet, according a new study by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.

	Aug. 26, 2010 Reid, Angle Duel in New Television Ads The Nevada Senate race between Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Sharron Angle is expected to be one of this year's most talked-about contests. Based on campaign ads released Thursday by both campaigns, it's also looking like it will be one of the hardest-hitting.

	Aug. 25, 2010 Mexican Media Face Perils Reporting on Drug War Ioan Grillo of GlobalPost reports on the dangers journalists face in Mexico reporting on the country's violent drug war.

	Aug. 25, 2010 Law & Disorder: The Missteps of NOPD After Katrina We talked this week with A.C. Thompson, one of the reporters from ProPublica who has been investigating the New Orleans Police Department in the years since Hurricane Katrina. His work is part of a Frontline report called "Law and Disorder."

	Aug. 24, 2010 South Africa in an Uproar Over Proposals to Restrict Media A new uproar has developed in South Africa over proposals by the governing African National Congress to impose curbs on that country's dynamic and freewheeling press.

	Aug. 20, 2010 Shields and Gerson Grade Obama's Campaigning, News Corp. Donation Columnists Mark Shields and Michael Gerson disagreed whether President Obama's campaigning will resonate with voters ahead of this year's midterm elections. They also discussed the Fox News parent company's contribution to the Republican Governors Associationn before an air conditioner butted its way into this week's discussion.

	Aug. 20, 2010 News Corp.'s $1M Contribution to GOP Governors Group Under Fire News Corp.'s $1 million contribution to the Republican Governors Association has drawn fire from journalism schools, ethics analysts and progressive political organizations this week. Owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. is the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, Fox News and other media outlets.

	Aug. 20, 2010 Gwen's Take \| Unplanned Aberration: How Mosque Discussion Got Derailed Gwen Ifill offers the backstory to a debate she moderated earlier this week over the proposed mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York.

	Aug. 20, 2010 Boy Wonder Photographer Six-year-old Kamar Hashem Mohammed Al-Nomane is an aspiring professional photographer, and he's already off to a good start. Photos by Larisa Epatko

	Aug. 20, 2010 Conversation: Director Yael Hersonski Puts New Lens on 'A Film Unfinished' In 1942, a Nazi crew arrived in Warsaw, Poland to begin filming in the Jewish ghetto, just months before its razing and the deportation of its terrorized inhabitants. In her new movie, "A Film Unfinished," Israeli filmmaker Yael Hersonski attempts to put together a fuller understanding of the film's purpose and production.

	Aug. 18, 2010 Mom Says the Darndest Things: 10 Questions for @kellyoxford Kelly Oxford started writing an anonymous blog more than seven years ago after spending a lot of time reading sites about child-rearing. What she found were places where fellow mothers could communicate with each other, but they just weren't very entertaining. In lieu of an interview, we had 10 tweeted exchanges with her.

	Aug. 17, 2010 Bobby Thomson's Famous Home Run: 'Scripted Like a Movie' For generations of baseball fans, Bobby Thomson's dramatic 9th-inning home run off pitcher Ralph Branca in the deciding game of the 1951 National League playoffs remains one of the sport's most iconic moments.

	Aug. 17, 2010 The College Mindset List: No Cursive Skills or Cold War Fears There are lists we like and lists we can live without. Now comes a list guaranteed to make most of us feel -- old. It's the annual Beloit College "Mindset List" gleaned from the entering freshman class, most of whom were born in 1992.

	Aug. 16, 2010 Author Disconnects From Communication Devices to Reconnect With Life In this day and age, much communication is done by e-mail, text messages, Twitter and other forms of digital communication. William Powers, author of "Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age," explains how disconnecting from our screens may help us reconnect with our lives.

	Aug. 13, 2010 Gwen's Take \| Leaning Left and Right: Why Labels Won't Help This Year OK, folks, it's time for another of my periodic forays into definitional politics. To accomplish this, I have to take my own profession to task - and then rise to its defense. The problem: we reach too easily for shorthand. The defense: we live for shorthand.

	Aug. 11, 2010 Pew Report: U.S. Broadband Adoption Slows, but Blacks Gain Ground The Pew Internet & American Life Project released its Home Broadband 2010 Report Wednesday, revealing a dramatic slowing of broadband adoption by Americans this year, but showing notable growth in use by blacks.

	Aug. 9, 2010 Kagame Plans Victory Party in Rwandan Presidential Election Rwandans voted for president Monday in an election that incumbent Paul Kagame was expected to win handily.

	Aug. 3, 2010 Emerging From Genocidal History, Rwandans Prepare for Elections Sixteen years after Rwanda's genocide, the country is still struggling with reconciliation and democracy, highlighted by upcoming presidential elections on Monday.

	Aug. 2, 2010 Jean-Michel Cousteau Dives Into Tales of Famous Father's Legacy Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the famous oceanographer, has written a new book, "My Father, the Captain: My Life With Jacques Cousteau," about his father's legacy and his relationship with him as a friend, confidante and employee. Jeffrey Brown has more.

	Aug. 2, 2010 Arizona Dispatch: SB 1070 Through a Photojournalist's Lens Arizona Republic photorapher Nick Oza and his colleagues have launched a project called 90 Days that is chronicling the immigration debate in the state through the lens of photojournalism.



	JULY July 30, 2010 Poynter Editor on WikiLeaks' Global Leverage, Playing by Its Own Rules On this edition of NewsHour Plus, we check in with Steve Myers, managing editor of Poynter Online, a training facility for journalists, who wrote this week about how WikiLeaks is changing the power structure in the news business and how it has managed to avoid repercussions thus far.

	July 30, 2010 Gwen's Take: Toxic Conversations A few years ago, my friends Mark Halperin, now of Time Magazine, and John Harris, now of Politico, coined the term "freak show" as a catchall for the fever that overtakes those of us in the information gathering business from time to time.

	July 27, 2010 WikiLeaks Documents Go Public: Where Should Journalists Draw the Line? Some have questioned whether WikiLeaks and major news organizations publishing the secret documents compromised the safety of American lives. Judy Woodruff gets perspective from two journalists on what is considered when publishing sensitive information.

	July 27, 2010 Wartime Security Breach of Afghan War Files Concerns Senators Jim Lehrer speaks with Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Republican Kit Bond of Missouri about national security concerns about WikiLeaks publishing sensitive information about the Afghan war and potentially helping enemies.

	July 27, 2010 WikiLeaks Files' 'Potential Threat' Continues to Rattle Washington Fallout from the WikiLeaks publication of Afghan war documents continued to reverberate in Washington Tuesday with the chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff calling it a "potential threat" to American lives. It was also center stage in debate in Congress over the war supplemental bill. Kwame Holman reports.

	July 27, 2010 A Closer Look at WikiLeaks' Past, Future While some cheer the mission of the WikiLeaks website and the secret material it has disclosed, the site continues to rankle U.S. government officials who say it poses threats to national security, lives and diplomatic matters.

	July 26, 2010 The Purpose and People of WikiLeaks Daily Beast contributor Philip Shenon, a former New York Times investigative reporter, speaks with Judy Woodruff about who and what is behind the online whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.

	July 26, 2010 WikiLeaks Documents: What War Info Can Be Verified? In the wake of the WikiLeaks whistle-blower website releasing thousands of documents detailing Afghan war operations, Jeffrey Brown discusses the military significance with Steve Coll, president of the New America Foundation, and documentary filmmaker Philip Smucker, who have both written about the war.

	July 26, 2010 WikiLeaks Revelations Raise Questions Over Pakistan's Role in Afghan War Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks released thousands of U.S. military documents related to the Afghan war on Sunday, creating a major stir among government officials and raising questions about Pakistani involvement in the war.

	July 26, 2010 What New Library of Congress Rules Mean for iPhone Jailbreaking, Mashups People who own iPhones will now be able to crack electronic locks on them, allowing them to install applications that might not have Apple's blessing, according to new rules announced Monday by the U.S. government.

	July 23, 2010 Shields and Brooks on 'Inception' of Tea Party Caucus, Michael Steele, Movies Hari Sreenivasan chats with columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks about the new Tea Party Caucus, RNC Chairman Michael Steele's latest troubles, plus summer movies including "Cyrus," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and Inception.

	July 23, 2010 Veteran Newsman Daniel Schorr of NPR Dies at Age 93 Daniel Schorr, a longtime NPR commentator died Friday. He was 93. In a 2001 NewsHour interview, he described the "most-electrifying moment" of his career.

	July 22, 2010 Executive Producer Responds to Viewer Comments on Sherrod Segment NewsHour Executive Producer Linda Winslow responds to several complaints from viewers regarding Wednesday night's coverage of the Shirley Sherrod story.

	July 16, 2010 Shields and Brooks on Jobs, Palin and Deeper Meaning of Old Spice Ads Even after the Senate's passage of a landmark financial reform bill, Mark Shields and David Brooks tell us about how difficult a sell Democrats and the administration face with voters as the midterm elections draw closer yet unemployment remains high.

	July 16, 2010 Gwen's Take: Entering the 'Twitterverse' You see, that headline is what I've always hated about Twitter.

	July 15, 2010 Iranian Scientist's Homecoming Ends Long, Mysterious Saga With nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri back in Iran, Jim Lehrer talks to Greg Miller of the Washington Post and former CIA case officer Arthur Keller for more insight into what this development means for the two countries.

	July 15, 2010 Iranian Scientist Claiming U.S. Abduction Returns Home to Hero's Welcome After months saying the United States held him against his will, scientist Shahram Amiri returned home to Iran. Jim Lehrer reports.

	July 9, 2010 Amid Media Hype and Cleveland Hopes, LeBron James Moves to Miami NBA star LeBron James announced Thursday that he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat. Judy Woodruff reports on the media frenzy surrounding his decision and examines the reactions of fans in both Cleveland and Miami with two sports analysts.

	July 9, 2010 Social Media in 2020 and Beyond If you're one of those people who don't get all the fuss over Twitter and YouTube, hoping they'll simply go away, you may not want to read the results of a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, in partnership with Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center.

	July 8, 2010 It's Official: LeBron James Picks Miami It finally happened Thurdy night. LeBron James announced on ESPN a short time ago he is joining the Miami Heat next season in the hopes of creating an All-Star team to alter the balance of power in the NBA.

	July 8, 2010 Military-Media Relationship Examined After McChrystal's Ouster After a Rolling Stone profile led to the firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal , the Pentagon is changing the rules on its relationship with the news media.

	July 7, 2010 Mark Twain's Autobiography Set for Unveiling, a Century After His Death Mark Twain's autobiography is set to be published for the first time, 100 years after the famous author and humorist's death. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the effort to edit and publish his century-old manuscript.

	July 7, 2010 Exclusive: Newly Published Mark Twain Essay, 'Concerning the Interview' Thanks to the Mark Twain Foundation and its trustees, the PBS NewsHour brings you for the first known time in print an essay by the American literary giant on a topic dear to our hearts -- the journalistic interview.

	July 7, 2010 Unlocking More of Mark Twain's Unpublished Material Mark Twain had a lot to say, and most of it was funny. Reading his novels and essays, it doesn't seem like he pulled his punches; he said what he wanted, and a lot of it was pretty radical for the times. But as it turned out, he restrained himself greatly. Spencer Michels reports on the author's long-awaited autobiography.

	July 5, 2010 Finland Makes Internet a 'Basic Right' When one thinks of basic rights, things like voting, clean water or education might come to mind. Now, add Internet access to that list. Finland this month became the first country in the world to make high-speed Internet service a basic right of its citizens.



	JUNE June 30, 2010 In Reporting on Oil Spill, Limits Persist on Media Access in the Gulf Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser and I spent last week reporting the health impact of the oil spill in Plaquemines Parish -- Louisiana's southernmost parish, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. There's one roadblock that we encountered that mystified us -- and, we understand, many other journalists.

	June 29, 2010 Google Stops Redirect for Chinese Users In an effort to keep its license to operate in China, Google will stop automatically rerouting mainland China users to an uncensored version of its search engine, the company announced late Monday.

	June 24, 2010 In Tennis's Longest Match, Victory Served in the 11th Hour Judy Woodruff speaks with Peter Bodo of Tennis Magazine for some perspective on the historically long Wimbledon showdown between American John Isner and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut.

	June 24, 2010 McChrystal Article Raises Questions About Reporters' Roles Rolling Stone's profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal stirred a storm of controversy that cost the leader of military operations in Afghanistan his job, but also raised questions about how the media operate.

	June 24, 2010 Using the PBS NewsHour iPhone App Thank you for downloading the PBS NewsHour iPhone app. The app provides easy, mobile access to all content produced by the PBS NewsHour.

	June 21, 2010 World Cup Fans Abuzz Over Noisy Vuvuzela Horns The distinctive buzz of traditional South African vuvuzela stadium horns has sparked controversy at the matches and fascination on the Internet. A reporter with Independent Television News examines the noisy controversy from the World Cup.

	June 21, 2010 Feuding Soccer Team Roiling French Fans' Hopes for World Cup French leaders and fans condemned their national soccer team, following players' refusal to practice on Sunday after a teammate's dismissal. Jeffrey Brown talks to Roger Bennett of ESPN.com for an update on the controversy from the World Cup in South Africa.

	June 21, 2010 Supreme Court Upholds Ban on 'Material Support' for Terror Groups The Supreme Court issued a decision Monday that a federal law barring aid to terrorist groups does not violate free speech. Jeffrey Brown talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about the court's 6-3 ruling to uphold the ban, over the objections of human rights groups.

	June 11, 2010 Thai Envoy on Unrest, Recovery and Censorship The government of Thailand, recently in the news for political unrest and protests, has dispatched its president of the Thailand Trade Representative's Office, Kiat Sittheeamorn, as an envoy of the prime minister.

	June 9, 2010 On the Gulf Coast, Media Access Can Be Hard to Come By I recently returned to my home base of San Francisco from Louisiana after a week covering the oil spill for the NewsHour. It was a fascinating and frustrating week. But trying to find out what was going on was sometimes impossible.

	June 8, 2010 Internet Anonymity Both Aid and Foil for Democracy Does the Internet facilitate a productive exchange of ideas, making people better informed and therefore better citizens? Or does the unchecked nature of what information can be shared and spread on the Internet actually threaten democracy?

	June 7, 2010 World Cup 2010: Places to Track the Action Online The 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament officially kicks off Friday when Mexico plays host country South Africa. We've compiled some of our favorite World Cup-related blogs, Web sites and resources -- and we welcome your suggestions.

	June 3, 2010 Pew Study: More Americans Watching, Sharing Online Video Much like you're likely about to do, more Americans are watching online video, a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found.

	June 1, 2010 Does the Internet Help or Hurt Democracy? Does the pervading presence of the Web make people better citizens or does it propagate misinformation and threaten democracy? Paul Solman has a look at the unfolding debate as staged by the University of Virginia's Miller Center for Public Affairs.

	June 1, 2010 Cable Giant CNN Turns 30 Amid Challenges From Changing Media Landscape As innovator CNN marks 30 years on the air, Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the development of cable news and the future of the media with a reporter who covers television and a former CNN manager.



	MAY May 31, 2010 Weekly Poem: 'The Returning Dead' Wyatt Prunty, who served in the Navy during Vietnam, responds to the NewsHour's broadcast of photos of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

	May 28, 2010 Gov 2.0 Expo: Tim O'Reilly Talks Transparency, Facebook and Privacy Tim O'Reilly is the founder of O'Reilly Media, but beyond that he is someone who is constantly thinking of the nexus between open and closed systems of information and how they interact. We spoke with him about the potential for life in the data cloud and his thoughts on the concerns over Facebook's privacy settings.

	May 27, 2010 Gov 2.0: Exploring Data With Google's Crisis Response Team Technology lovers and data geeks from all over the country gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Gov 2.0 conference. We spoke with Google's Natasha Wyatt about innovations that Google's Crisis Response team has brought to the table.

	May 27, 2010 Gov 2.0 Expo: Holovaty on Empowering Citizens With Neighborhood Data Everyblock.com founder Adrian Holovaty spoke with us at the Gov 2.0 Expo about how collecting and distributing streams of data about specific city blocks can empower citizens to make their neighborhoods better places to live and work.

	May 27, 2010 Publishers, Writers Assess the Digital Frontier of the Written Word From podcasts to digital tablets, technology is reshaping the way Americans read. As the 2010 Book Expo wraps up in New York, Jeffrey Brown takes a look at emerging technologies and the future of the book.

	May 27, 2010 Viewers Answer YouTube Call for Oil Spill Suggestions On Tuesday, we put out a YouTube call for viewers to submit suggestions for how to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. More than 7,000 people offered suggestions and more than 100,000 votes were cast. We've posted some suggestions and asked an expert for his take.

	May 26, 2010 Gulf Coast Photographer Captures Oil Spill's Effect on Wildlife Since the oil leak in the Gulf erupted more than a month ago, Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert has as been documenting the people and places at the center of the disaster.

	May 26, 2010 Facebook Changes Privacy Policy After Pushback from Users Facebook changed its privacy controls after users protested that their information was being made public. Jeffrey Brown looks at the growing pressure to safeguard user information online.

	May 26, 2010 Facebook Set to Roll Out New Privacy Controls Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be rolling out simplified privacy controls Wednesday.

	May 25, 2010 'Moving Millions' Author Probes Capitalism, Immigration Connection Jeffrey Brown talks with author Jeffrey Kaye about his new book on immigration and about how the pursuit of cheap labor to power the world's economy perpetuates global migration.

	May 25, 2010 In Cambodia, Verdict Nears in Khmer Rouge Genocide Trial Thirty years after the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror, those accused of perpetrating genocide in Cambodia are facing justice for the first time. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the forthcoming verdict from the war crimes tribunal.

	May 21, 2010 Live from the Ocean Floor: New Oil Leak Widget Features 'Spillcam' BP's live video stream of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico in the Deepwater Horizon accident is simultaneously tragic and hypnotic. As scientists and officials work to reassess estimates on the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf, we have modified our original Gulf leak widget to include the video stream.

	May 21, 2010 Patchwork Nation: The Life and Death of Toxie, Planet Money's Toxic Asset Foreclosures and interest rates are just numbers. Sometimes the best way to examine an economic meltdown is to jump into it with abandon, to witness the carnage up close. In a sense, that's what NPR's Planet Money reporting team did a few months back. We decided to map the toxic asset they bought.

	May 18, 2010 Photojournalism Pioneer Captured the 20th Century With Lens Jeffrey Brown takes a look back at the life and career of the late French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, the father of modern photojournalism. An exhibit of his photos is currently at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

	May 14, 2010 Gwen's Take \| The Blog Wars: To Fight or Not to Fight? I am frequently asked if I think journalism is doomed.

	May 10, 2010 Jim Lehrer on the Road: Dispatch from Austin, Texas The end is near.

	May 4, 2010 Jim Lehrer: Fielding Questions on Shields and Brooks As his road trip across the country continues, Jim Lehrer checked in with us from Albuquerque and discussed how often people like to ask him about a popular topic: Do Mark Shields and David Brooks actually like each other?

	May 4, 2010 Republicans Hope to Maintain Social Media Edge into Midterm Elections As part of a look at how both political parties are connecting with constituents on the Web, Ray Suarez reports on how Republicans and their allies are looking to harness new media in advance of this year's elections.

	May 4, 2010 CNET Editor on 3G iPad, Competition in Tablet Market, Robotic Diet Assistant We spoke with CNET Executive Editor Molly Wood back when the iPad was unveiled following months of speculation. We brought her back to chat about the rollout of the 3G iPad and whether that would slow down the data network in tech-heavy areas.



	APRIL April 30, 2010 Jim Lehrer on the Road: A Dispatch From Kansas City All of those great lines from the musical "Oklahoma" leapt into -- and remained -- in my mind the whole time I was in Kansas City.

	April 27, 2010 35 Years After Vietnam War: The Path Back Home NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro recently reported from Vietnam on the stories of several Vietnamese-Americans, who returned to their country of birth, and what they found once they got there.

	April 27, 2010 Jim Lehrer On the Road: Dispatch From Chicago An update from Chicago: This was the kind of day that always breathes the life and spirit of public broadcasting into me.

	April 23, 2010 Jim Lehrer 'Refreshed' Meeting News Consumers on Cross-Country Trip Within the matter of a week, we've seen Jim Lehrer e-mail us pictures from his phone, write his first blog post and use Skype to file dispatches from his voyage across the country in support of his new novel.

	April 23, 2010 PBS President Paula Kerger Making a Push for More Arts Programming The Public Broadcasting Service -- our home -- has a long tradition of showcasing the arts. But it's also true that programs featuring performances and exhibitions are not as pervasive and prominent on the nightly schedule as in the past.

	April 23, 2010 Extended Interview: Mark Fiore, Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Cartoonist Mark Fiore is the first internet animator to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. His work appears only online -- on his own website, plus that of the San Francisco Chronicle, National Public Radio and other outlets.

	April 22, 2010 U.K. Prime Minister Candidates Square Off over Foreign Policy Three top candidates for prime minister in Britain's tightly contested parliamentary election shared the stage to discuss foreign policy in the second of three televised political debates. Simon Marks reports from London on the political footing for the three parties ahead of the May election.

	April 21, 2010 Jim Lehrer on the Road: Update From New York City Jim Lehrer files another update from the start of his book tour with a stop in New York City for a party with old friends and a number of interviews.

	April 20, 2010 Supreme Court Overturns Law Banning Videos Depicting Animal Cruelty The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a federal law banning videos of animal cruelty, saying it violates the right to free speech. Margaret Warner talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal for more on what the ruling means.

	April 20, 2010 Jim Lehrer's First Blog From the Rails come to you from Amtrak #2166 on the way from Washington to New York. Our Acela train is just approaching Baltimore. Being on a train is a most fitting way, it seems to me, to begin the book/public TV station tour that will keep me out and away from The NewsHour for the next three weeks.

	April 20, 2010 Judy Woodruff's Lifetime Acheivement Award We try not to toot our own very often but there are certain exceptions which must be made, and this is one of them. Our own Judy Woodruff receives a lifetime achievement award Tuesday -- along with NPR's Deborah Amos -- at the Edward R. Murrow School of Communications at Washington State University.

	April 19, 2010 Discontent with Government Grows as Candidates Prepare for Primaries Anger toward government is on the rise, as candidates across the country kick their primary campaigns into gear. Margaret Warner talks to Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, about a new poll showing dwindling satisfaction with U.S. leadership.

	April 16, 2010 Marc Ambinder's Personal Journey in the 'Fat Nation' Hari Sreenivasan worked with The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder at ABC News for a few years. Usually, they talk politics, but this time they spoke about a subject far more personal: obesity.

	April 16, 2010 Twitter Hopes to Turn Tweets Into Profit Twitter may be one of the world's fastest-growing social media tools, but the question of how the 140-character micro-blogging site could turn tweets into dollar signs has gone unanswered since its launch in 2006.

	April 15, 2010 UK Candidates Look to Sway Voters with Premier TV Debate As Britain's three candidates for prime minister wage heated campaigns ahead of the May election, Simon Marks reports from London on the politics behind the country's very first American-style public debate.

	April 13, 2010 Ifill Panel: Recession Driving Innovation in Media Despite Hardships Rumors of legacy media's demise may be greatly exaggerated, even as the recession drags on, Tampa Bay media leaders said Tuesday.

	April 9, 2010 Tax Day Town Hall Meeting With Romer, Martinez: Ask Your Questions We want you to be part of a town hall meeting we're hosting in Tampa -- regardless of whether you happen to live in Florida or not.

	April 7, 2010 Shearer's 'Silent Echo Chamber' Embraces TV's Awkward Silences Awkwardness is the essence of "The Silent Echo Chamber," a multi-screen video installation on display at the New Orleans Contemporary Art Center. The work is part of an ongoing project called "Nontalking Heads" by Harry Shearer.

	April 6, 2010 News Wrap: Afghan Troops Launch New Offensive In other news Tuesday, a new military offensive by troops in Afghanistan has killed 27 Taliban insurgents, but NATO and Afghan officials are investigating a NATO airstrike that killed four civilians.



	MARCH March 29, 2010 Wired White House Looks to Harness New Media As part of a look at how both political parties are connecting with constituents on the Web, Ray Suarez reports on how Democrats are harnessing new media following President Obama's successful presidential campaign on the Web.

	March 29, 2010 Opponents' Arrests Reignite Free Speech Debate in Venezuela Recent arrests of outspoken critics of the Venezuelan government have revived the debate over whether President Hugo Chavez is using heavy-handed techniques to silence government opponents or enforcing the country's laws against the spread of false information.

	March 25, 2010 Newswrap: Pentagon Eases Rules for Gays in the Military In other news Thursday, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced a relaxation of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays serving in the military and a new taped message reportedly of Osama bin Laden surfaced on Al-Jazeera.

	March 25, 2010 Public Media to Boost Local Journalism Under New Initiative There's been a lot written in recent months about how locally-based journalism is suffering. The problems are well known: Newspapers are closing, viewership habits are changing and media outlets are facing tough times.

	March 19, 2010 Jay Rosen on SXSW, Future of News Context, Prophecy of 'Max Headroom' It didn't take long to figure out that one topic that seemed to pick up a good deal of traction was called "The Future of Context." It is a topic fairly important to the future of how we do what we do here at the PBS Newshour and beyond.

	March 17, 2010 Undecided Democrats Caught in Crossfire of Health Reform Ads As Democratic lawmakers work to push health care legislation over the finish line, millions of dollars are being spent on television ads in the districts of Democratic members who could cast the deciding vote.

	March 16, 2010 FCC Urges 20-Fold Internet Speed Increase in U.S. Broadband Plan The Federal Communications Commission formally unveiled Tuesday a sweeping proposal to expand broadband Internet access across the U.S., a critical peg of the Obama administration's efforts to boost the nation's global competitiveness.

	March 15, 2010 FCC Plan Urges Faster, Wider Broadband Internet Access Across U.S. The Federal Communications Commission is presenting a new national broadband plan to Congress, aimed at encouraging companies to expand high-speed and wireless Internet access. Jeffery Brown talks to Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC.

	March 12, 2010 Gwen's Take: Washington Press Corps Being Distracted by 'Squirrels!' I loved the movie "Up." I would have given it my Oscar party vote for Best Picture if I hadn't seen (and loved) "The Hurt Locker."

	March 10, 2010 Criticism of Climate Change Science Heats Up The United Nations has ordered an independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change amid a growing backlash over mistakes found in its Nobel Prize-winning report on the science behind global warming. Jeffrey Brown reports.

	March 9, 2010 On Radio Free Afghanistan, Time for Letters A selection letters sent to Radio Free Afghanistan -- complaints of corruption, suggestions for rural development, song requests, poetry, tips for the president -- as well as photos and artifacts are at the Library of Congress in "Voices from Afghanistan."

	March 5, 2010 Newspapers Making Public Data More Understandable for Readers For many citizens, public data often have been difficult to find and decipher. Last year, Data.Gov was launched with the stated purpose of increasing "public access to high-value, machine-readable datasets," part of a wider effort to make government more transparent.

	March 4, 2010 'Hurt Locker' Takes Flack from Iraq Vets Amid Critical Praise The Academy Award-nominated film "The Hurt Locker" has been lauded for its portrayal of the war in Iraq, but some veterans say it paints an unfair picture of life on the ground for troops. Jeffrey Brown talks to a film critic and a veterans advocate.

	March 1, 2010 Pew Study: News Becoming More Personalized, Participatory, Portable As you read this blog and watch this video online, you're digesting your news on the third-most-popular news platform: the Internet, a new study shows.



	FEBRUARY Feb. 24, 2010 The 'Millennial' Generation Talks Economy, Politics, Media On Wednesday, I'll be spending most of the day focused on "millennials," one of the terms being used for the younger generation.

	Feb. 23, 2010 Reporter Gets Look 'Behind Taliban Lines' Last summer, Afghan reporter Najibullah Quraishi got an unprecedented look at the Taliban's attack tactics in Baghlan province in the northern part of the country, living with the insurgents and documenting their moves.

	Feb. 19, 2010 More Comments on the Goldman Series Do you really consider the Follow-up on Front-Running piece true journalism? Or, is it possibly just gossip?

	Feb. 12, 2010 Conversation: Ursula Le Guin Ursula Le Guin has been writing and publishing novels, children's books, poetry and drama for more than four decades. In December, she withdrew her membership from the Author's Guild because she disagreed with the organization's stance on the author settlement offered by Google in its plan to digitize millions of books.

	Feb. 1, 2010 President Obama's YouTube Interview: The New Fireside Chat? Fresh off his interview with President Barack Obama, YouTube's Steve Grove stopped by The Rundown Monday evening to discuss new ways the public is communicating its concerns and suggestions with the White House.



	JANUARY Jan. 25, 2010 'Sound Tracks' Explores Music and Journalism An excerpt from the PBS program "Sound Tracks," which explores the bridging of journalism and music around the world.

	Jan. 22, 2010 Internet Restrictions Highlight Political, Cultural Divides On the heels of a U.S.-China dispute on Internet freedom, Jeffrey Brown speaks with democracy and media experts about the debate over how countries monitor -- and sometimes restrict -- access to the Internet.

	Jan. 22, 2010 U.S., China Spar Over Internet Freedom Beijing warned that Secretary of State Clinton's blunt remarks on Internet censorship could strain the U.S.-China relationship.

	Jan. 22, 2010 How Much Media Is Too Much Media for Kids? Seven hours and 38 minutes -- that's how long the average young person spends either online, watching TV or otherwise consuming media in a typical day, according to a study released this week from the Kaiser Familiy Foundation.

	Jan. 21, 2010 Farnsworth Honored for 'The Judge and The General' NewsHour alumna Elizabeth Farnsworth has been honored with one of this year's prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for her work as co-director/producer of "The Judge and the General" -- a documentary on the judge who indicted Augusto Pinochet.

	Jan. 21, 2010 Clinton: Countries that Engage in Cyberattacks Should Face Consequences Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a blunt defense of unfettered Internet access Thursday in a speech at Washington's Newseum, saying the United States will defend the right to information around the world. To help make sense of the situation, we spoke to Rebecca MacKinnon, a fellow at the Open Society Institute.

	Jan. 20, 2010 New York Times Looks to Charge Online Readers, Again The New York Times has decided to charge online readers a fee for accessing the newspaper's Web site, starting in 2011. Jeffrey Brown considers whether readers will actually pay for the service.

	Jan. 11, 2010 Once Again, NBC to Reshuffle Nightime Lineup NBC plans to reshuffle its late night programming by pushing Jay Leno's show back to 11:30 p.m. Jeffrey Brown explores how the move will affect viewers and networks.

	Jan. 11, 2010 Do You Know Where Your News Was Gathered? Tom Rosenstiel of the Project for Excellence in Journalism stopped by The Rundown to talk about where news originates amid today's changing media environment.

	Jan. 1, 2010 NewsHour's Most Watched Videos of 2009 Here's a final top 10 list to usher in the New Year: the NewsHour's most watched videos online for the past year.