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	2011 DECEMBER Dec. 15, 2011 Film, Music Industries Battle Leading Internet Companies Over Online Piracy U.S. film, TV and music producers are taking aim at leading Internet companies for allowing Web users to easily search and access pirated media. Jeffrey Brown explores options for policing pirated media with the Open Internet Coalition's Markham Erickson and the Motion Picture Association of America's Michael O'Leary.

	Dec. 13, 2011 News Literacy Project Trains Young People to Be Skeptical Media Consumers A program called the News Literacy Project is training young people in several major cities how to separate fact from fiction in the news they consume. Jeffrey Brown reports.

	Dec. 9, 2011 Nations Address Internet Freedom as Users, and Restrictions, Grow Twenty-two countries gathered in The Hague this week to pledge their support for Internet freedoms around the world, but governments, companies and bloggers alike pointed to a host of problems facing Internet users and providers.



	NOVEMBER Nov. 21, 2011 Tweet Your Thanksgiving Travel Tales With #TSATime In 2010, your tweets helped debunk fears that Thanksgiving travel would be a nightmare due to stricter airport security measures and 'opt-out' protests. This year, we want to hear again first-hand about your experience flying during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.

	Nov. 11, 2011 'One Day on Earth' Film Project Builds Worldwide Virtual Community Friday is 11/11/11, and the minds behind the documentary and online video archive known as "One Day on Earth" are hoping thousands of people around the world will film a moment in their lives this day.



	OCTOBER Oct. 27, 2011 A Life Under Fire: Combat Photographer Captures, Carries Wounds of War Combat photographers have been documenting the terror, violence and boredom of war since the invention of photography. Tom Bearden profiles Air Force Sgt. Stacy Pearsall, who has documented the effects of war -- and has paid a heavy price.

	Oct. 27, 2011 Bo Jones to Join MacNeil/Lehrer Productions as President and CEO Long-time Washington Post executive, Boisfeuillet (Bo) Jones Jr. has been named President and CEO of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, effective at the beginning of 2012.

	Oct. 17, 2011 Slide Show: The 8 Most Dangerous Countries for Journalists Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and Mexico top the list of places considered the most dangerous for journalists to work, according to a list recently released by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

	Oct. 17, 2011 8 Most Deadly Countries for Journalists The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers monitors the deaths of journalists related to their work all around the world and recently released its list for 2011 to date. We illustrate some of the top countries here.



	SEPTEMBER Sept. 20, 2011 Must-Read List: Understanding the Netflix Split Netflix's announcement that it will split its video service into two separate operations -- with a renamed DVD-by-mail service that will now be called Qwikster and an online-streaming service that will remain known as Netflix -- seems to be crash-landing with a big thud among many customers.

	Sept. 13, 2011 Jim Lehrer on 'Tension' of Candidates, Moderators in Presidential Debates In his new book out Tuesday, NewsHour Executive Editor Jim Lehrer, known as "the dean of moderators," looks at more than 40 years of televised political debates in America and draws on his own presidential moderating experience since 1988.

	Sept. 11, 2011 Watch Live NewsHour Coverage Sunday: 'America Remembers 9/11' This weekend marks 10 years since the attacks of 9/11, and people across the country -- and around the world -- will be pausing to mark the moment.

	Sept. 9, 2011 Tune in Sunday for 'America Remembers 9/11,' a NewsHour Special NewsHour correspondents have traveled around the country in recent months talking to Americans about their experiences in the decade since 9/11. Here is a preview of the PBS NewsHour's 90-minute 9/11 special, which will air at 8 p.m. ET on most PBS stations and live online.

	Sept. 7, 2011 Sharing The PBS NewsHour is Now a 'Snap' We've been testing a product called SNAPPY TV for a few months now, and would like to open it up to a larger audience for testing: you.

	Sept. 6, 2011 WikiLeaks Under Fire After Document Dump Risks Identifying Sources The latest WikiLeaks document dump of more than 250,000 diplomatic cables included the names of thousands of people who had spoken in confidence to American diplomats. Ray Suarez discusses what created the controversy and the potential fallout with Wired's Kim Zetter.

	Sept. 5, 2011 Journalist Reflects on Covering 3 Decades of War in Afghanistan Jeffrey Brown talks to Edward Girardet about his new book, "Killing the Cranes," which details his personal experiences in Afghanistan -- including a debate with Osama bin Laden -- and the history of a country at war for nearly 30 years. Girardet began reporting from Afghanistan in 1979, shortly before the Soviet invasion.



	AUGUST Aug. 31, 2011 Photojournalism Project Aims to 'Open Window' to Afghanistan Most of the stories coming out of Afghanistan have to do with war and suffering, but one photojournalism project is designed to shift the focus and to show the world what people's day-to-day lives are like.

	Aug. 31, 2011 Capturing Daily Life in Afghanistan Afghan journalist Farooq Jan Mangal took these photos in his hometown, Khost, to show what his daily life is like. The project is run by the Denmark-based non-profit organization International Media Support.

	Aug. 11, 2011 Film Documents Ritual Closing of India-Pakistan Border This week on the NewsHour, we're featuring an excerpt of the film 'Wagah,' which looks at the ritualistic closing of the Wagah border between Pakistan and India. It's part of our series in partnership with The Economist magazine that showcases the art of filmmaking.



	JULY July 20, 2011 Cameron 'Weakened' by Scandal, But Appears to Be Out of Immediate Danger Prime Minister David Cameron came under tough questioning Wednesday before Parliament about his link to the News of the World's phone-hacking scandal. Gwen Ifill discusses how a media scandal has turned into a political one with The Guardian's Richard Adams and the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Heather Conley.

	July 20, 2011 News of the World Fallout Spreads Deeper Into U.K. Politics British Prime Minister David Cameron came under tough questioning Wednesday before Parliament about his link to the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Independent Television News' Gary Gibbon reports.

	July 20, 2011 FRONTLINE Investigation Shows Inconsistencies in Anthrax Case An ongoing investigation by FRONTLINE, ProPublica and McClatchy Newspapers has brought to light inconsistencies in the government's position on the 2001 case of anthrax-filled letters that killed five people.

	July 19, 2011 'Transfixing' Testimony Puts Spotlight on Future of Murdoch's Media Empire There was plenty of drama in London Tuesday when Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks testified before a committee of Parliament about the phone-hacking and alleged police-bribing scandal rocking Britain. Jeffrey Brown discusses the proceedings with The New York Times' John Burns and NPR's David Folkenflik.

	July 19, 2011 Murdoch Faces Grilling, Pie Stunt in Parliament Testimony The media mogul at the center of the phone-hacking scandal rocking Britain, Rupert Murdoch, was in the hot seat Tuesday before a committee of Parliament, along with son James and former News of the World Editor Rebekah Brooks. Jeffrey Brown reports on the trio's testimony and Murdoch's encounter with a pie plate.

	July 19, 2011 Watch Live: Murdochs, Rebekah Brooks Testify Before MPs News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch and his son James, along with former executive Rebekah Brooks, will appear before members of Britain's parliament Tuesday to answer questions about the phone hacking scandal and whether or not they had knowledge of illegal activity.

	July 18, 2011 Murdochs, Brooks Prepare for 'Made-for-TV Drama' Testimony in Parliament Fallout from The News of the World scandal allegedly involving phone-hacking and police bribery grew Monday as Scotland Yard saw two high-level resignations within 24 hours and officials reported the death of an early whistle-blower. Gwen Ifill discusses the latest developments with The Observer's Ned Temko in London.

	July 18, 2011 Police Bribe Probe Spurs High-Level Resignations at Scotland Yard New developments swirled in London on Monday as a phone-hacking scandal spread from the Murdoch media empire to the British government. Scotland Yard saw two high-level resignations and officials reported the death of one of the scandal's earliest whistle-blowers. Gary Gibbon of International Television News reports.

	July 13, 2011 Murdoch Halts Bid to Purchase BSkyB as Phone Hacking Fallout Continues Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has dropped its bid to purchase British satellite broadcaster BSkyB in light of the still-unfolding scandal over the use of phone hacking by journalists from News of the World.

	July 12, 2011 Murdoch TV Deal in 'Grave Jeopardy' as U.K. Scandal Inquiry Deepens The British House of Commons is expected to issue a rare unified message to media baron Rupert Murdoch, encouraging him to abandon his bid for British Sky Broadcasting over allegations of journalists hacking phones and bribing police. Ray Suarez discusses the scandal's latest developments with NPR's David Folkenflik in London.

	July 12, 2011 British Parties Ready to Issue Rare Unified Rebuke to Murdoch The British government joined calls for media baron Rupert Murdoch to drop his effort to buy the rest of British Sky Broadcasting amid allegations of his journalists hacking phones and bribing police. Independent Television News' Gary Gibbon reports.

	July 12, 2011 How Do You Hack Into Someone's Voicemail? As British investigators study the scope of phone hacking's role in a far-reaching media and political scandal there, it's become clear that breaking into someone else's voicemail isn't very difficult.

	July 8, 2011 How Will News of the World Scandal Affect Murdoch's Power, Media Empire? The News of the World phone-hacking scandal that led to the tabloid's closure this weekend deepened Friday with the arrest of former editor Andrew Coulson and new allegations of a News Corp. cover-up. Ray Suarez discusses the latest developments with The Guardian's Richard Adams and Sarah Ellison of Vanity Fair.

	July 8, 2011 Deepening News of the World Scandal Threatens Murdoch's $12B TV Deal There was more fallout from The News of the World's phone-hacking scandal Friday when London police arrested former editor Andrew Coulson, who once worked for Prime Minister David Cameron. International Television News' Gary Gibbon reports on the scandal and new allegations that News Corp. may have attempted a cover-up.

	July 7, 2011 Will News of the World's Shuttering Change British Journalism Tactics? News Corp. announced Thursday that its tabloid, News of the World, will cease to publish after 168 years, but reports have surfaced that sister publication, The Sun, might publish a Sunday edition in its place. Margaret Warner discusses the phone-hacking scandal responsible for the closure with The Observer's Ned Temko.

	July 7, 2011 Scandal Prompts Murdoch's News of the World to Stop Its Presses News Corp.'s James Murdoch, son of owner Rupert Murdock, announced Thursday that the media giant's widely circulated tabloid, News of the World, would cease publication Sunday after 168 years amid a scandal involving phone hacking and allegations of police bribery. Judy Woodruff reports on the news that electrified Britain.

	July 7, 2011 RIP, News of the World: A Reporter's Reflection Back in London in the early 1980s, the unions were powerful, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister, and Ray Suarez was a Fleet Street freelancer who made radio programs and wrote newspaper and magazine articles for hire.

	July 7, 2011 Scandal-Plagued News of the World to Shut Down Sunday NewsCorp's James Murdoch has announced that the embattled tabloid News of the World will publish its last edition on Sunday, amid a growing inquiry into the paper's alleged hacking into the phones of celebrities, public figures, families of 7/7 London subway bombing victims and a 13-year-old murder victim.

	July 4, 2011 Report: Female Journalists Facing More Risks, Intimidation Abroad A new report sheds light on sexual attacks on journalist working overseas. Margaret Warner discusses the findings with Lauren Wolfe of the Committee to Protect Journalists.



	JUNE June 30, 2011 Are Social Media Services the Next Tech Bubble? The estimated value of tech companies such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn is soaring, but could another tech bubble be building? Ray Suarez discusses the social media services that are at the center of this question with Fortune magazine's Jessi Hempel and Forrester Research's Josh Bernoff.

	June 24, 2011 Gwen's Take: The Skeptics vs. the Cynics I am a great champion of the notion that it helps to be skeptical, but hurts to be cynical. But weeks like this one make it tough to distinguish between the two.

	June 17, 2011 PBS NewsHour Blogs Back in Business After Hacker Attack If you've been looking for The Rundown news blog, Art Beat or Paul Solman's Business Desk blog since our hack attack on May 29, you've likely been pointed instead to the NewsHour's Tumblr page, or our homepage.

	June 16, 2011 Report Reveals Social Media's Aging Audience A new study by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project found that the audience for top social media services has grown older in just a couple of years.

	June 14, 2011 Biz Stone: Twitter Is Bringing Humanity Together in New Ways In extended interviews with the NewsHour's Spencer Michels, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone discusses the social media service's global impact on humanity and breaking news, and the "young" company's business model and why he says they're not for sale.

	June 14, 2011 NewsHour Connect: The Drug War North of the Border Hari Sreenivasan talks to journalists covering the connections between the United States and the drug war in Mexico.

	June 13, 2011 40 Years After Leak, Weighing the Impact of the Pentagon Papers In 1971, parts of a secret Pentagon report began to surface in The New York Times calling the Vietnam War's validity into question. Forty years later, the Pentagon Papers were declassified and released in full Monday. Jeffrey Brown discusses the leak's significance with historian Michael Beschloss and journalist Sanford Ungar.

	June 13, 2011 40 Years Later, Pentagon Papers Declassified On Monday the National Archives officially declassified the full and unredacted Pentagon Papers, the classified study of the Vietnam War leaked four decades ago. In 1971, defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked the documents to The New York Times by taking each volume from his office and painstakingly copying its contents.

	June 2, 2011 New York Times' Abramson on Role as First Female Top Editor, Challenges Ahead Jill Abramson was named executive editor of the New York Times Thursday, becoming the first woman to hold the top editorial position at the newspaper of record. Abramson speaks with Jim Lehrer about the milestone and the future of the news organization.

	June 1, 2011 Gauging the Impact, Motivations of Today's Hackers Cyber attacks are having a big impact on governments, businesses, individuals and even PBS, the NewsHour and Frontline. Judy Woodruff examines the proliferation of criminal hacking and its fallout with ICANN security chief Jeff Moss, Alan Paller of The SANS Institute and cyber threat consultant Mischel Kwon.

	June 1, 2011 Woodruff: Calculating the Cost of an Attempt to Silence the Press Senior correspondent Judy Woodruff writes about this week's hacking attacks on PBS websites and overcoming efforts to silence a free press.



	MAY May 30, 2011 PBS Sites Hacked; Readers' Data Not Compromised Late Sunday, hackers gained access to several areas of PBS' web servers and published a fake news story on the PBS NewsHour's news blog, The Rundown, about late rapper Tupac Shakur being spotted alive in New Zealand.

	May 25, 2011 After 25 Years Atop Daytime TV, Oprah Takes Final Bow to Run Network After 25 years, Oprah Winfrey signed off from her top-rated daytime television talk show for the final time Wednesday. Gwen Ifill discusses Oprah's lasting impact on television and American culture with Audrey Edwards, formerly of Essence Magazine, and The Los Angeles Times' Mary McNamara.

	May 25, 2011 Journalist Foley Details 6 Weeks of Captivity in Libya: 'I Could Make it' GlobalPost correspondent and producer James Foley was captured and imprisoned for six weeks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces while reporting in Libya. Foley discusses his experiences in captivity and his take on the Libyan uprising with Ray Suarez.

	May 25, 2011 The Oprah Effect, by the Numbers As Oprah wraps up her daily talk show Wednesday, it's tough to overstate the cultural force known as the Oprah Effect, permeating everything from TV to books and magazines to charity to outright promotion of commercial products. With the 4,561st and final episode airing, we provide a few other numbers about the Oprah Effect.

	May 24, 2011 Frontline Explores Life of Bradley Manning, Story Behind WikiLeaks In the spring of 2010, more than 500,000 classified documents, including secret diplomatic cables and war logs from Iraq and Afghanistan, appeared on the WikiLeaks website in what was the largest intelligence breach in American history.

	May 19, 2011 Woodruff: Private Lives, Public Officials and Media Maelstroms Every day we in the news media have to make judgment calls. They come in all shapes and sizes, some obviously more difficult than others.

	May 13, 2011 Robert MacNeil on Jim Lehrer's 'Stealth' Exit Jim Lehrer announced Thursday that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring out daily public television news broadcast. Long-time colleague and friend, Robert MacNeil offers this reflection.

	May 13, 2011 Jim Lehrer: The Video Highlights Jim Lehrer announced this week that he's stepping back from daily anchor and co-anchor duties on the PBS NewsHour - so we decided to take a look back at some highlights from his 52 years in journalism and his time at the NewsHour in a special video mash-up.

	May 12, 2011 Jim Lehrer's Changing Role: Leave Your Reflections, Favorite Moments Jim Lehrer announced Thursday that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring our daily public television news broadcast. Leave your comments and reflections here.

	May 12, 2011 Jim Lehrer's Official Bio: 52 Years in Journalism From military service to newspapers to the start of the MacNeil/Lehrer Report to moderating presidential debates, revisit Jim Lehrer's career in his official bio.

	May 12, 2011 Jim Lehrer Stepping Down From Regular Anchor Role on PBS NewsHour Jim Lehrer has announced that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring our daily public television news broadcast.

	May 11, 2011 'Page One': Filming a Year at the New York Times Director Andrew Rossi lived a year at the New York Times for his new documentary "Page One: Inside the New York Times."

	May 9, 2011 Study: Drudge Report Drives More Top News Traffic than Twitter or Facebook The Drudge Report outranks social media when it comes to driving news traffic to top Web sites, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

	May 6, 2011 Sneak Peek at a New Google News? Google is constantly experimenting, and this morning I happened to be one of the lucky random people included in what looks to be an experiment for a potential redesign to the front door of Google News.

	May 6, 2011 After Bin Laden Raid in Abbottabad, the Questions Keep Coming In the age of instant news, when headlines last at most a few hours before being replaced by the next "big story," the death of Osama Bin Laden has unusual staying power. But the incident continues to generate more and more questions, but not many answers.

	May 4, 2011 Obama's Bin Laden Photo Decision: Move on or More Proof? Citing national security risks, President Obama said Wednesday that photos of Osama bin Laden's body will not be released. Ray Suarez discusses the president's decision and its effects with former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke and former Deputy National Security Adviser Juan Zarate.

	May 4, 2011 President Obama to Tell His Side of the Story President Obama plans to sit down with Steve Kroft of CBS' "60 Minutes" on Wednesday to tell his version of events leading up to and overseeing the killing of Osama bin Laden.

	May 2, 2011 Life of Bin Laden: 10 Must Reads As the world processes the news that Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. military operation in Pakistan, we collected some of the most insightful and informative pieces of reading on the terror leader -- his early years, transformation to terrorist, the long hunt to find him and more.



	APRIL April 29, 2011 2 BILLION Royal Wedding Viewers? Was It or Wasn't It? While I was one of the few who enjoyed a complete night's rest and did not wake in the wee hours of the morning to see the marriage of a couple in England, something at the end of the day has finally made me snap.

	April 29, 2011 Marriage of Prince William, Kate Middleton Brings Pomp and Pageantry The new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton, exchanged vows at London's Westminster Abbey. The lavish wedding came at a time of austerity in Britain. Kirshan Guru-Murthy of Independent Television News reports on the ceremony and its impact in Britain.

	April 28, 2011 Economist Film Project: Death at Birth in Nigeria We're announcing the start of something new: A partnership with the Economist magazine to showcase the art of filmmaking, called the Economist Film Project.

	April 22, 2011 Questions Linger Over 'Three Cups of Tea' Author Mortenson's Tales, Charity "Three Cups of Tea'" author Greg Mortenson has denied allegations stemming from a "60 Minutes" report that parts of his best-selling book were fabricated and his organization has misused funds. Margaret Warner discusses the scandal with Outside Magazine's Alex Heard and the American Institute of Philanthropy's Daniel Borochoff.

	April 21, 2011 AP Photojournalist Documents 'Horror Show,' Aftermath of Gulf Coast Oil Spill Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert's work captured the environmental and personal toll of the Deepwater Horizen oil spill along the Gulf Coast. Herbert narrates a slide show of his images from the spill's early days and the subsequent struggle to clean up the coast and rebuild the coastal economy.

	April 20, 2011 Reports: Photographer, Filmmaker Tim Hetherington Killed in Libya Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington has been reported killed Wednesday in Misrata, Libya, in a mortar attack.

	April 19, 2011 Reporters Win Pulitzer for Exposing 'Corruption on Steroids' in Bell, Calif. Los Angeles Times reporters Ruben Vives and Jeff Gottlieb were awarded the Pulitzer Prize Monday for uncovering a corruption scandal in Bell, Calif., that resulted in the arrest of eight former or current city officials. Margaret Warner discusses the investigation and the award with the two reporters.

	April 18, 2011 Jennifer Egan's 'A Visit From the Goon Squad' Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Fiction The Pulitzer Prizes, an annual award for print journalism and the arts, were announced on Monday. The Los Angeles Times and the New York Times both received two awards each, and the award for fiction went to Jennifer Egan for her novel, "A Visit from the Goon Squad." Jeffrey Brown has an excerpt from his conversation with Egan.

	April 18, 2011 Newspapers' Haiti Earthquake, Russia Coverage Among Latest Pulitzer Prizes The 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday afternoon, recognizing achievement in journalism and the arts.

	April 12, 2011 Social Media Curation Tool Storyful Helps Separate News From Noise Social media services are being used as new tools for journalists, protesters and everyday people looking for the news. However, as they grow, the amount of content is overwhelming and tough to verify. That's where Storyful comes in.

	April 7, 2011 GlobalPost Reporter James Foley Detained in Libya Our partners at GlobalPost have announced that Libyan forces backing Moammar Gadhafi detained one of their correspondents, James Foley, along with three other journalists while they were reporting near the city of Brega.

	April 6, 2011 'Hunger' for Success a Driving Force in Belva Davis' Storied Journalism Career Belva Davis, the first African-American woman television journalist on the West Coast, speaks with Judy Woodruff about her pioneering -- and sometimes difficult -- career in broadcast news and her new memoir. This story was done in partnership with KQED in San Francisco.

	April 1, 2011 New York Times Journalists Recall 'Medieval' Captivity in Libya Margaret Warner talks to New York Times journalists Anthony Shadid and Lynsey Addario about their recent captivity in Libya while they were covering heavy fighting in the country.

	April 1, 2011 Robert MacNeil Returns to NewsHour for Autism Now For the first time in more than 15 years, Robert MacNeil is returning to the program he co-founded, with a major series of reports: Autism Now.



	MARCH March 28, 2011 Reporter's Notebook: My Brush with Chinese Censorship At Beijing airport on our way to southern China, cameraman Denis Levkovich bought the March 21, 2011 edition of Time magazine. On our plane trip, I asked to borrow it, and on page 12 came across a curious item.

	March 21, 2011 On Twitter's 5th Birthday, a Look Back at Memorable NewsHour Tweets With Monday marking the fifth anniversary of the first tweets, we're taking a look back at how the NewsHour team has experimented with and used Twitter to share news and analysis, plus create new ways to keep the public in public broadcasting.

	March 17, 2011 With New York Times' New Paywall, Will Readers Still Flock to Site? Given its size, reputation and blemished record on previous efforts to charge for online content, it only made sense that the New York Times' Thursday announcement of a new paywall system would be the subject of close scrutiny throughout the media world.

	March 17, 2011 U.S. House Votes to Cut NPR Funding The House approved a measure Thursday to bar federal funding of National Public Radio. The bill also prohibits public radio stations from using federal money to pay NPR dues.

	March 17, 2011 Photographer Reflects on 'Epic' Libya Battles, Revolution in the Arab World Photographer John Moore is no stranger to combat. In an interview he describes his recent assignments in Egypt, Bahrain and Libya.

	March 17, 2011 House GOP Makes Another Run at Cutting NPR Funding House Republicans are putting funding for NPR back on the chopping block Thursday. On Tuesday, the House passed a three-week temporary spending bill with $6 billion in cuts, including $50 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports NPR and PBS.

	March 14, 2011 Watching PBS NewsHour Video Online: What's Changed? You may have noticed some changes in recent weeks to the way videos are being posted on the PBS NewsHour website.

	March 11, 2011 Public Media Urged to Take Up a 'Texas Swagger' AUSTIN, Texas \| The agenda for this week's Integrated Media Association conference -- held on the cusp of SXSW -- reads like a menu of new media choices, including social media, strategic partnerships, how to take advantage of mobiles tools and how to become a multiplatform news organization.

	March 9, 2011 Judy Woodruff: Behind the Scenes at an Interview With 3 Powerful Women Judy Woodruff offers a behind-the-scenes look at her Wednesday interview with CARE's president, Dr. Helene Gayle, former first lady Laura Bush and Melinda Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, around the observance of International Women's Day.

	March 9, 2011 Schiller's Exit Not End of Storm for NPR, Funding Debate NPR's CEO Vivian Schiller stepped down Wednesday -- a day after Ron Schiller, another high-level executive and no relation, was shown on a hidden camera criticizing Republicans and saying NPR would be better off without federal financing. Jeffrey Brown discusses the fallout with the New York Times' Brian Stelter.

	March 9, 2011 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist David Broder Dies at 81 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist David Broder died on Wednesday of complications from diabetes, his newspaper, The Washington Post, reported. He was 81.



	FEBRUARY Feb. 28, 2011 For Iranian TV Viewers, 'Parazit' Offers Reprieve From Static Jeffrey Brown talks with the creators of "Parazit," a web-based Farsi-language program that combines Iranian politics with comedy in the style of "The Daily Show," an American political satire television show.

	Feb. 28, 2011 Extended Interview: Kambiz Hosseini and Saman Arbabi of 'Parazit' More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with "Parazit" duo Kambiz Hosseini and Saman Arbabi.

	Feb. 25, 2011 Getting Around Gadhafi: Rethinking Revolution Coverage From Libya One of our segments on Friday's PBS NewsHour was not like the other ones, in that it came together in a slightly different manner than what has been standard operating procedure here.

	Feb. 17, 2011 NPR's Andy Carvin on Tracking and Tweeting Revolutions We caught up with NPR's Senior Strategist Andy Carvin between his 400+ tweets a day for a chat about his Twitter stream.

	Feb. 15, 2011 Watch Live and Discuss: Secretary Clinton Speaks About Internet Freedom Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is set to speak Tuesday afternoon about Internet freedom around the world.

	Feb. 7, 2011 Huffington, AOL CEO on Shared Vision for Online Content, Ads In a bid to regain its foothold in online media, Internet giant AOL is purchasing The Huffington Post news blog for $315 million. Jeffrey Brown discusses the details of the buyout and the future of online content and advertising with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post.

	Feb. 7, 2011 'A Big Pile of Cash' and Content: What's at Stake in Huffington Post Purchase AOL Inc. announced Sunday night its plan to buy The Huffington Post for $315 million. On Monday's NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown will discuss the details of the deal with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, and Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of her namesake news site. We asked analysts for more about the impact of the deal.

	Feb. 7, 2011 Trial Begins for Hikers Detained in Iran, WikiLeaks Founder Assange in Court Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in May 2010.

	Feb. 4, 2011 Social Media Gets Its Game On for the Super Bowl In an age when it's ever harder for advertisers to get their message across to mass audiences, this weekend's Super Bowl still presents marketers with one of the best opportunities to connect with viewers.

	Feb. 4, 2011 Egypt Coverage Divide Seen Among Patchwork Nation Community Types The scenes playing out in Egypt and across the Arab world are not just dramatic, they are remaking the region and U.S. policy for years to come. And yet, when we look around a selection of our communities in Patchwork Nation, we see a lot of indifference.

	Feb. 2, 2011 Live Video: Scenes from Egypt Given the important nature of events on the ground in Egypt, the PBS NewsHour is live streaming coverage through a combination of sources that may include Egypt TV, ABC, APTN and Al Jazeera English's channel to our Web and mobile audiences.



	JANUARY Jan. 31, 2011 In Egypt, Social Media Tools Act as Protest Catalyst Despite Government Meddling The Egyptian government has not limited its crackdown on protests to security presence in the streets. Ray Suarez speaks with two analysts about how the battle over phone and Internet service has highlighted the role of communication technology in organizing and fueling the demonstrations.

	Jan. 28, 2011 For New York Times, a Complex Relationship With WikiLeaks, Government Jeffrey Brown talks to Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, about the decisions the newspaper faced in negotiating with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the U.S. government over publishing classified government information.

	Jan. 28, 2011 Sources for Tracking Latest Egypt News As the political revolt in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world continues to gain momentum, we want to make sure you have the best resources for keeping up with the latest developments. Know of another great source? Please tell us.

	Jan. 27, 2011 Experimenting with the State of the Union and HTML5 In this year's State of the Union coverage, we added two twists that we hope you like. We worked with our friends at Universal Subtitles to subtitle and translate the speech into as many languages as possible through crowdsourcing. We also took the analysis in our Annotated State of the Union and synchronized it to the video.

	Jan. 26, 2011 State of the Union Reactions From Public Media Stations Around U.S. Reactions continue to roll in regarding President Obama's latest State of the Union address ), plus the pair of responses from the GOP.

	Jan. 25, 2011 WikiLeaks Cables Help Uncover What Made Tunisians Revolt A set of 10 diplomatic cables released by whistleblower website WikiLeaks offers some insight into the recent upheaval in Tunisia and starts to answer the question of why so many Tunisians took to the streets to topple their leader.

	Jan. 24, 2011 State of the Union: Live NewsHour Coverage On-Air, Online and Mobile President Obama will address a joint session of Congress Tuesday evening to deliver his latest State of the Union address. No matter where you happen to be on Tuesday, the PBS NewsHour will bring you the most comprehensive coverage and analysis of the president's speech and the Republican response by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan.

	Jan. 21, 2011 Recapping a Year of Growth, Innovation as PBS NewsHour Turns 1 Many of you have asked how the relaunched PBS NewsHour is doing now that we've celebrated our first birthday. The short answer is: very well. Simon Marks, president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, recently recapped the past year of our evolution for TV critics' in Los Angeles. Here's a look at how we've changed on-air and online.

	Jan. 21, 2011 The PBS NewsHour: A Year Into Our Newest Chapter Many of you have asked how the relaunched PBS NewsHour is doing, now that we've celebrated our first birthday. The short answer is: very well.

	Jan. 19, 2011 In NBC-Comcast Merger, Concerns Linger Over Concentration of Media Power Ray Suarez and Jessica Vascellaro of The Wall Street Journal examine the marriage of the nation's largest cable and Internet provider with one of the largest entertainment companies in a $30 billion deal approved by the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday.

	Jan. 19, 2011 The Onion News Network Takes On TV "The Onion News Network," a 30-minute, weekly television program, will debut on IFC on Friday. The show comes on the heels of "SportsDome," which premiered on Comedy Central and satirizes the round-the-clock coverage of sports channels like ESPN.

	Jan. 19, 2011 David Pogue Learns What Goes Into 'Making Stuff' NOVA has enlisted the help of New York Times technology reporter David Pogue to answer the question: 'What will the future be made of?' The new miniseries called "Making Stuff" is a four-part look at the materials and innovative technologies that will make things stronger, smaller, cleaner and smarter.

	Jan. 14, 2011 Of Symbols and Meaning: Part Two Last week in this space, I mused about how quick we can be to over interpret events and ascribe tenuous meaning to actions that so often defy explanation.

	Jan. 4, 2011 The World According to Kal The work of Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, the Economist's editorial cartoonist, is the subject of an exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco.

	Jan. 3, 2011 On Monday's NewsHour: State Budget Woes; Baby Boomers Turn 65 A look at the budget woes facing new governors, Baby Boomers begin turning 65, creating new challenges for Medicare and Social Security, and a big investment boosts Facebook.