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It’s a conundrum. We in the news business are constantly justifying to ourselves why we cover the stories we cover, and why you should care. It is the second part of that formula that confounds news decision makers on a daily basis. Because if you don’t care, you don’t watch. And we kind of like it when you watch. Continue
PBS NewsHour
A behind the scenes look at the NewsHour's work in Nevada to profile the Asian American population and their impact on the 2012 election. Continue
To The Contrary
U.S. Senate candidate from North Dakota, Heidi Heitkamp, sat down with To the Contrary to discuss her run for office, why more women should be in office and what's best for North Dakota. Continue
MediaShift
Have you always wanted to cut the cord? Here's a whole digital book that teaches you how to do it. Continue
Washington Week
Thursday, July 25, 2012 at 1 pm Eastern. Join Gwen Ifill for a live chat to discuss the 2012 Election, Washington Week and the PBS NewsHour and more. Continue
To The Contrary
To the Contrary travels to China to learn what a foreign service officer in the consular section does overseas. Continue
To The Contrary
The Democratic National Committee is criticized for ads accusing GOP presidenital candidate Mitt Romney of "dancing around" issues with footage of his wife's horse. See what our panelists think on this week's To The Contrary Extra. Continue
PBS NewsHour
The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study Monday showing that news consumers are increasingly trading traditional media for YouTube. Jeffrey Brown discusses the challenges and opportunities traditional media sources now face with Pew's Tom Rosenstiel and The New York Times' Brian Stelter. Continue
To The Contrary
The shocking video of an Afghan woman's execution by the Taliban. Then, a first for women and the Olympics? And, Behind the Headlines: BPA. A plastic by-product that's everywhere and rasing health concerns. Continue
MediaShift
More movie studios are reaching out to viewers with Facebook and Twitter to cuts ad costs and increase returns. Lionsgate, for instance, spent $15 million to $20 million less in TV ads on "The Hunger Games" because of social campaigns that worked. Continue
MediaShift
Having trouble keeping up with the U.K. phone-hacking scandal? Here's a guide that includes a glossary of terms, key characters, timeline, and a tally of legal action. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Using hashtags like #NBCFail, Olympics fans have tweeted complaints of delayed and incomplete programming and streaming restrictions for the London Games. Gwen Ifill talks to USA Today's Christine Brennan and The New York Times' Richard Sandomir about how online viewers are experiencing NBC's coverage of the 2012 Olympics. Continue
To The Contrary
Women make up half the world's HIV infection, and adolescent girls are at particular risk. Experts at this week's International AIDS Conference experts call women an 'unfinished agenda' in the AIDS respose and urge action on education and treatment. See what our panelists think on this week's To The Contrary Extra. Continue
Washington Week
Bill Raspberry was the one who made it his business to keep an eye out for the young, black reporters who could otherwise get lost in the rush of an important, big-city newsroom. Continue
FRONTLINE
Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch's former chief executive in the U.K., Andrew Coulson, a onetime editor for Murdoch's now defunct tabloid "News of the World," who later worked as an aide to Prime Minister David Cameron and five of that paper's journalists are accused of conspiring to hack voicemails of more than 600 people for six years, beginning in October 2000 through August 2006. Continue
To The Contrary
Marissa Mayer announced her new role as CEO of Yahoo this week, and then revealed she is six months pregnant; The State Department is teaming up with World Bank and Gallup to close the gender gap in data; The media darling talks about her new book, her road trip across the U.S. and the future for young women in the Republican party. Continue
Washington Week
I am about to break a promise I made to you. I said this would be a safe space, one that would not turn itself over to rank speculation about the vice presidential sweepstakes. An alphabetical guide through the trial balloons, wild speculation and received conventional wisdom. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Yahoo! has a new leader. Again. Marissa Mayer has been tapped to be the company's next CEO, the fifth person to take the helm of the Internet giant in five years Continue
To The Contrary
Comedian Daniel Tosh's remark about rape jokes being funny draws controversy. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Do "likes" on Facebook translate to votes? Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn of Daily-Download.com examine that issue with Ray Suarez and also explore why traditional news outlets are partnering with social media sites this election year. Continue
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