May 12 Watch Jim Lehrer: ‘Time Has Arrived’ to Step Back From Daily Anchor Duties Jim Lehrer explains his future with the NewsHour. Continue watching
May 12 Jim Lehrer’s Changing Role: Leave Your Reflections, Favorite Moments By News Desk 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. Beginning June 6, he will no longer be part of the regular daily anchor… Continue reading
May 12 Jim Lehrer Stepping Down From Regular Anchor Role on PBS NewsHour By Simon Marks Watch video of Jim Lehrer's announcement on Thursday's NewsHour: // Some news today about the 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… Continue reading
May 11 In Wake of Duerson Case, 5 Questions About Football and Brain Injury Just before he took his life this winter, former football great David Duerson sent a text message to his ex-wife — and wrote a suicide note as well — that would call attention once again to some big questions surrounding… Continue reading
May 11 ‘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." He attached himself -- and his camera -- to the newly created "Media Desk," at a… Continue reading
May 10 In New Film, Director of ‘Hoop Dreams’ Confronts Chicago’s Violence The new documentary, "The Interrupters," by director Steve James follows three individuals who try to protect their Chicago communities from the kind of violence they themselves were once complicit in. Continue reading
May 09 The Drudge Report Drives More Top News Traffic than Twitter or Facebook, Study Finds 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. In a comprehensive examination of online traffic… Continue reading
May 06 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. The lede story… Continue reading
May 06 Watch Killing Bin Laden: A ‘Routine Mission’ for War-Tested SEALs President Obama praised troops Friday at Fort Campbell, Ky., after a big victory in the long war against al-Qaida. Ray Suarez discusses the special military units that brought down Osama bin Laden with retired Navy Cmdr. Ryan Zinke, a former… Continue watching
May 06 After Bin Laden Raid in Abbottabad, the Questions Keep Coming By Judy Woodruff 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. Ever since word started to leak late… Continue reading