Jul 16 Watch Pew Study: More Viewers Choose YouTube for Breaking News 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… Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch News Wrap: Air Force Sex Abuse Trial Begins In other news Monday, a Texas-based U.S. Air Force instructor went on trial, facing charges of rape and sexual assault of female recruits. Also, fighting in Syria's capital, Damascus, intensified as government tanks, troops and helicopters battled rebels in three… Continue watching
Jul 16 Yahoo! Nabs Google's Marissa Mayer as Company's New CEO By Mike Melia 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. A longtime Google executive, Mayer had been responsible for… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch Candidates Trade Barbs on Outsourcing After a Washington Post story investigated Former Gov. Mitt Romney's connection to sending jobs overseas as the head of Bain Capital, President Obama has seized on outsourcing as a line of attack against his opponent. And Romney launched a counterattack… Continue watching
Jul 13 The View from the Volt: Miles Risks Safety While Talking Smart Power EmbedVideo(3888, 482, 304); Last week, a powerful "derecho" storm hammered the mid-Atlantic region, snuffing out power during the peak of a sweltering heat wave for nearly a week in some homes. Days later, our science correspondent Miles… Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch Watch Penn State Board of Trustees Respond to Sandusky Repor Penn State board members respond to findings on the Jerry Sandustry child abuse case. Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch An Election on Facebook: Old Media Enters New World 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 watching
Jul 12 Watch What Are the Lessons from the Penn State Scandal? Lessons from the Penn State Scandal… Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch Report Finds Penn State Shares Responsibility in Sandusky Abuse Case Report Finds Penn State Shares Responsibility in Sandusky Abuse Case… Continue watching
Jul 12 Parades Commission Blamed for Violence Around Protestant March Nationalist protestors argue with police as Orangemen march past the Nationalist Ardoyne shops of North Belfast in Northern Ireland on Thursday. Photo by Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images. Attempts to prevent violence at a contentious annual Protestant-Loyalist Orange Order parade in… Continue reading