Jan 25 GM Interim CEO Whitacre Gets Permanent Job Ed Whitacre, Jr., the interim CEO of General Motors since Dec. 1, has been named permanent CEO at a news conference in Detroit this morning. "The board of directors asked if I would be willing to stay on… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch ‘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. Continue watching
Jan 22 On Friday’s NewsHour… The struggle for survival in Haiti is the lead story tonight, followed by the economic and political fallout from this week's stunning events in Massachusetts and Washington, the analysis of Shields and Brooks, and the growing dispute with China… Continue reading
Jan 22 How Much Media Is Too Much Media for Kids? By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s395aqd89',482,304,""); 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. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 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. Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 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. Continue watching
Jan 21 Farnsworth Honored for ‘The Judge and The General’ By Hari Sreenivasan Tonight, NewsHour alumna Elizabeth Farnsworth will be 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… Continue reading
Jan 21 On Thursday’s NewsHour… The Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision on campaign finance today; we have analysis and a debate on what this means for the election process. Then, health care reform in light of the Senate's new balance of power, President… Continue reading
Jan 21 Clinton: Countries that Engage in Cyberattacks Should Face Consequences By Chris Amico 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. The speech comes in the wake… Continue reading