Apr 24 Gwen's Take: Accepting the Urbino Press Award By Gwen Ifill Journalists get a bad rap sometimes. Often it is deserved. But that’s because bad news travels well. Less told are the stories of the imprisoned journalists who risk their lives to do their work in Iran and China and Ethiopia… Continue reading
Apr 10 Gwen's Take: Truth, justice and the American way By Gwen Ifill The best journalists can do is try to scrub our inbred biases (we all have them) by asking more questions. All the time. Every time. This is nearly impossible to do if you have already decided you know the answer. Continue reading
Mar 27 Gwen's Take: Getting on with it By Gwen Ifill Robin Toner did whatever was needed to file the story. In the years before Wi-Fi and hot spots, she would stop motorcades, if necessary, to find a landline from which to send her story. This week, a couple hundred people… Continue reading
Mar 20 Gwen's Take: Making peace and making coffee By Gwen Ifill There are so many good ways to talk about race and culture in America. Yes, even at Starbucks. Continue reading
Mar 09 Our colliding ideals: What I saw in Selma By Gwen Ifill We are a nation that was born and bred in conflict. But at least now -- at least this weekend in Selma, we were engaged in a common cause to use conflict as a path toward a community ideal. Continue reading
Mar 06 Gwen's Take: Hillary, Congress & Ferguson: The perils of seeing more clearly By Gwen Ifill Let’s have a chat about transparency, and how much we really want to know about the way things work. This week provided several good examples of the discussion along the campaign trail, and in all three branches of government. Continue reading
Feb 27 Gwen's Take: Demographics as political destiny By Gwen Ifill The browning of America is about more than an expanding melting pot. It also has immediate implications for education and tax policy; for elective and strategic politics. Continue reading
Feb 20 Gwen's Take: The Jeb and Hillary chronicles By Gwen Ifill Living in the shadows can be such a drag. But it’s demonstrably worse if the shadow is cast by somebody who used to be President of the United States. Continue reading
Feb 13 Gwen's Take: On loss and opportunity By Gwen Ifill This has been a wrenching week for those of us in the business of telling the truth on television. Continue reading
Feb 06 Gwen's Take: The perils of tripping over one's tongue By Gwen Ifill In the 24-hour news cycle, the perils of even thinking about running for president are clear. For every ticket punched, there is a slippery spot that can trip you up in a flash. This week’s featured players: Paul and Christie. Continue reading