Nov 19 Watch Obama Cabinet Picks May Face Intense Vetting Process President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is asking potential appointees for detailed background information, setting the stage for one of the toughest review processes to date. Analysts explain the reasoning behind the intense vetting strategy. Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch Voters Document Experience at the Polls on the Web A spectrum of voting experiences, from first-time thrills to long lines, have been documented by a thousand voters across the country on YouTube's Video Your Vote project, a collaboration with PBS and the NewsHour. Kwame Holman reports on the experiment. Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch Youth Voters Take Active Role, but Turnout Is Uncertain While record numbers of young and first-time voters are engaged in the political process this year, questions remain as to how strong their turnout will be at the polls. Kwame Holman reports on the youth vote in Virginia and how… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch ‘Cyberwar’ Emerges Amid Russia-Georgia Conflict Georgia's recent conflict with Russia over the fate of two separatist provinces brought with it a first in international cyber-warfare, as Georgia faced a slew of Internet attacks. An Internet security specialist offers insight. Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch Media, Fans Going Online for 2008 Olympic Games While athletes at the Beijing Olympics are breaking records every day, coverage of the Games is itself breaking barriers in the way people are seeking coverage of the events. A media analyst discusses the role of Internet media during the… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Candidates Fight to Disprove Smears, Set Record Straight to Voters This presidential campaign is different than previous years - it's the first in which campaigns are forced to confront nearly constant Web attacks and rumors from both amateurs and organized partisans. Media experts discuss the trend. Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch Web Tools Help to Reshape ’08 Campaign Trail A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds that a record-breaking 46 percent of Americans have used the Internet, e-mail or cell phone text messaging to get news about the campaigns. Analysts examine how new Web-based… Continue watching
May 30 Watch Growing Internet Use in China Reflects Changing Society Last month, China passed the United States in the number of people online. The growing Internet use has given the Chinese a chance to see how the rest of the world views them, and is helping shape the attitudes of… Continue watching
May 30 Watch Extended Interview: Google China President Kai-Fu Lee As part of a reporting trip to China in May, Margaret Warner spoke with Kai-Fu Lee, a Chinese-American who's president of Google China, about the gap in perceptions that exists between Chinese and Americans. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Pittsburgh Media Adapts to Shifting News Landscape The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is preparing for the demands of covering the presidential primary campaign by focusing mainly on online reporting and adapting to a changing media landscape. Jeffrey Brown reports on the Post-Gazette's strategy. Continue watching