Aug 29 Watch Reporter’s Notebook: Karachi Residents Experience Extremes In their third report, Margaret Warner and producer Simon Marks witness extreme wealth and poverty -- and a technological boom -- in Pakistan's business capital, Karachi. Continue watching
Apr 11 First Virtual Town Hall Engages Voters Through Internet By PBS News Hour Using Internet technology to advance voter participation in the 2008 election, seven Democratic candidates participated in a "virtual town hall" Tuesday night to answer questions about the war on Iraq. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch TVs Prepare for Transition to Digital Signals All new televisions made in America will have to be able to receive digital signals starting Thursday, as part of a campaign to transition the country to digital TV broadcasting by Congress' Feb. 17, 2009, deadline. A technology journalist explains… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Campaigns Deny Claims of Internet Story A Web site created a stir by publishing a story claiming Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., had plans to use a purported Islamist upbringing of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., against him in her presidential campaign. Experts discuss the struggle to separate… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch Presidential Campaigns Explore a New Medium Several presidential hopefuls, including New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, have used the Internet to announce their candidacy. A political media expert analyzes the impact that the Internet will have on campaigns for the 2008 presidency. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch High Schools Train Students to Be Entrepreneurs NewsHour Special Correspondent for Education John Merrow reports on a program that trains high school students to be entrepreneurs. Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch Young Voters Speak Out on Election-year Issues, Politicians A new survey shows 80 percent of 18-to-30 year olds are registered voters and are concerned about the direction of the country. Judy Woodruff reports how young Americans view election-year issues as part of a series on "Generation Next."… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch President Bush Signs Law Banning Internet Gambling President Bush's signing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act bans the use of credit cards, checks, and electronic transfers to place bets on gambling websites on the internet. Analysts discuss the implication of the recent law. Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch Youth, Advertisers Flock to Networking Web Sites Advertisers and employers are moving to take advantage of social networking Web sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, as the sites draw hefty numbers of users. Judy Woodruff reports on the phenomenon in the first part of a series on… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Survey Finds Benefits, Hurdles in the Internet’s Future In a new Pew Internet and American Life Project survey, leading technology thinkers, business people, and activists agreed that the Internet will will bring both great promise and problems in the year 2020. Lee Raine, the director of the Pew… Continue watching