Sep 17 Watch 12:38 Linda Wertheimer and Nina Totenberg on friend and colleague Cokie Roberts The career of political journalist Cokie Roberts spanned more than 40 years and helped to transform the landscape for other women in the field. Roberts, who died Tuesday at age 75, worked extensively in both public and commercial media and… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 10:00 How news organizations should cover white supremacist shootings, according to a media expert By PBS NewsHour While reporting on the white supremacist ideology behind mass shootings, are journalists inadvertently magnifying the message? Joan Donovan, director of the Technology and Social Change Research project at Harvard University, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how reporters should -- and… Continue watching
Apr 23 Trump administration will skip press dinner, White House says By Associated Press The White House says Trump administration officials will not be attending this year's annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday, following the president's decision to boycott the event. Continue reading
Apr 15 Pulitzers honor news coverage of 3 mass shootings in 2018 By Stephen Groves and Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday and were recognized along with the Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Maryland, for their coverage of three horrifying mass shootings in 2018 at a high school, a… Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 7:31 Biographer Robert Caro on why it’s taking decades to fully capture LBJ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Robert Caro is one of the nation’s preeminent biographers, known for meticulous research and taking his time with a subject. Indeed, he began his massive series "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" in 1977, but its final volume won't be published… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 8:03 How Americans feel about Mueller, the media and health care From the Mueller investigation's end to renewed debate about health care, it's been a busy week in Washington. But how are these political issues resonating outside the nation's capital? Judy Woodruff talks to Kent State University professor and columnist Connie… Continue watching
Feb 12 After cameraman attacked at Trump rally, White House asks future attendees to be ‘peaceful’ By Kevin Freking, Associated Press There was a brief scuffle on a press platform away from the El Paso stage on Monday night, when a man began shoving members of the news media and was restrained. Continue reading
Jan 22 Trump says he told press secretary Sanders ‘not to bother’ with briefings By David Bauder, Associated Press Trump's preferred mode of communication, besides social media, is interviews on Fox News and informal question-and-answer sessions with reporters. Sanders has said it makes more sense for the public to hear from the president himself. Continue reading
Dec 19 53 journalists killed for their work so far in 2018, report finds By Verena Dobnik, Associated Press The number of journalists killed in retaliation for their work nearly doubled this year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Continue reading
Dec 11 4 journalists and a newspaper are Time’s Person of the Year By Associated Press The group, which Time calls the "guardians," includes slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed two months ago when he visited Saudi Arabia's consulate in Turkey for paperwork so he could get married. Continue reading