May 26 What does the billionaire-funded Gawker suit mean for media? By Joshua Barajas, Corinne Segal Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire, revealed this week that he funded Hulk Hogan's winning $140 million lawsuit against Gawker Media. Continue reading
May 19 Morley Safer, CBS newsman for over five decades, dies at age 84 By Laura Santhanam Veteran journalist Morley Safer died at age 84 after a period of declining health, CBS News reported Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 6:01 How the AP uncovered secret slavery behind the seafood in your supermarket By PBS News Hour An 18-month investigation into the use of slave labor in southeast Asia to bring seafood to American restaurants and supermarkets earned the Associated Press a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Since the report was made public, more than 2,000 slaves… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch 6:28 Washington Post honored for deep dive into fatal police shootings By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 3:06 A human guinea pig explains why you should experiment in life By PBS NewsHour Journalist and author A.J. Jacobs has been called a "human guinea pig," a title he earned. Continue watching
Jan 13 Al Jazeera America announces it will shut down by end of April By Joshua Barajas The American arm of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network will shut down on April 30, less than three years it debuted as an alternative in the world of cable broadcast news. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 4:06 Short and shallow reading on the Internet? Not so fast By PBS News Hour We hear a lot about how the Internet, social media and our addiction to handheld devices have reduced our attention spans. Nicholas Thompson of The New Yorker asks you to look more closely at the long, in-depth stories being shared… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 5:42 The ethics of Sean Penn’s ‘El Chapo’ conversation By PBS News Hour Before Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was recaptured by Mexican authorities, the American movie star and activist Sean Penn met with Mexico’s most wanted man in a jungle hideaway to interview him for Rolling Stone magazine. William Brangham discusses the… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 3:08 How drawing opens up doors for this documentarian By PBS News Hour Illustrative journalist Wendy MacNaughton offers her Brief but Spectacular take on telling undertold stories through drawing. Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 2:58 A tribute to one of America’s first female photojournalists By PBS News Hour In 1965, photographer and writer Dickey Chapelle was killed in Vietnam, becoming the first female American journalist to be killed covering a war. In the new book, "Dickey Chapelle Under Fire," author John Garofolo talks about Chapelle's work, influence, and… Continue watching