Nov 10 Watch 12:28 Journalist goes on a walk around the world to find the story of humanity By PBS News Hour Paul Salopek has been out for a walk -- a very long walk -- since 2013. His route stretches from Ethiopia’s Great Rift Valley to the very southern tip of South America, tracing the path of humanity from its African… Continue watching
Oct 13 Jailed journalist's brother on whether U.S. should consider prisoner swap By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press The brother of Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post journalist detained in Iran and convicted in secret, described his brother's imprisonment as "cruel and inhumane" Tuesday and called on the U.S. government to take "any appropriate actions" to win his freedom. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 8:07 How funny man Jon Stewart became a serious influence By PBS News Hour Called the nation's "satirist in chief," Jon Stewart’s comedic rants and skewering of the daily news have had far-reaching influence on media and politics. Now he's leaving The Daily show after 16 years. Jeffrey Brown looks back at Stewart’s impact. Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch 4:26 What happens when Photoshop goes too far? By PBS News Hour A New York exhibit chronicles prominent cases of images altered by journalists and asks: If seeing is believing, how often are you, the viewer or reader, being misled? Saskia de Melker reports. Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 3:30 Ta-Nehisi Coates on discussing racism directly, honestly By PBS News Hour How should the U.S. address problems of violent policing? As a nation, we may be asking the police to do certain things that they shouldn't, says Ta-Nehisi Coates. The Atlantic correspondent offers his Brief But Spectacular take on the legacy… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 5:55 Raising visibility for journalists imprisoned by Iran By PBS News Hour Journalist Maziar Bahari was held for months in a Tehran prison after being arrested while on assignment. He's written a memoir of that ordeal, "Then They Came for Me,” plus directed a documentary called "Forced Confessions." Now he's launched a… Continue watching
May 05 Nellie Bly honored in Karen O penned-Google doodle By Colleen Shalby One hundred and fifty-one years after her birth, Google is honoring American reporter Nellie Bly in an original ditty of a doodle penned by singer-songwriter Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. 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
Apr 06 Watch 13:40 How Rolling Stone got the UVA sexual assault story so wrong By PBS News Hour A new report scrutinizes the many layers of error uncovered in a Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia. Gwen Ifill talks to Steve Coll of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism about… Continue watching
Mar 24 Calling all journalism students: Join a Facebook chat with chief correspondent for arts and culture Jeffrey Brown By Nora Daly Journalism students will have the opportunity to learn from PBS NewsHour's chief correspondent for arts and culture Jeffrey Brown in a Facebook chat on Tuesday, March 31, from 2-3 p.m. EDT. Continue reading