Nov 10 AP demands FBI never impersonate any journalist again By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Associated Press on Monday demanded assurances from the Justice Department that the FBI will never again impersonate a member of the news media, following revelations that an agent in Seattle portrayed himself as an AP journalist as part of… Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria By PBS News Hour Telling the stories of conflict in Syria and Iraq has become prohibitively dangerous for many news organizations; more than 70 journalists have been killed while covering the Syrian war. While a few international reporters remain in the country, much of… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch How a presidential candidate's personal life changed political journalism By PBS News Hour When did the more intimate -- and sometimes sordid -- aspects of the personal lives of politicians become fair game for reporters? Matt Bai of Yahoo News says it was back in 1987, when presidential candidate Gary Hart’s extramarital dalliance… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Why few women are leading America's newsrooms By PBS News Hour Women hold few positions of authority in newsrooms across the United States, according to a Nieman report published earlier this week. Some experts say this disparity could have far-reaching impacts for consumers of the mainstream media. Anna Griffin, a reporter… Continue watching
Sep 12 Why journalism has a gender problem By Corinne Segal The journalism industry is severely lacking in leadership by women and racial minorities, according to the Nieman Reports story published Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Islamic State -- What should Obama do? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch News Wrap: Two men freed, 30 years after murder conviction By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, 50-year-old Henry McCollum and his half-brother Leon Brown were set free from prison in North Carolina, 30 years after they were falsely convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl. DNA evidence shows the girl… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch How should the U.S. respond to Steven Sotloff's killing? By PBS News Hour For reaction, Judy Woodruff talks to Charles Sennott of The GroundTruth Project. Then, former National Security Council staff Lt. Col. Douglas Ollivant (Ret.), former Counterterrorism Official Daniel Benjamin and former State Department official Anne-Marie Slaughter discuss how the killing affects… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Islamic State declares beheading of U.S. reporter Steven Sotloff By PBS News Hour In a gruesome video, Islamic State radicals purportedly beheaded Steven Sotloff -- a 31-year-old American freelancer who went missing in Syria last year. In the video posted on Aug. 19 of the beheading of James Foley, the militant group warned… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch What does it take to free a captured American? By PBS News Hour A wave of American hostages held by Islamic extremists has raised questions about the U.S. policy not to pay ransoms. Jeffrey Brown talks to David Rohde of Reuters and Brian Jenkins of RAND Corporation for views on the divergence between… Continue watching