Apr 20 Around the Country, Newspapers Cut Arts Critics By Arts Desk The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today. It's a time to celebrate the best in journalism, but also a chance for us to look at changes in the industry and their impact on the quality of newspaper coverage. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch As Newspapers Cut Back, Online Reporters Step In Hard hit by declining readers and revenues, newspapers across the country are making cuts or shutting down altogether. Experts examine how new online sources of local news and reporting are gaining popularity as newspapers cut back. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch As Newspapers Start to Fold, Industry Seeks Survival Plan With record numbers of layoffs at newspapers around the country and some other publications, such as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, moving entire operations online, industry professionals are struggling to find a new business model to carry them through the changing media… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch In Shifting Media Landscape, Print Publications Transition to Web As print publications lose subscribers to the Web, some are making major staff cuts and one -- the Christian Science Monitor -- is axing its paper edition in favor of online-only content. Analysts weigh in on the changes and what… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch Dawes, Pulitzer Center Take On HIV/AIDs in Jamaica Poet Kwame Dawes teamed up with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to create a multimedia Web site called "HOPE: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica." The interactive site pairs his poetry with music, essays and video from people… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Pittsburgh Media Adapts to Shifting News Landscape The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is preparing for the demands of covering the presidential primary campaign by focusing mainly on online reporting and adapting to a changing media landscape. Jeffrey Brown reports on the Post-Gazette's strategy. Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch As Iraq War Pushes On, Media Coverage Shifts As the U.S. military death toll in Iraq hit 4,000 and the war entered its fifth year, a study by the Pew Research Center found that the number of news stories about the Iraq war has fallen dramatically in the… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch L.A. Times Fires Another Editor Amid Dispute Over Cost-cutting For the third time in less than three years, the Los Angeles Times has fired its top editor -- this time ousting James O'Shea -- for rejecting an order to impose $4 million in budget cuts. Media experts offer analysis… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch Iraqi Journalists Encounter Peril to Report for U.S. Media American media organizations have increasingly relied on Iraqi reporters to get in and out of areas where foreign journalists might stand out or be easily targeted for kidnapping. Journalist Sahar Issa discusses her experiences as a reporter for McClatchy in… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch Congress Debates Shield Legislation Congress debated a shield law Thursday that would regulate journalists' relationships with their sources. The NewsHour talks to a legal expert and a former Justice Department official about the proposed legislation. Continue watching