Apr 08 Watch Newsman Roger Mudd Reflects on ‘Glory Days of Television News’ In his new book, "The Place to Be", veteran television news journalist and former NewsHour correspondent Roger Mudd describes more than 20 years working in the Washington bureau of CBS News and assesses the future of the television news business. Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Journalist Describes Army Unit Tour in Afghanistan Elizabeth Rubin, a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, describes life for a U.S. Army company assigned to a remote outpost in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch Famed Cambodian-born Journalist Dith Pran Dies Dith Pran, the Cambodian journalist for the New York Times who documented and barely escaped the Khmer Rouge's "killing fields" in the 1970s, died Sunday. He was 65. Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch South by Southwest Festival Changes Music’s Tune For about a week each year, hundreds of bands perform at more than 80 venues throughout Austin at the annual South by Southwest festival, which has become a major showcase for budding and established musicians, the music industry and music… 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
Mar 17 Justices to Hear Broadcast Indecency Case By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear arguments regarding the use of profanities on radio and television broadcasts, the first time the court will rule on such indecency matters in 30 years. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch Media’s Role in Volatile ’08 Race Draws Fresh Scrutiny The media's breakneck coverage of the 2008 primaries has drawn reactions from critics and campaigns on a number of issues: from unreliable poll numbers to the debate over whether the press has been too kind to Barack Obama or too… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch Shields, Brooks Weigh Democrats’ Delegate Disputes The fight for the Democratic nomination was shaken up once again this week as Hillary Clinton defeated Barack Obama in the Ohio and Texas primaries. Also, Florida and Michigan might hold new primaries after they were stripped of their delegates… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Obama, Clinton in Dead Heat as Ohio, Texas Elections Draw Near With the Ohio and Texas primaries tomorrow and polls showing both candidates in a dead heat, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are making their final pushes in these two critical states. Gwen Ifill reports from the campaign trail. Continue watching
Feb 28 New York Times Article Questions PBS’s Relevancy On Sunday, Feb. 17, The New York Times published an article entitled "Is PBS Still Necessary?"… Continue reading