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 19 Univision slices into ‘Onion’ ownership By Joshua Barajas Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Spanish-language TV giant Univision announced it acquired a controlling stake of The Onion, the humor site whose fictitious headlines have fooled many a politician. Continue reading
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 17 Watch 3:09 Music duo Pomplamoose take Do-It-Yourself to the next level By PBS News Hour Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn, who make up the musical duo Pomplamoose, explain in this Brief But Spectacular take how they harness their fans' internet curiosity with their covers of Beyonce hits and behind-the-scenes videos. Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 7:30 Humans of New York gives U.S.-bound refugees a voice By PBS News Hour Brandon Stanton stops random people on the street, takes their photo and learns what about their personal stories makes them unique. He's the photographer behind Humans of New York, a blog and social media feeds seen by millions. Lately Stanton… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 1:39 Humans of New York gives U.S.-bound refugees a voice By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 8:08 What stagnant diversity means for America’s newsrooms By PBS News Hour As racial concerns continue to rise to the surface across America, is the media doing enough to tell the stories of people of color? Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks to Richard Prince of the Maynard Institute about the industry’s struggle… Continue watching