Jul 11 Watch Public Broadcasting Hearings A Senate subcommittee held hearings Monday on the future of funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting and alleged biases in PBS programming. Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Protecting Anonymous Sources A federal judge sentenced New York Times reporter Judith Miller to jail Wednesday for refusing to divulge her source to a grand jury investigating the administration's leak of a CIA operative's identity. Two media experts analyze the sentencing and what… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch Experts Discuss Journalists’ Right to Reporter Two journalists are facing jail time and four more could be held in contempt of court for refusing to reveal anonymous sources in grand jury testimony. Experts discuss the cases and the effect it'll have on reporter-source confidentiality. Continue watching
Jun 27 High Court Rejects Reporters’ Appeal in CIA Leak Case By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the efforts of two journalists to avoid jail sentences for refusing to testify before a grand jury about the leak of an undercover CIA agent. Continue reading
Jun 23 CPB Names New President; House Restores Funding By PBS News Hour The Corporation for Public Broadcasting named Assistant Secretary of State Patricia Harrison its new president and CEO Thursday as the House of Representatives reversed itself and restored $100 million in CPB funding. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Congress Proposes Funding Cuts for The Corporation for Public Broadcasting The House of Representatives is expected to vote by the end of the week on an appropriations bill that includes a 45 percent cut in federal funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's. The funding fight is just the latest… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Utilizing New Wireless Technology to Connect to the Internet Spencer Michels reports on the new wireless technology used to connect computers to the Internet. Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch Ombudsmen Discuss the State of the Media Terence Smith speaks with Daniel Okrent, the former ombudsman for The New York Times, and Michael Getler, ombudsman for The Washington Post, about the public's view of the press today, the performance of the media and some of the most… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Essayist Clarence Page Considers the Definition of a Journalist Essayist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune considers who is and who is not a journalist. Continue watching
Jun 06 Time Magazine to Divulge Notes in CIA Agent Leak By PBS News Hour Time magazine on Thursday said it would comply with a court order to hand over the notes of one of its reporters in a grand jury investigation into the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity. Continue reading