Jun 06 Watch Extended Interview: Susan DeFife and Mark Potts Susan DeFife, president and CEO of Backfence, and Mark Potts, chairman and creative officer of Backfence, discuss the emerging trend of citizen, or grassroots, journalism and how it can provide community-oriented news in ways traditional media usually does not. Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch Traditional Media Offer New Web Features to Reach a Wider Audience To stem a decline in audiences, news organizations are rolling out new media technologies that allow people to get their news in different ways and decide how, when and where they want to receive it. Terence Smith examines some of… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch Former Washington Post Editor Talks About the Revelation of Deep Throat Ben Bradlee, the former executive editor of The Washington Post, talks about the paper's decision to confirm Deep Throat's identity, the confidentiality agreement with Felt and what might have motivated Felt to speak with Woodward and Bernstein. Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch Understanding the Impact of the Deep Throat In the wake of W. Mark Felt's admission that he was the source for much of the Watergate information, analysts debate how knowing the source's identity will impact how we remember Watergate. Continue watching
May 31 Watch W. Mark Felt Reveals He Was Watergate Source Deep Throat Former FBI official W. Mark Felt claims to be Deep Throat, the legendary source who leaked secrets about President Nixon's Watergate cover-up to The Washington Post, Vanity Fair magazine said Tuesday. The Washington Post confirmed Felt's story, bringing to a… Continue watching
May 16 Newsweek Retracts Flawed Quran Report By PBS News Hour Newsweek magazine on Monday retracted its report about the alleged desecration of the Quran by U.S. interrogators at the jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that sparked deadly riots in Afghanistan and other Muslim nations. Continue reading
May 16 Watch Newsweek Retracts Flawed Quran Report Newsweek magazine on Monday retracted its report about an alleged desecration of the Quran by U.S. interrogators at the jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that sparked deadly riots in Afghanistan and other Muslim nations. Continue watching
May 13 Watch Senate Debates Government Sens. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and John Kerry, D-Mass., introduced legislation to require video news releases, or VNRs, to be be clearly labeled as coming from the government. Jeffrey Brown examines the debate on Capitol Hill and the conflicting opinions over… Continue watching
May 09 New York Times Panel Issues Recommendations to Boost Credibility By PBS News Hour An internal committee at The New York Times has recommended a number of steps to improve readers' trust in the newspaper. Continue reading
May 04 U.S. Broadcast Industry By PBS News Hour On Christmas Eve 1906, Canadian inventor Reginald Fessenden conducted the first radio broadcast in history, sending a recording of Handel's Largo, Christian hymns and a "Merry Christmas" to United Fruit Co. boats in the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading