Feb 18 Watch PBS Faces Two Controversies as Head Announces Departure Terence Smith examines the two controversies plaguing PBS and PBS Chief Executive Pat Mitchell's decision to leave her post in the spring of 2006. Continue watching
Feb 16 House Approves Higher Fines for Broadcast Indecency By PBS News Hour The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to dramatically increase fines for "indecent" programming, rejecting criticism the tougher penalties will stifle free speech and creativity on radio and TV broadcasts. Continue reading
Feb 15 Appeals Court Says Reporters Must Testify in CIA Leak Case By PBS News Hour A U.S. appeals court upheld a ruling Tuesday saying two reporters must testify in the federal probe on whether Bush administration officials leaked the identity of an undercover CIA officer to the news media. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch The Impact of Web Blogs on Mainstream Journalism Late Friday night, conservative Web bloggers helped force the resignation of top CNN news executive Eason Jordan over remarks he made at the World Economic Conference in Davos. This, and other recent developments, have experts questioning the impact of Internet… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch Female Photojournalists Discuss Their Work in Iraq Terence Smith speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stephanie Sinclair of Corbis Images and Washington Post photographer Andrea Bruce Woodall about their war photography and their experiences as female photojournalists in Iraq. Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch The New England Patriots Win Third Superbowl in Four Years The New England Patriots won their third Super Bowl in four years Sunday. Terence Smith speaks with an author and sportswriter to discuss the American tradition that is the Super Bowl. Continue watching
Feb 04 Watergate Papers Made Public for the First Time By PBS News Hour Thousands of interview notes, memos and other material compiled by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during their investigation of the Watergate break-in were made public for the first time Thursday. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch New Report Lists Most Underreported Stories of 2004 Terence Smith speaks with the executive director of Doctors Without Borders about the most underreported stories of 2004 and why he believes the press did not give substantial attention to these global humanitarian crises. Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch SBC and AT&T to Become Nation's Largest Telecom Firm Telecom giants SBC Communications, Inc. and AT&T announced on Sunday plans for a $16 billion merger. Two telecom analysts explain the merger and the possibility for a "wave" of similar mergers in the near future. Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch Columnists Debate Ethics of Accepting Federal Funds to Promote Policies Kwame Holman reports on the recent incidents in which writers received federal funding for work related to the promotion of Bush administration proposals. Then, Gwen Ifill leads a discussion with two columnists and a media expert on the journalistic ethics… Continue watching