Jun 12 Watch 5:55 Raising visibility for journalists imprisoned by Iran By PBS News Hour Journalist Maziar Bahari was held for months in a Tehran prison after being arrested while on assignment. He's written a memoir of that ordeal, "Then They Came for Me,” plus directed a documentary called "Forced Confessions." Now he's launched a… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch 7:04 What handing over power means for Murdoch’s media empire By PBS News Hour Eighty-four-year-old media titan Rupert Murdoch is ready to step aside from his role leading an empire worth tens of billions of dollars. Judy Woodruff talks to David Folkenflik of NPR about Murdoch’s legacy. Continue watching
Jun 11 Rupert Murdoch to step down as CEO of 21st Century Fox By News Desk Australian American business magnate Rupert Murdoch is leaving his post as CEO of 21st Century Fox and turning over the mass media corporation to his son James, according to an announcement on Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 6:00 Why are Russian trolls spreading online hoaxes in the U.S.? By PBS News Hour In St. Petersburg, a shadowy Russian organization called the Internet Research Agency hires trolls to spread propaganda and hoaxes online. Jeffrey Brown interviews Adrian Chen of The New York Times Magazine about what he’s discovered about the group. Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch 3:37 Is Gawker’s vote to unionize a turning point for Internet culture? By PBS News Hour For the first time ever, workers at a major online media outlet, Gawker Media, voted earlier this week in a landslide to unionize. Gabriel Arana, senior media editor at The Huffington Post, joins Alison Stewart to discuss. Continue watching
Jun 04 Men continue to outnumber women in the media, study says By News Desk Men outnumber women in news anchor seats and bylines in print and online, according to a study released Thursday by the Women’s Media Center based in New York and Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 6:59 Street Sense gives homeless creative tools to build careers and help others By PBS News Hour Street Sense publishes the only newspaper by and for the homeless in Washington, D.C. The organization has long trained participants in journalism and writing, and now it's expanding to offer more education in the arts and digital media, like photography… Continue watching
May 28 ‘Serial’ podcast to continue with two new cases, starting this fall By Joshua Barajas Producers of the most popular podcast in history announced two new seasons Wednesday, beginning this fall. Continue reading
May 27 CBS’ Bob Schieffer is ready for retirement By David Bauder, Associated Press WASHINGTON — At 78, Bob Schieffer is entitled to reminisce about the "good old days" of reporting. He believes young people coming into the business can also learn from them. Continue reading
May 18 Appeals court remands Adnan Syed’s case to Baltimore trial court By Eric Krupke The Maryland Court of Special Appeals today released a ruling in the latest appeal of Adnan Syed, a man currently serving a life sentence for murdering his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999. Continue reading