Oct 27 New York Times Names First Ombudsman The New York Times on Monday named Daniel Okrent its first ombudsman, filling a position created as a result of an internal review after a plagiarism scandal involving former reporter Jayson Blair. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Digital News More people are reading a daily newspaper without ever touching it. Terence Smith reports on the growing trend of electronic newsprint editions, and how newspaper publishers are working to keep pace with changing technologies. Continue watching
Oct 22 Alleged 9/11 Plotter Killed Daniel Pearl, U.S. Officials Say U.S. authorities have told The Wall Street Journal they now have credible evidence that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, personally murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan early last year. Continue reading
Oct 20 Music Industry Warns File Sharers They Could Be Sued The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Friday that it warned more than 200 people they could be sued unless they settled allegations they distributed copyrighted music over the Internet. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 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
Oct 15 Judge Orders Reporters to Reveal Sources in Lee Case A federal judge has ordered five reporters to reveal their sources for articles that portrayed Dr. Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a chief suspect in a Chinese espionage investigation. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Poll Mania More Americans are being surveyed by the media on their views on all range of topics, as news organizations increasingly utilize public opinion polls in their reporting. Terence Smith looks at the concerns over the growing use of polls in… Continue watching
Oct 13 Los Angeles Times Defends Recall Coverage Los Angeles Times editor John Carroll on Sunday staunchly defended his paper's decision to publish articles detailing allegations of sexual improprieties by Republican candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger just days before the California recall election. Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch The Right Talk: Conservative Talk Radio Terence Smith explores the success of conservative talk radio shows and the failure of liberal programs, and talk radio's increasing importance in politics. Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch Perspectives on Press Leaks As the Justice Department continues its criminal probe into the alleged White House naming of an undercover CIA agent to a half dozen reporters, Jim Lehrer and four historians review past cases of alleged presidential leaks to the media. Continue watching