Aug 05 Watch Extended Interview: Presidential Candidate Howard Dean The following transcript is the extended interview with Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean during a campaign stop organized by Meetup.com in Iowa City. Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch Plugged-In Politics Presidential contender Howard Dean garnered 75,000 supporters through "Meetup.com" and has raised more money than any other Democratic candidate in the second quarter. Terence Smith examines Dean's success at building grassroots support in cyberspace, and how other presidential candidates are… Continue watching
Jul 31 New York Times Names Two Managing Editors The New York Times on Thursday named two managing editors to succeed Gerald Boyd, who resigned from the newspaper amid a scandal over fraudulent reporting and discontent over management policies. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch Policing Papers Terence Smith discusses the recent changes at The New York Times with Joann Byrd, a member of the Siegal committee that examined The Times's newsroom policies, and Susan Tifft, a journalism professor at Duke University. Continue watching
Jul 30 New York Times Creates New Public Editor Position The New York Times announced Wednesday it would create a "public editor," similar to an ombudsman, to scrutinize news coverage and assess readers' complaints. Continue reading
Jul 23 House Approves Roll Back of New Media Ownership Rule The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to block new media ownership regulations recently adopted by the Federal Communications Commission that would ease the limits on how many television stations media companies may own. Continue reading
Jul 21 Suicide of BBC Source Leads to Public Inquiry The investigation continues surrounding the suicide of the British Defense Ministry weapons adviser who was the British Broadcasting Corporation's main source for a story alleging Tony Blair's government had "sexed up" intelligence on Iraq's weapons. Continue reading
Jul 17 U.S. Accuses Cuba of Jamming Broadcasts to Iran The U.S. government and corporate officials have accused Cuba of jamming U.S.-based satellite broadcasts of news and other information into Iran. Continue reading
Jul 16 Congress Moves to Overturn New Media Ownership Rules A House committee on Wednesday voted to roll back a key part of new media ownership regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission last month. Continue reading
Jul 14 New York Times Names New Executive Editor The New York Times named Bill Keller, a former Times managing editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, as its new executive editor on Monday, six weeks after the newspaper's top editors resigned amid a plagiarism scandal. Continue reading