Apr 21 Watch 7:06 Pulitzer-winning report leads S.C. lawmakers to push for stronger domestic abuse laws By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 20 Full list of 2015 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism and the arts By News Desk The Pulitzer Prizes for works of journalism and the arts produced in 2014 were announced Monday -- with magazines officially eligible for the first time. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 7:12 Teaching citizens how to shoot better video when they witness brutality By PBS News Hour Video that captures violent abuse by police or a government can send shockwaves through a society, but even if it goes viral, it may not stand up in a courtroom as evidence. Hari Sreenivasan reports on how one organization is… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 13:40 How Rolling Stone got the UVA sexual assault story so wrong By PBS News Hour A new report scrutinizes the many layers of error uncovered in a Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia. Gwen Ifill talks to Steve Coll of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism about… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 6:40 Why Scott Simon shared his mother’s death with an unseen audience By PBS News Hour Scott Simon is known as the voice of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, but he also gained an audience when he used Twitter to document his mother’s final days. His 140-character observances of the life and death of his mother led… Continue watching
Mar 29 Are millennials missing out by scrapping cable TV subscriptions? By Hannah Yi Over the past five years, 3.8 million American homes have opted to cancel their cable subscription or not sign up at all. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 8:50 Cutting the cable cord: Will the online media boom mean the death of TV? By PBS News Hour Over the past five years, more than three million American homes have canceled their cable subscriptions while plenty more have signed up for online streaming services to control when, where and how they watch their favorite shows. Now, some of… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 6:01 Why Assad sees an opening for dialogue with the U.S. By PBS News Hour Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sat down for an interview with PBS host and CBS News anchor Charlie Rose on Thursday in Damascus. Assad denied reports of chemical weapon use by his military and signaled openness to dialogue with the United… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 6:56 Obama White House keeping more secrets than any before By PBS News Hour Despite a pledge to deliver the most open and transparent administration in U.S. history, some say that the Obama White House has fallen short on that promise, with harsh punishments for high-profile whistleblowers and a record number of Freedom of… Continue watching
Feb 19 Twitter chat: Can a sitcom challenge Asian-American stereotypes? By Nora Daly Asians are one of the fastest growing groups in the U.S. So why did it take so long for a television network to produce a show focused on this growing demographic?… Continue reading