Jun 17 Watch Making a Free Press in Iraq Terence Smith gets an update on efforts to create a free press in Iraq and a view of the current changes in the Iraqi media from Deborah Amos, an NPR News correspondent reporting from Baghdad, and David Hoffman, president of… Continue watching
Jun 12 Veteran Broadcast Journalist David Brinkley Dies at 82 Veteran reporter and anchor David Brinkley died at the age of 82 Wednesday night at his home in Houston, TX after suffering complications from a fall. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch In Memoriam: David Brinkley Veteran news anchor David Brinkley died at his home in Houston on Wednesday. Terence Smith speaks with former NewsHour co-anchor Robert MacNeil about his work with the late journalist. Continue watching
Jun 11 Pulitzer Prize Board Reviews Reporter's 1932 Award The Pulitzer Prize Board announced Tuesday it would reconsider the 1932 award given to New York Times Moscow correspondent Walter Duranty, accused of deliberately not reporting the "forced famine" in Ukraine during the regime of Josef Stalin. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch Saving Private Lynch Terence Smith discusses whether the American media too willingly accepted the story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch as presented by the Pentagon. Continue watching
Jun 05 NY Times Executive, Managing Editors Resign New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines and Managing Editor Gerald Boyd resigned from their posts Thursday in the wake of a damaging plagiarism scandal and amid lingering worries about the newspaper's management style and work atmosphere. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch New York Times: Troubled Times New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines and Managing Editor Gerald Boyd resigned from their posts in the wake of a damaging plagiarism scandal and criticisms about the newspaper's management style. Terence Smith examines whether the resignations will restore confidence… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Rewriting the FCC Rules: New Media Ownership Rules Terence Smith reports on the Senate's consideration of the Federal Communications Commission's new media ownership rules. Continue watching
Jun 02 FCC Chairman Michael Powell By PBS News Hour The following is the entire prepared statement from FCC Chairman Michael Powell on the agency's vote to ease media ownership rules on June 2. Continue reading
Jun 02 Commissioner Kevin J. Martin By PBS News Hour The following is the entire press statement from FCC Commissioner Kevin J. Martin on the agency's biennial review of broadcast ownership rules. Continue reading