Charlotte Beers, the under secretary of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs for the State Department, discusses her bureau's mission to improve America's image in Muslim nations.

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Terence Smith talks to New York Times correspondent Chris Hedges about his new book War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning and his firsthand experiences reporting from conflict zones.The NewsHour Media Unit is funded by a grant from the…

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A United Nations appeals court on Wednesday ruled that retired Washington Post reporter Jonathan C. Randal will not be forced to testify before the UN War Crimes Tribunal.

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The High Court of Australia ruled on Tuesday that New York-based publisher Dow Jones & Co. could be sued for defamation under Australian law over an article published in print and on its Web site.

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Terence Smith remembers ABC News Chairman Roone Arledge.

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Roone Arledge, chairman and longtime president of ABC News, died at the age of 71 in New York City Thursday of complications from cancer.

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As the deadline for Iraq to declare its weapons program nears, U.S. and Iraqi leaders have continued to trade accusations. Two opinion writers discuss the charged rhetoric between the Bush administration and the government of Saddam Hussein.

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Assessing the results of a new poll on U.S. world policy with Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, which conducted the survey, and two opinion writers.

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Should the media be allowed to videotape trial proceedings -- including the jury deliberations -- in death penalty cases?…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday vetoed media amendments that would have limited news coverage of "anti-terror" operations, including events like last month's Moscow theater hostage crisis.

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