The mayor of Jackson, Miss. discusses the evolution his city and the Clarion-Ledger underwent to disavow their segregationist past.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Vanessa Leggett, the Houston-based writer who spent 168 days in prison for refusing to turn over her interviews about a Texas murder case to a federal grand jury.

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Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming considers this year's Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism for coverage of September 11th and its aftermath.

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NBC's "Today" program on Monday announced plans for a monthly on-air book club, picking up an idea Oprah Winfrey says her syndicated talk show is phasing out.

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Essayist Roger Rosenblatt looks at the images of sorrow and loss on television news.

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Israel threatened legal action on Tuesday against CNN and NBC for broadcasting from Ramallah -- a city it has declared a military zone closed to the media.

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A look at The Boston Globe, the newspaper that first uncovered extensive sexual abuse cover-ups in the city's Catholic Church.

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NBC announced it will not air commercials advertising distilled spirits after facing months of criticism for breaking its self-imposed ban on liquor ads.

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After weeks of speculation and debate, David Letterman announced Monday he had agreed to stay on CBS for another five years. The move ends efforts by ABC to woo the late-night talk show host to their network.

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It's the electronic version of an old-fashioned newspaper circulation war, with the nation's three all-news cable channels locked in a competition for viewers. Terence Smith surveys the battle lines.

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