Oct 25 Watch Kids Increasingly Staring at Glowing Screens, Study Finds How much time are our youngest children spending in front of screens? Jeffrey Brown discusses new studies that chronicle the increasing use of digital devices by young children -- and the resulting health effects -- with James Steyer of Common… Continue watching
Oct 17 Slide Show: The 8 Most Dangerous Countries for Journalists By Larisa Epatko Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and Mexico top the list of places considered the most dangerous for journalists to work, according to a list recently released by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. Continue reading
Oct 17 8 Most Deadly Countries for Journalists By Larisa Epatko The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers monitors the deaths of journalists related to their work all around the world and recently released its list for 2011 to date. We illustrate some of the top countries here. Continue reading
Oct 13 Mexican Drug Cartels’ New Target: Bloggers By Larisa Epatko The mutilated bodies of two bloggers were hung from a passenger overpass in the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo last month, with a sign attached saying, "This will happen to all Internet busy bodies."… Continue reading
Sep 20 Must-Read List: Understanding the Netflix Split It might not end quite as badly as the "New Coke" marketing campaign once did. But Netflix's announcement that it will split its video service into two separate operations -- with a renamed DVD-by-mail service that will now be called… Continue reading
Sep 13 Jim Lehrer on ‘Tension’ of Candidates, Moderators in Presidential Debates In his new book out Tuesday, NewsHour Executive Editor Jim Lehrer, known as "the dean of moderators," looks at more than 40 years of televised political debates in America and draws on his own presidential moderating experience since 1988. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch Chuck Brown Performs “Wind Me Up!” Chuck Brown performs at the 9:30 Club… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Jim Lehrer Reads From His Book, ‘Tension City’ The PBS NewsHour's Jim Lehrer reads two excerpts from his book, "Tension City."… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch Live NewsHour Special Report: ‘America Remembers 9/11’ EmbedVideo(1487, 482, 304); This weekend marks 10 years since the attacks of 9/11, and people across the country -- and around the world -- will be pausing to mark the moment. The PBS NewsHour will have special… Continue reading
Sep 07 Sharing The PBS NewsHour is Now a ‘Snap’ We've been testing a product called SNAPPY TV for a few months now, and would like to open it up to a larger audience for testing: you. Snappy allows you to clip any highlight from a tv program… Continue reading