May 02 Life of Bin Laden: 10 Must Reads By Tom LeGro As the world processes the news that Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. military operation in Pakistan, we collected some of the most insightful and informative pieces of reading on the terror leader --… Continue reading
Apr 29 2 BILLION Royal Wedding Viewers? Was It or Wasn't It? While I was one of the few who enjoyed a complete night's rest and did not wake in the wee hours of the morning to see the marriage of a couple in England -- and one of the few… Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch Marriage of Prince William, Kate Middleton Brings Pomp and Pageantry The new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton, exchanged vows at London's Westminster Abbey. The lavish wedding came at a time of austerity in Britain. Kirshan Guru-Murthy of Independent Television News reports on the… Continue watching
Apr 28 Economist Film Project: Death at Birth in Nigeria By News Desk We're announcing the start of something new: A partnership with the Economist magazine to showcase the art of filmmaking, called the Economist Film Project. Together, the NewsHour and the Economist have chosen examples of interesting, independently-produced documentaries from around… Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch Questions Linger Over 'Three Cups of Tea' Author Mortenson's Tales, Charity Questions Over 'Three Cups of Tea' Author's Credibility, Charity… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch AP Photojournalist Documents 'Horror Show,' Aftermath of Gulf Coast Oil Spill Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert's work captured the environmental and personal toll of the Deepwater Horizen oil spill along the Gulf Coast. Herbert narrates a slide show of his images from the spill's early days and the subsequent struggle to… Continue watching
Apr 20 Photographer, Filmmaker Tim Hetherington Killed in Libya Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington has been reported killed Wednesday in Misrata, Libya, in a mortar attack. Continue reading
Apr 18 Newspapers' Haiti Earthquake, Russia Coverage Among Latest Pulitzer Prizes The 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday afternoon, recognizing achievement in journalism and the arts. The prestigious awards are administered by Columbia University. View the full list of winners, and links to the stories, here. Among the… Continue reading
Apr 12 Social Media Curation Tool Storyful Helps Separate News From Noise EmbedVideo(325, 482, 304); An average of 155 million tweets are posted on the social networking site Twitter each day, the social media giant tweeted last week. In just one minute, an average of 35 hours of… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch Social Media Curation Tool Separates News From Noise Startup Storyful explores how to separate the news from the noise in social media. Continue watching