Jan 27 Experimenting with the State of the Union and HTML5 By Hari Sreenivasan Part of the reason people join the PBS NewsHour for news events like the State of the Union is because we give you the primary source without too much clutter. There are no NFL-style dancing robots with whiz-bang sound effects. Continue reading
Jan 26 State of the Union Reactions From Public Media Stations Around U.S. Reactions continue to roll in regarding President Obama's latest State of the Union address (check out the NewsHour's complete coverage, if you haven't already), plus the pair of responses from the GOP. Here is a roundup of reaction… Continue reading
Jan 26 State of the Union: Live NewsHour Coverage On-Air, Online and Mobile By News Desk Watch more videos: Rep. Paul Ryan Delivers GOP Response Shields and Gerson on the GOP Response Rep. Michele Bachmann Delivers Tea Party Response Watch Reactions From Lawmakers on Capitol Hill Watch the Full… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch Gibbs: President to Make ‘Very Hard Choices’ On Deficit Gwen Ifill talks to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the message the president hopes to convey to Congress and the American people in his State of the Union address. Continue watching
Jan 25 WikiLeaks Cables Help Uncover What Made Tunisians Revolt By Mila Sanina A protester displays a defaced portrait of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images A set of 10 diplomatic cables released by whistleblower website WikiLeaks offers some insight into the recent upheaval in Tunisia and starts… Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch Recapping a Year of Growth, Innovation as PBS NewsHour Turns 1 Many of you have asked how the relaunched PBS NewsHour is doing now that we've celebrated our first birthday. The short answer is: very well. Simon Marks, president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, recently recapped the past year of our evolution for… Continue watching
Jan 21 The PBS NewsHour: A Year Into Our Newest Chapter Many of you have asked how the relaunched PBS NewsHour is doing, now that we've celebrated our first birthday. The short answer is: very well. Simon Marks, president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, recently prepared a more detailed answer for… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch In NBC-Comcast Merger, Concerns Linger Over Concentration of Media Power Ray Suarez and Jessica Vascellaro of The Wall Street Journal examine the marriage of the nation's largest cable and Internet provider with one of the largest entertainment companies in a $30 billion deal approved by the Federal Communications Commission on… Continue watching
Jan 19 Onion News Network Takes On TV "The Onion News Network," a 30-minute, weekly television program, will debut on IFC on Friday. The show comes on the heels of "SportsDome," which premiered on Comedy Central and satirizes the round-the-clock coverage of sports channels like ESPN. Continue reading
Jan 18 David Pogue Learns What Goes Into ‘Making Stuff’ NOVA has enlisted the help of New York Times technology reporter David Pogue to answer the question: 'What will the future be made of?' The new miniseries called "Making Stuff" is a four-part look at… Continue reading