Oct 22 Watch Juan Williams Firing: What Speech Is OK as Journalism Evolves? NPR's decision to fire news analyst Juan Williams this week over controversial comments he made on Fox News have raised big questions on media, ethics and opinion. Jeffrey Brown talks to a panel of experts for insight. Continue watching
Oct 22 NPR’s Firing of Juan Williams Reignites Ethics, Public Media Funding Debates NPR's firing of Juan Williams this week for remarks about Muslims on Fox News has spawned numerous side discussions among journalists, commentators and politicians about media ethics, views of Muslims in the U.S. and… Continue reading
Oct 19 NewsHour Full Broadcast Audio Now Available via Phone, Podcast You now have two new ways to listen to the full NewsHour broadcast whenever and wherever you want. The full program is now available on a service called AudioNow, which you can access on any phone, 24… Continue reading
Oct 19 Women Journalists Honored for Risky Reporting in Colombia, Tanzania Every year, the Courage in Journalism Awards honor a group of women for their reporting in dangerous locales around the world. The International Women's Media Foundation has recognized four winners this year: Vicky Ntetema, Claudia Julieta Duque,… Continue reading
Oct 15 China: Party Veterans Issue Letter in Support of Free Speech This hasn't been a great week for China's Communist Party leaders in the PR department, as they gather for a big party confab in Beijing today. Yes, they're flush with the glow from high-octane economy and their new assertiveness on… Continue reading
Oct 11 A Closer Look at the Influence of Religion in America When I wrote my 2006 book "The Holy Vote" I thought I was writing about the end of something, not the beginning. It looked like openly religious politics, the voter appeals intertwined with religion, and the alliance of one… Continue reading
Oct 08 The Doubleheader: Bewitching Ads, Perfect Games, Political Hoop Dreams By Hari Sreenivasan The sport of politics and the politics of sport is what we are all about in our Friday night check-ins with Mark Shields and David Brooks. On this webisode of The Doubleheader we start the conversation with the new advertisements… Continue reading
Oct 08 Coming Soon to PBS, the History of Art Across Time, Continents and Cultures Starting Sunday on PBS, a new 13-part educational series for high school and college students explores some of the most commonly recurring themes that come up again and again across the history (and contemporary practice) of art. Continue reading
Oct 07 Kentucky Dispatch: How Do You Know It’s Election Season? Turn On the TV Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway talks to Senate candidate Rand Paul and Sen. Mitch McConnell at the 130th annual Fancy Farm picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky. Photo by Gage Skidmore; Flickr Creative Commons LOUISVILLE, Ky. | Election Day is… Continue reading
Oct 05 Google, Apple Among Those Vying for Living Room Media Dominance The idea of merging the Web and television was so powerful in the late 90s that the U.S. government classified it as a weapon, but the promise has since suffered "years of false-starts and not-quite-there implementations." As people… Continue reading