Mar 10 Watch Criticism of Climate Change Science Heats Up The United Nations has ordered an independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change amid a growing backlash over mistakes found in its Nobel Prize-winning report on the science behind global warming. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Mar 09 On Radio Free Afghanistan, Time for Letters A selection letters sent to Radio Free Afghanistan -- complaints of corruption, suggestions for rural development, song requests, poetry, tips for the president -- as well as photos and artifacts are at the Library of Congress in "Voices from Afghanistan."… Continue reading
Mar 05 Newspapers Making Public Data More Understandable for Readers For many citizens, public data often have been difficult to find and decipher. Last year, Data.Gov was launched with the stated purpose of increasing "public access to high-value, machine-readable datasets," part of a wider effort to make government more… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch ‘Hurt Locker’ Takes Flack from Iraq Vets Amid Critical Praise The Academy Award-nominated film "The Hurt Locker" has been lauded for its portrayal of the war in Iraq, but some veterans say it paints an unfair picture of life on the ground for troops. Jeffrey Brown talks to a film… Continue watching
Mar 01 Pew Study: News Becoming More Personalized, Participatory, Portable By Hari Sreenivasan As you read this blog and watch this video online, you're digesting your news on the third-most-popular news platform: the Internet, a new study shows. For news consumers, the Internet ranks ahead of national print newspapers, local print newspapers and… Continue reading
Feb 24 The ‘Millennial’ Generation Talks Economy, Politics, Media By Judy Woodruff On Wednesday, I’ll be spending most of the day focused on “millennials,” one of the terms being used for the younger generation. I will moderate a daylong conference sponsored by the Pew Research Center and aimed at… Continue reading
Feb 23 Reporter Gets Look ‘Behind Taliban Lines’ By Hari Sreenivasan Last summer, Afghan reporter Najibullah Quraishi got an unprecedented look at the Taliban’s attack tactics in Baghlan province in the northern part of the country, living with the insurgents and documenting their moves. We spoke with Quraishi and producer Jamie… Continue reading
Feb 19 More Comments on the Goldman Series Question: Do you really consider the Follow-up on Front-Running piece true journalism? Or, is it possibly just gossip? Do you consider using Goldman Sachs 2009 profit statements a perfect example of where that company always makes its money?… Continue reading
Feb 12 Conversation: Ursula Le Guin By Arts Desk Ursula Le Guin, best for her works of science fiction and fantasy, has been writing and publishing novels, children's books, poetry and drama for over four decades. In December, she withdrew her membership from the Author's Guild because she disagreed… Continue reading
Feb 01 President Obama’s YouTube Interview: The New Fireside Chat? By Hari Sreenivasan Fresh off his interview with President Barack Obama, YouTube's Steve Grove stopped by The Rundown Monday evening to discuss new ways the public is communicating its concerns and suggestions with the White House. _pap_embed_custom('news01s3a23qdbe',482,304,""); Watch Grove's full interview with… Continue reading