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
Jan 25 Watch ‘Sound Tracks’ Explores Music and Journalism An excerpt from the PBS program "Sound Tracks," which explores the bridging of journalism and music around the world. Continue watching
Jan 22 How Much Media Is Too Much Media for Kids? By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s395aqd89',482,304,""); Seven hours and 38 minutes -- that's how long the average young person spends either online, watching TV or otherwise consuming media in a typical day, according to a study released this week from the Kaiser Familiy Foundation. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch Internet Restrictions Highlight Political, Cultural Divides On the heels of a U.S.-China dispute on Internet freedom, Jeffrey Brown speaks with democracy and media experts about the debate over how countries monitor -- and sometimes restrict -- access to the Internet. Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch U.S., China Spar Over Internet Freedom Beijing warned that Secretary of State Clinton's blunt remarks on Internet censorship could strain the U.S.-China relationship. Continue watching
Jan 21 Farnsworth Honored for ‘The Judge and The General’ By Hari Sreenivasan Tonight, NewsHour alumna Elizabeth Farnsworth will be honored with one of this year's prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for her work as co-director/producer of "The Judge and the General" -- a documentary on the judge who indicted Augusto… Continue reading
Jan 21 Clinton: Countries that Engage in Cyberattacks Should Face Consequences By Chris Amico Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a blunt defense of unfettered Internet access Thursday in a speech at Washington's Newseum, saying the United States will defend the right to information around the world. The speech comes in the wake… Continue reading