Jul 18 Iconic Anchorman Walter Cronkite Dies at 92 By PBS News Hour Walter Cronkite, now an American icon, covered the biggest stories of the 20th century with unfailing reliability as an anchorman for CBS Evening News. He died Friday after a long illness at his home in New York at age 92. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch Protests Stir Mixed Emotions for Iranian-Americans As demonstrators in Tehran continued to rally against the results of this month's disputed presidential election, Iranian-Americans reacted to the news. NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports. Continue watching
May 29 Around the Nation, Friday Round-up Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading
May 22 What Are the Chances the Government Will Profit on the Bank Bailouts? Question: It seems that almost all of the news we hear about the government’s bailout of the banks is negative, as if the American taxpayer will never see another dime of the bailout money again. But isn’t it true… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch In Other News, Senate Debates Stimulus Plan as Pittsburgh Heralds Super Bowl Win The Senate resumed debate on the $900 economic stimulus package that hit snags among Republicans concerned about the rising costs of the package. Jim Lehrer reports on this and other top news of the day. Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch Despite Growing Audience, NPR Cuts Programming, Staff Amid Economic Troubles National Public Radio announced Wednesday that it will cancel two programs and lay off 64 staff members -- its first staff cuts in 25 years. Ellen Weiss, NPR's senior vice president for news, discusses the cuts and the recession's worsening… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch Charlayne Hunter-Gault Discusses New Book on Her Experiences in Africa Author Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks about her new book "New News in Africa" and she discusses her time in Africa, providing a fresh perspective to a continent that is usually potrayed negetively. Continue watching
May 29 Watch Free Newspapers Change Media Landscape With circulation dwindling for major paid newspapers in the U.S., publications distributed for free, or "freebies," are changing the landscape of the media business in cities across the country. Continue watching
Jan 12 More Americans Log On For Campaign News, Study Finds More people are looking to nontraditional media sources, such as the Internet and late-night talk shows, for information about the 2004 presidential campaign, according to a new Pew Research Center report. Continue reading
Mar 18 News Outlets Grapple with War Coverage Plans Television news organizations on Tuesday considered whether to keep their staffs in Iraq or heed President Bush's warning, delivered during his address Monday night, for all journalists and foreign nationals to leave Iraq ahead of a military strike. Continue reading