Mar 26 Watch 6:54 NPR and PBS heads face sharp questioning about federal funding during House hearing By William Brangham, Eliot Barnhart On Capitol Hill, the heads of America’s public media networks, PBS and NPR, faced sharp questioning by a House oversight subcommittee about allegations of bias and why their work justifies continued federal support. That support also helps fund programs like… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 8:27 A look at the history of public media in the U.S. as Republicans target federal funding By William Brangham, Sam Lane President Trump voiced his support for defunding America's public broadcasters. It comes a day before the heads of PBS and NPR testify before a House subcommittee. The hearing will examine public media with calls for federal funding cuts growing louder. Continue watching
Mar 21 WATCH: PBS and NPR leaders testify on federal support for public broadcasting in House hearing By News Desk Leaders from PBS and NPR appeared before the House DOGE subcommittee on Wednesday, facing questions about federal support for public broadcasting. Continue reading
May 07 Watch 6:02 Newton Minow's concern for children transformed TV. Here's what he'd still change 60 years ago this Sunday — on May 9, 1961 — then Head of the FCC, Newton Minow, gave his first major speech, declaring U.S. television programming a "vast wasteland," because he saw the missed opportunities of what TV could… Continue watching
Apr 08 WATCH: Is your state lagging behind on vaccine rollouts? Here's why By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas William Brangham spoke Thursday with local public media reporters in Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee about how vaccine hesitancy, political messaging, healthcare access and other factors are creating challenges for vaccine rollouts in their regions. Continue reading
Nov 03 WATCH: The Public Broadcasting Act turns 50. What's changed? By Erica R. Hendry The Library of Congress and Boston public broadcaster WGBH are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the public broadcasting act with a series of panels, including one on news that features PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, former anchor and executive editor Jim… Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 8:52 How 'Serial' shined a light on our troubled justice system By PBS News Hour It’s a true crime story that captivated a nation more than 15 years after it happened: Adnan Syed is serving a life sentence after being convicted of the 1999 killing of his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in Baltimore. Continue watching
Jan 09 Keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will cost billions and take decades By Joshua Barajas The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a study Monday on how best to keep the invasive species Asian carp from overwhelming the Great Lakes and threatening the area's multi-billion dollar fishing industry. Ash-har Quraishi of WTTW Chicago… Continue reading
Jan 06 Keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will cost billions and take decades By News Desk [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_D-qHOB2tY] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a study Monday on how best to keep the invasive species Asian carp from overwhelming the Great Lakes and threatening the area's multi-billion dollar fishing industry. Ash-har Quraishi of WTTW Chicago… Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch Lake Tahoe community battles over future of development and preservation Lake Tahoe community battles over future of development and preservation… Continue watching