Media

Veteran Journalist Honored With Black Heritage Stamp

7:28am January 30, 2020

Gwen Ifill, who died at the age of 61 after battling cancer, will be memorialized on a new U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp. She will be the 43rd stamp in the Black Heritage series.

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World News

'New York Times' Reporter On The Attempted Saudi Hack Of His Smartphone

4:04pm January 29, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Hubbard of The New York Times, who has reported extensively about Saudi Arabia, about the Saudi attempt to hack his iPhone.

Business

Triad Newspapers Part Of Buffett Media Sell-Off

2:43pm January 29, 2020

by Associated Press

Billionaire Warren Buffett is giving up on the newspaper business. He's selling all of Berkshire Hathaway's publications to Lee Enterprises for $140 million.

National

NPR Protests State Department Decision To Bar Reporter From Pompeo Trip To Ukraine

6:25pm January 28, 2020

by David Folkenflik

The State Department has denied NPR's diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen permission to fly with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a trip to Ukraine. NPR is protesting that decision in a letter.

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Arts

'Fresh Air' Remembers 'PBS NewsHour' Host Jim Lehrer

1:20pm January 27, 2020

by Terry Gross

Lehrer, who died Jan. 23, was a nightly figure on PBS news for more than three decades, and moderated presidential debates in every election from 1988 through 2012. Originally broadcast in 1988.

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Politics & Government

NPR CEO Defends Journalist After Pompeo Lashes Out Over Ukraine Interview

10:06pm January 25, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin asks NPR's CEO, John Lansing, to respond to an All Things Considered interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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National

'Chicago Tribune' Reporters Raise Alarm Over New Hedge Fund Owner

1:43pm January 25, 2020

by Scott Simon

Veteran Chicago Tribune reporter Gary Marx talks to NPR's Scott Simon about a hedge fund's efforts to reduce staffing in the newsroom by offering buyouts.

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, accompanied by (from left) Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speak to the media on Capitol Hill about the Senate impeachment trial.

Politics & Government

Impeachment Trial Messaging Operation Targets Audiences Outside Senate Chamber

9:09am January 24, 2020

by Deirdre Walsh

There is extensive coverage of the arguments both sides are making to 100 Senate jurors. But prosecution and defense teams are also echoing those messages outside the chamber to appeal to the public.

Jim Lehrer joined PBS in the 1970s and went on to moderate 12 presidential debates and write some 20 novels, three memoirs and several plays.

Politics & Government

Jim Lehrer, Longtime PBS Anchor, Dies At 85

5:59pm January 23, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

Lehrer chronicled such weighty events as John F. Kennedy's assassination and the 1973 Senate Watergate hearings. For years, he and lifelong friend Robert MacNeil co-anchored The MacNeil/Lehrer Report.

'Washington Post,' 'National Enquirer' In Spotlight After Bezos Phone Hacking

6:04am January 23, 2020

by David Folkenflik

The alleged hacking of Jeff Bezos' smartphone by Saudi Arabia puts the spotlight on the Bezos-owned Washington Post, which angered the Saudis, and the National Enquirer, which he accuses of blackmail.