Media

Looking At How News Organizations Report On Terrorist Attacks

6:28pm June 04, 2017

After the terrorist attack in London, many people, including Indira Lakshmanan, chair of journalism ethics for Poynter, are looking at how the media cover terrorist attacks.

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National

No Cameras, No Phones: You Can't Watch Bill Cosby's High-Profile Trial

8:11am June 04, 2017

by Bobby Allyn

Bill Cosby's trial starts Monday but don't expect it to saturate the airwaves or your Twitter feed. The will be no cameras allowed and reporters who tweet during court are being threatened with jail.

Donald Trump Holds Weekend Meetings In Bedminster, NJ

Friday News Roundup - Domestic

12:57pm June 02, 2017

Paris deals, Jared's secret channels and a spate of worrying hate crimes seen across the country. Plus, the ongoing mystery that surrounds covfefe. A discussion of the week's most interesting news stories.

National

'Pink Slime' Trial Begins, But It's The News Media Under The Microscope

10:50pm May 31, 2017

by Robert Siegel

The icky name refers to cow trimmings added to ground beef to lower its fat content. In 2012 ABC News revealed the practice. Now a beef company's defamation suit for those reports is finally in court.

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Politics & Government

CNN Drops Kathy Griffin For 'Disturbing' Depiction Of Trump's Head

3:04pm May 31, 2017

by Miles Parks

The comedian said she went "way too far" in posing with a model of the president's head covered in blood. CNN announced Wednesday it was cutting her from its New Year's Eve coverage.

Then-anchor and Managing Editor of the CBS Evening News Scott Pelley hosts the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's 60th Anniversary Gala in November 2015 in New York. Pelley is leaving the program and will focus more on his work for 60 Minutes.

National

CBS' Scott Pelley Out As Evening News Anchor, Shifted To '60 Minutes'

12:23am May 31, 2017

by David Folkenflik

It's unclear how fully Pelley embraced the plan or its timing. His newscast lost 9 percent of its audience from a year ago, despite high interest in the news. CBS has not announced a replacement.

Frank Deford in 1984. He would go on to spend another 33 years as a commentator on Morning Edition.

Frank Deford, NPR's Longtime Philosopher Of Sports, Dies At 78

6:59pm May 29, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The sportswriter was a mainstay on Morning Edition for 37 years, applying his keen wit and incisive eye to games of every stripe. Deford died Sunday, just weeks after hanging up his cleats with NPR.

National

'The Wounds Of Whiteclay' Journalists Win Prestigious RFK Award

5:09pm May 28, 2017

Matt Hanson and Chris Bowling are among 11 student journalists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism grand prize for their series "The Wounds of Whiteclay." They wrote about the beer stores in the tiny village of Whiteclay, Neb., which have plagued the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota for years.

Politics & Government

Internal Tensions Flare And Ratings Fall At Fox News

1:44pm May 28, 2017

by David Folkenflik

Fox News appears to be struggling without the marquee names that fueled its rise to the top of cable news. Analysts are debating whether the decline is temporary or something more permanent.

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What Happens When Journalism Gets Physical

5:53pm May 27, 2017

NPR's Michel Martin talks with reporter Michelle Fields, who was working at a Florida campaign rally last year when she was grabbed by Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski.