Media

Politics & Government

How the Jan. 6 committee used TV tactics and dark humor in its case against Trump

1:29pm January 05, 2023

by Dave Davies

Reporter Luke Broadwater says the committee hired a former news producer to hit Trump where it hurt: "His whole career was built on television, and they were able to use that very medium against him."

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Remembering journalist Barbara Walters

7:43pm December 31, 2022

Legendary TV journalist Barbara Walters died Friday at the age of 93. She spoke with NPR's Michel Martin in 2008.

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Weekend 'All Things Considered' staff revisit favorite stories of 2022

7:43pm December 31, 2022

The staff of weekend All Things Considered revisit some of their favorite stories from 2022.

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Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro responds to a question from Barbara Walters, who was covering Senator George McGovern's trip to Cuba for NBC, at a press conference in Havana in May 1975.

National

Trailblazing journalist Barbara Walters has died at 93

11:30pm December 30, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Over more than a half century, the driven celebrity journalist built one of the most remarkable careers in TV news. She was 93.

A copy of The Birmingham News rests on a rack at the downtown public library in Birmingham, Ala. The company that runs the newspaper and two sister papers says it will permanently stop print publication after Feb. 26, 2023.

National

For 3 big Alabama newspapers, the presses are grinding to a halt

2:43pm December 30, 2022

by Debbie Elliott

The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile's Press-Register will soon go all-digital. In Birmingham, where people have been reading the paper since the late 1800s, the news hasn't been easy.

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Southwest Airlines has canceled more than 15,000 flights in the last week and has lost thousands of bags.

Economy

Southwest Airlines' #epicfail takes social media by storm

7:32pm December 29, 2022

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Thousands of cancellations, lost bags and endless lines have angry customers taking to social media to voice their discontent.

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Independent journalists in India are being targeted for their critical reporting

10:38am December 29, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub, who's been critical of India's prime minister, about threats to press freedom in the country.

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Nothing this year brought home the dangers in private ownership of major social media platforms more than the capricious, often-destructive and regularly unpredictable actions of Twitter CEO Elon Musk. He is pictured above at Tesla's "Gigafactory" in Germany on March 22, 2022.

Arts

Six ways media took a big step backward in 2022

11:49am December 28, 2022

by Eric Deggans

Elon Musk caused Twitter chaos, the streaming industry hit adolescence, late night TV lost its footing, there were lots of layoffs and some dispiriting indications of compassion fatigue.

Pedestrians navigate a snow-covered sidewalk in Chicago, on Thursday. Severe winter weather has impacted tens of millions of people in the U.S.

National

'Can I go back to my regular job?' Sports anchor goes viral for blizzard coverage

8:29am December 24, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

A video of a sports journalist in Iowa has racked up more than 20 million views on Twitter after he was recruited to help his station cover the icy storm for a day.

Fox News host Sean Hannity, a close ally of former President Trump, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in August 2022.

Politics & Government

Fox News' Sean Hannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election

3:51pm December 22, 2022

by David Folkenflik

"I did not believe it for one second," Hannity said under oath about former President Trump's false claims that Dominion Voting Systems cheated him of votes in 2020. Dominion is suing Fox News.