Editors, directors and academics discussed the future of journalistic independence and free expression in light of changes in the digital age on Monday.

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Four decades after Watergate, the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story recounted what happened and how they uncovered the facts in a scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.Carl Bernstein called it an assault on the U.S. democracy but at the same time says it showed that our system of governance worked.

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Journalist John Seigenthaler hosts a discussion on online accuracy and the First Amendment. He also discusses a false biography published online that said he was a suspect in the assasination of President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert.

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This week on Q&A, high school students from 35 states and Guam discuss the quality of journalism today, along with their career aspirations in media. 

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Actor, writer and public radio host Harry Shearer spoke at the National Press Club about the state of journalism in the U.S and his feature lenght documentary, "The Big Uneasy:  Natural Disaster?  You Don't Know The Half Of It."   Mr. Shearer gives voice to multiple characters on the Fox animated series "The Simpsons" and hosts the syndicated public radio program, "Le Show."

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Journalists from the Washington Post and New York Times participated in a panel discussion moderated by Bob Schieffer of CBS News that looked at the impact WikiLeaks has on public policy and journalism.

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In this program from our 1999 "American Presidents: Life Portraits" series we focused on James Garfield's life and career. Historians discussed Garfield's military service, his election as president and assassination shortly after his inauguration. Suzanne Miller, the site manager at Garfield's home in Mentor, Ohio, talked about several of the artifacts and documents that Garfield left behind. 

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C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles take American History TV on the road. Throughout the weekend of May 18-20 we feature the history of Columbia, South Carolina.

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Thousands of colonists rejected the War for American Independence and many fled to the British stronghold of New York City. San Jose State University History Professor Ruma Chopra discusses the situation in the city and the perspective of those who looked upon the British as natural allies in religion, language and blood and thought the violence of rebellion was unnecessary and unlawful.

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This is a look at President Eisenhower’s views and actions in the area of civil rights, including the desegregation of the armed forces, his appointments of pro-civil rights Supreme Court justices and the dispatching of the 101st Airborne division to assist in the integration of Little Rock High School in Arkansas.  This discussion was part of a conference titled, “Ike Reconsidered: Lessons from the Eisenhower Legacy for the 21st Century,” co-hosted by Hunter College, City University of New York, the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute & the Eisenhower Foundation.

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