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Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Bill Plante talked about the civil rights movement and the struggle for voting rights fifty years after the protests in Selma, Alabama. They spoke a…

Harold Holzer talked about his book, Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion, about the 16th president’s relationship with the media. In his book, the author reports t…

Academic scholars and journalists who covered the March on Washington August 28, 1963, provided their perspectives on the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, famous “I Have a Dream” speech f…

2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers Rodrigo Abd and Javier Manzano talked about their work and covering news around the world. Both men won for their photographs of the conflict in Syr…

Dianne Rehm and Susan Page spoke to students and answered questions about media coverage of politics, how different media platforms cover political events, the role of talk radio, as well as…

Candace Gingrich and Michael Jones discussed the depiction of gay rights in the media with students from around the nation participating in the Close Up Foundation’s week-long government stu…

Claire Shipman and Katty Kay talked about the experience of women in balancing work and family obligations. They combined empirical and anecdotal examples to describe the constraints created…

Bob Schieffer talked about the role of the media in covering political issues, the possibility of an objective media, the presidency, and memorable moments of his career in covering politica…

Current and former associates of the Close Up Foundation looked back on 30 years of television programming on C-SPAN. They also talked with high school students from across the nation. Among…

AJ Schnack, Dana Flor, and Toby Oppenheimer talked with high school students from across the nation about their documentary films that were selected for the Silverdocs Film Festival. Among t…

Journalists W. Joseph Campbell and Rajiv Chandrasekaran talked about freedom of the press around the world with students from around the nation participating in the Close Up Foundation’s wee…

Andrew Goldberg discussed his movie, The Armenian Genocide. He talked about the Armenian Genocide, speaking on the events leading up to it, the internal politics that allowed the genocide to…

Becky Diamond talked about the day-to-day impact of the economic downturn on different groups of people with students from around the nation participating in the Close Up Foundation’s week-l…

Nick Clooney talked about documentary he produced with his son, actor George Clooney, A Journey to Darfur. He talked about the creation and response to the documentary. He also talked about …

Eleanor Clift and Dan Balz talked about President Obama’s first 100 days in office with students from around the nation participating in the Close Up Foundation’s week-long government studie…

Filmmakers Catherine Pancake and Michael Fincham spoke to and responded to questions from students participating in the Close Up Foundation’s week-long government studies on environmental jo…

Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America and Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence talked about gun control with students participating in the Close Up Foundation’s week-long…

C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb discussed covering politics in Washington, D.C., with students participating in the Close Up Foundation’s week-long government studies program.

Ralph Nader discussed the political party system with students participating in the Close Up Foundation’s week-long government studies program. Mr. Nader had previously campaigned to be the …

The guests discussed covering breaking news with students participating in the Close Up Foundation’s week-long government studies program. They talked about different measures and strategies…