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John Seigenthaler, anchor of the NBC Nightly News weekend edition, interviewed his father, an author and founder of the First Amendment Center. The elder Seigenthaler related his experiences…

Panelists commemorated the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt on President Reagan on March 30, 1981. He was shot by John Hinckley, Jr., as he left a lunch-time event at the Washin…

Participants in Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination discussed the campaign. They spoke about campaign experiences, Kennedy’s message to the Ame…

Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy spoke about the Senate Judiciary Committee’s agenda in the 112th Congress. Among the committee’s priorities were tax fraud and patent reform, job creatio…

Newspaper and television reporters talked about news coverage Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding in New Orleans. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience.

Sir Harold Evans was shown attending a party at the British ambassador’s residence for the publication of his autobiography, My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times (Little, Brown an…

Charles Overby talked about Washington’s newly re-opened Newseum and the latest free press issues. He also talked about how the Newseum ties together with the nonpartisan Freedom Forum’s goa…

A dedication ceremony was held for the new Newseum facility in Washington, D.C. The ceremony in the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater included a performance by the U.S. Marine Band and…

The Newseum dedicated the Journalists Memorial inside its new museum that honors 1,843 journalists from around the world who died or were killed in the pursuit of news stories. Special recog…

Some of the contributors talked about their book, Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else. Reporters for the Associated Press recalled their cover…

Mr. Rushdie spoke about free expression and freedom of the press. He discussed the problems he has encountered as a result of publishing his book, The Satanic Verses and announced that it wi…

The Close Up Foundation celebrated its 35th anniversary and honored its founder and president, Steve Janger, who was retiring at the end of June 2005. Participants paid tribute to Mr. Janger…

Close Up Foundation marked 25 years of its programs on C-SPAN. Founder Steve Janger, Frank Bond, and John Milewski talked about the history of Close Up Foundation and C-SPAN, showing video c…

Former Chief Justice Warren Burger spoke on “Religious Liberty: Crisis or Crossroads?” He described the changes he has observed in religion in the U.S., such as increased ecumenicity. He ta…

Mr. Overby spoke about diversity in newsrooms, noting that less than 12 percent of media personnel were members of minority groups. Among the issues he addressed were improving recruiting an…

Following a tribute to the late cartoonist Charles Schultz, participants announced the creation of two endowments to support high school journalism and to recruit minority journalists.

Mr. Overby discussed the importance of freedom of the press and also fairness in reporting. He discussed five aspects of fair reporting, accuracy, balance, completeness, detachment of report…

At the Newseum located in Arlington, Virginia, A panel of its editors and correspondents discussed the history of “60 Minutes,” the CBS news magazine that debuted September 24, 1968. Don Hew…

This program includes the introduction and keynote speech by Mr. Case as he kicked off the seminar on how the Internet and technology have changed the workings of journalism. Mr. Case talked…

At the dedication of a new building for the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center in New York, Mr. Wallace spoke about the lack of public trust in the news media. He focused on the need for a b…