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Richard Lee, an associate journalism professor at St. Bonaventure University, talked about his students' research on the types of questions most frequently asked by the media at White House…

Art Buchwald was a humorist who frequently satirized politics. His Pulitzer Prize winning column was syndicated in over 500 newspapers. Author and historical researcher Michael Hill told the…

Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein offered his thoughts on how to limit false information in the public forum while protecting free speech. This virtual program was hosted by the National…

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing on the future of the media industry and the influence of Facebook and Google. The president of Microsoft…

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Kevin Roberts discussed his recent National Review Online article entitled, “Want to Stimulate Texas? Let’s Build More Wall.” This program is part of a…

Frances FitzGerald and Peter Kann, editors of the book Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism, talked about their experiences as reporters in the Vietnam War. Part one, 1959-69, covers combat-front…

The contributors to War Torn: Stories of War from the Women Reporters Who Covered Vietnam, published by Random House, discussed their collection of essays. The women, who worked for various…

From 1985, C-SPAN interviewed Catherine Leroy about her time spent covering the Vietnam War as a photojournalist. She also answered callers' questions.

Journalist Elizabeth Becker talked about You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War. In her book, she told the story of three women - Australian correspondent Kate…

Iowa State University professor Tracy Lucht talked about women journalists in the late-19th and early 20th centuries. She described the careers of some pioneers, such as Nellie Bly and…

The co-authors of the book Landscapes for the People: George Alexander Grant, First Chief Photographer of the National Park Service showed examples of Grant’s work and discussed his story…

Former 60 Minutes writer and producer Ira Rosen provided a first-hand account of working at the television news program. This was a virtual program hosted by the Commonwealth Club in San…

In the second of a two-part interview, Roger Mudd talked about his memoir The Place To Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News, published by PublicAffairs. In his book former CBS correspondent…

In the first of a two-part interview, Roger Mudd talked about his memoir, The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News, published by PublicAffairs. Mr. Mudd told the story of his years at CBS…

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a virtual hearing on disinformation and extremism in the media. Witnesses included journalist Soledad…

The McCain Institute held a virtual discussion on combating authoritarians who use disinformation. They talked about disinformation campaign tactics, such as silencing journalists and…

During the Great Depression and World War II, photographers working for the U.S. Government’s Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) created about…

Scholars discussed the role of the western press during the Civil War. They talked about the divide between pro-Union and secessionist papers west of the Mississippi River as well as the…

Candacy Taylor (Overground Railroad), Jared Reinmuth (Big Black), Derf Backderf (Kent State), and Christian Staebler (Redbone ) discussed their photographic and illustrated books on history and…

Scholars discussed how the Civil War press commemorated soldiers in newspaper illustrations, obituaries, prisoner of war accounts and solicitations to fund monuments. This session was part…