Media & Journalism

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

News media give a free ride to anti-Donald Trump video

Global Politics

A new video from a pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC has gotten a lot of free air time — and includes none of the usual political ad disclosures because the PAC campaigns its a web video, not an ad.

China's President Xi Jinping

China’s state news agency warns against April Fools’ — no joke

Media
Mexico City pollution

Network news coverage of climate change dropped, on average, in 2015

Environment
UN peacekeeping camp for displaced people in Bentiu, South Sudan.

A 360 degree view of the famine in South Sudan

Media
An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture illustration taken February 18, 2016.

A trove of ISIS documents are now in the hands of German and British media

Conflict
Malule González (left) and her team work on the news rundown in the Radio and TV Martí newsroom in Miami.

With a thaw in US-Cuba relations, this Cold War broadcaster from Miami is at a crossroads

Global Politics

Radio and TV Martí, a US government operation that has delivered news and information to Cuba since the Reagan Administration, is at a crossroads. Many argue that the Martis remain critical. Others say the broadcaster is a Cold War relic and are calling for its end.

Riot police fires tear gas at protesters during clashes after a protest against the execution of prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi authorities in village of Sitra south of Manama, Bahrain, January 5, 2016.

An American reporter speaks out about her detention in Bahrain

Justice

Reporter Anna Therese Day and her camera crew were held in Bahrain for 48 hours. They were released after a back and forth between the US and Bahrain government.

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Just one of the remarkable people who you’ve heard in the past 20 years of The World

Media

As 2015 draws to a close, The World’s host Marco Werman looks back at the show’s humble beginnings — through the lens of one of his favorite interviews.

Peter Herford, former CBS producer and executive, & journalism teacher

From JFK to Black Lives Matter, he’s seen journalism up close. And he’s more optimistic than ever about it.

Media

Over the past half century, Americans have gone from getting most of their news from the three big networks, to having unprecedented choices in news sources, thanks to the Internet. Navigating those choices, and deciding who to trust, is still a challenge. But Peter Herford, a former writer for Walter Cronkite and producer for 60 Minutes, reflects on his 60 years in journalism and says, for consumers of news, it’s never been better.

Afghan television journalist Sami Mahdi.

Television in Afghanistan is pushing boundaries, and viewers like what they see

Media

Afghan journalists like Samiullah Mahdi are creating popular, controversial TV programs that take big risks to reach an eager audience.