Blog Profile / The Rundown News Blog
| URL : | http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/ | |
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| Filed Under: | News | |
| Posts on Regator: | 4541 | |
| Posts / Week: | 37 | |
| Archived Since: | February 11, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
A Peek Inside the Secret Court That Approved NSA's Surveillance Program
Click on the image above for a larger version. PBS NewsHour journalist Allison McCartney recently joined Visual.ly in San Francisco for a residency program focused on data visualization and infographic projects. McCartney explored the complex story of the National...
Shields and Brooks on Hillary's Hints, Congressional Baseball Game
NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni guest-hosts the Doubleheader with Mark Shields and David Brooks. Mark Shields and David Brooks got a little edgy in Friday's Doubleheader. It may not be the segment's first mention of sex,...
NewsHour: Not Just a TV Show
In a recent New York Times article, media reporter Elizabeth Jensen underscored the financial and new media challenges faced by the PBS NewsHour. Jensen cited anonymous public television sources who critiqued the NewsHour's broadcast format and its website: But with...
Without Money to Retire, Paramedic Must Stay Healthy to Keep Working
Joel Peters, 62, plans on working as a paramedic for as long as he can perform the physically demanding job. Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger. Sixty-two isn't too old to be a paramedic, at...
Syria Crossed President Obama's Red Line. What Happens Next?
An unexploded mortar shell fired by Syrian Army sits, half buried in the ground, in a suburb of Damascus, January 25, 2013. With the United States concluding that the Syrian government crossed President Barack Obama's red line by using...
Khamenei 'Yes Men' Fill Iran's Ballot, Analysts Say
Screen grab of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Millions of Iranians go to the polls Friday to elect a president, and it will be a "one man, one vote" election. But experts say that only one man's vote...
Do Dying Trees Lead to More Human Deaths? The Debate Continues
The emerald ash borer has been attacking all 22 species of North American ash trees in the last few years, killing nearly every tree it infests. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Flickr user Darkroom Daze. The hypothesis: Trees improve people's...
Gwen's Take: Understanding Washington More/Hating Politics Less
My friend Judy Woodruff's blog about the passing of Doug Bailey, a legend in political journalism, prompted me to flash back five years. On June 13, 2008, she was the one to call and tell me of the sudden passing...
In India, Farmers Pick Heartier Seeds Over Those With High Yields
Farmers in the Ganges River delta in Eastern India. All photos by Sam Eaton of Homelands Productions. When a cyclone hits India, the sea-drenched soil can remain salty for years. Farmers are finding new high-yield rice seeds are not...
Heading Back to Work After Retiring
Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger. After 12 years working for the federal government, Charles Smith III took an early retirement. Two years later, at 63, he's back working part-time as a produce clerk for...
Remembering Doug Bailey
It doesn't happen often. But every once in a while, you meet a person who carries the human equivalent of sunshine around with them. It's the guy or girl who always seems to be smiling -- if not outright, then...
China Needs Milk and California Has Too Much. Is It a Match?
Ray Souza at his dairy farm in Turlock, Calif. He's seen neighboring dairy farms go out of business because they can't afford production costs. Photo courtesy of the Center for Investigative Reporting. Editor's Note: The broadcast report is slated...
Live Coverage of Supreme Court Decisions Thursday
The Supreme Court could make landmark rulings on three major issues this month, weighing affirmative action in higher education, the Voting Rights Act section 5, and California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which both involve same-sex...
The Lengthening List of Iran Sanctions
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat cruises past an oil tanker off the port of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, on July 2, 2012. Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images. By Toni Johnson, and Robert McMahon, editor for the Council on Foreign...
Early Debate On Immmigration Plan Exposes Senate Fissures
A U.S. Border Patrol agent keeps watch near the San Ysidro port of entry near San Diego, California. Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images A day after 82 members of the Senate joined together to vote in favor of...
Is the NewsHour Worth Saving?
PBS NewsHour senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff anchored 50 hours of live coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions in 2012. TV critic David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun used recent news of layoffs at the PBS...
Could Congress Learn From Our Rowdy Neighbors Up North?
The marble halls of Parliament in Ottawa, Canada. Photo by Christina Bellantoni. OTTAWA, Canada | It's not every day you hear politicians bicker about which party is being "mollycoddled." Earlier this week, I was lucky enough to get a...
Gullies on Mars Give Way to Dreams of Snowboarding in Space
This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an example "linear gullies" formed by dry ice thawing across the planet's sand dunes. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona. Mars' surface is streaked with...
In Singapore, When You Can't Grow Out, You Grow Up
Sam Eaton of Homelands Productions visits Singapore's farm towers in the next "Food for 9 Billion" report airing Wednesday on the PBS NewsHour. Singapore's skyline is composed mostly of skyscrapers, so it's no wonder residents are looking up when...
Tech Giants Take Government Spying Feud to the Public
An employee walks past servers in one of four server rooms at the Facebook Data Center in Forest City, North Carolina. Technology companies can be a powerful force in Washington. As domestic spying remains in the headlines, Google, Facebook,...