Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices and research fellow at the Berkman Center, joins us weekly in November to talk about the global impact of social media. This week: a look at how Africa portrays itself on the website Africa Knows and the debate over foreign aid.
Details of the senate health care bill are coming to light. Washington Post Congressional Reporter Shailagh Murray parses what's in the legislation and what's not.
Lawyers for the anti-poverty group ACORN filed a lawsuit against Congress in a U.S. District Court in Brooklyn yesterday. Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses the case and the argument he'll make to try to restore ACORN'S federal funding.
Bob Garfield, host of NPR's
On The Media and columnist for Ad Age, talks about his unified theory and his new book, The Chaos Scenario (Stielstra Publishing, 2009) about the future of the media business model.
EDISON ARCHIVAL RECORDING: By a reason of experiments with the telephone I knew the power of a diagraph could take up sound vibrations. And when experimenting with automatic celestry I felt sure I c....
Oprah Winfrey is bringing her show to Central Park later this week. She'll be taking over Summerstage Friday morning, with scheduled guests including Mariah Carey who's expected to perform a song fr....
The pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the largest criminal fine in history, to settle civil and criminal allegations for illegally marketing drugs for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Bob Garfield, co-host of NPR's On the Media, columnist at Advertising Age, and author of the new book The Chaos Scenario, talks about marketing off-label drug use.
We want to hear from you. Has your doctor prescribed a drug for you off-label? Are you a doctor who has written off-label prescriptions? Have you had success with off-label drug use? Give us a call or comment below!
Steve Brill, former publisher of Brill’s Content and author of an article in the August 31 issue of the New Yorker magazine critiques the "rubber room" and other NYC teachers union contract provisions.
Philadelphia may soon be without a single daily newspaper, but the last paper standing in Seattle finally posted a profit following the death of its main competitor. We’ll talk about the state of the American newspaper with executive editor of the Seattle TimesDavid Boardman and with Michael Sokolove, contributing writer for the New York Times Sunday Magazine.
You can read Michael's story "What's a Big City Without a Newspaper" here.
NYC-TV is the city's own television station, and it used be, well, a sleepy place not exactly known for cutting edge broadcasts. Under Mayor Bloomberg, who made his fortune in the media business, the....
New York will be the site of Walter Cronkite's funeral this week. It's scheduled for Thursday at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan. A separate memorial for the veteran newsman will also be held w....
Major changes are coming to New Yorkers' radio dials. In a three-party deal announced today, the city's only full-time classical radio station -- WQXR -- will be acquired by WNYC, and the New York Ti....
Media freelancers in New York City are getting a new workspace downtown. The space will accommodate 50 freelancers at a time and is being partially funded by a $100,000 grant from the city. Costs ar....
Ethnic Press Calls on White House for Immigration Reform
July 07, 2009
Hundreds of ethnic media organizations across the country are organizing to demand action on federal immigration reform. REPORTER: New America Media, an association of ethnic news outlets, has produ....
Is technology changing human beings on a fundamental level? Brian moderates a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival on being human in a digital age. Plus: Paul van Zyl on transitional justice; Felix Rohatyn, the man who helped save NYC in the '70s, and Tod Machover, developer of Guitar Hero. And a special interview with MN Governor Tim Pawlenty on Al Franken, and the 2012 race.
The Obama administration is busy selling its healthcare plan to Congress and an American public hungry for reform but fearful of change. Plus, navigating New York City history block by block, transgender rights, and remembering MJ.
While New York State Senators were in Albany not holding a special session again today, Bronx Senator Ruben Diaz was meeting with new Archbishop Timothy Dolan and other religious leaders in Manhattan....
Nick Leighton of plumtv.com, talks about the Uncommon Economic Indicator he spotted--less swag in the party bags. We'll talk about Nick's video and the new Uncommon Economic Indicator Video Contest. Finalists will be screened in the Green Space and the winning video will be screened with Rooftop Films this summer.
Jesselyn Radack, Homeland Security Director at the Government Accountability Project, finds herself in the unusual position of agreeing with former vice president Dick Cheney. She too wants to see torture documents released.
Then, former head of the Senate Intelligence Committee Bob Graham on why "knowing" in Washington can mean lots of different things.
The city's swine flu epidemic may be spreading. City health officials are currently investigating reports of flu symptoms at the School of the Ascension, a parochial elementary school in Manhattan, ....
