Jim Lehrer

NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2010 -- Below is a transcript of Tuesday evening's NewsHour segment on Richard Holbrooke's life, featuring editor Susan Glassner and U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte.. The principal interviewer was NewsHour's Jim Lehrer. Jim Lehrer And ...  

Jim Lehrer of PBS’ “NewsHour,” who has moderated 11 presidential debates, had a terse response Thursday to Republican candidate Newt Gingrich’s proposal to ban working journalists from this fall’s face-offs. “That’s absolute nonsense,” Lehrer said in Seattle. Lehrer explained that skills are required, along with keeping questions secret from presidential candidates, and understanding the stakes when the slightest verbal gaffe or annoying...  

Using grant money from CPB, will use crowd-sourcing technology to enable volunteers to translate and caption election coverage in dozens of languages and for the deaf and hard of hearingRead More...  

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PBS NEWSHOUR is pleased to announce that Christina Bellantoni of CQ Roll Call will join the staff as Political Editor, effective January 2, 2012. Ms. Bellantoni will oversee all coverage related to domestic political developments...  

Christina Bellantoni is leaving CQ Roll Call to join the staff of PBS Newshour as Political Editor. Bellantoni will oversee all coverage both on air and online for the 2012 elections. Bellantoni spent the last year at CQ Roll Call as associate politics editor, appearing on cable news shows including MSNBC’s “Hardball,” FNC’s “On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren” and CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” Previously, Bellantoni was a reporter at Talking...  

"Inside Washington" and "White House Chronicle" will move to 6 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays, respectively. WUCF's new local shows, "Global Perspectives" and "Metro Center Outlook," at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, respectively. Pulitzer Prize winner John Bersia, a former columnist at the Orlando Sentinel, hosts "Global Perspectives."  

It is a reminder of how a small team of six - Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill, Ray Suarez, Margaret Warner, Jeffrey Brown, Judy Woodruff - with stringers and freelancers can produce a newsy program five nights a week. This is the program that went out in the US on ...  

PBS Newshour commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle tragedy with an article that explores the repercussions of the disaster. Now that the space shuttle mission has been reti..  

Politics Editor Christina Bellantoni hosted a Google+ hangout during the 2012 State of the Union and the GOP response. Among the guests were Talking Points Memo reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro, Tufts history professor Peniel Joseph, Huffington Post reporter ...  

San Francisco's Coit Tower is home to three distinct treasures: a 360 degree panoramic view of the city from its viewing deck, the stunning art deco design of the tower itself by architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard as well as a series ...  

The NEWSHOUR’s coverage of the Iowa Caucuses will begin during the regular evening broadcast (check local listings) which will be co-anchored by Senior Correspondent Gwen Ifill in the Newshour studio and Judy Woodruff in Iowa. Des Moines Register Pollster J.  

The Newshour’s regular political analysts, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks will also be in Iowa to discuss developments in this, the first electoral event of the GOP primary race and its implications for the ...  

“This is the beginning phase of turning video into something people never expected,” said Hari Sreenivasan, PBS NewsHour correspondent and director of digital partnerships. “It gives viewers an opportunity to be part of spreading content ...  

News and opinion about US politics from a liberal/Democratic/progressive perspective.  

Using grant money from CPB, will use crowd-sourcing technology to enable volunteers to translate...