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Chauvin trial eases concerns of courtroom camera skeptics

Chauvin trial eases concerns of courtroom camera skeptics

Judge Peter Cahill is allowing the trial of ex-cops J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao to be televised. There were no major problems with the live broadcast of Derek Chauvin’s trial, the first time that a Minnesota criminal trial had been televised. The experiment won over many who opposed having cameras in the courtroom.
by Matt Sepic

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'It was just thrilling': 2 NPR founders remember the first days, 50 years ago

'It was just thrilling': 2 NPR founders remember the first days, 50 years ago

All Things Considered debuted on May 3, 1971. ATC creator Bill Siemering and former co-host (then production assistant) Susan Stamberg look back on the iconic first broadcast.
by Terry Gross

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How the Spokesman-Recorder is covering the Chauvin trial from the Black perspective

How the Spokesman-Recorder is covering the Chauvin trial from the Black perspective

The Spokesman-Recorder was founded on the mission of telling stories from the Black perspective in Minnesota. Now its small team of journalists have taken on covering the Derek Chauvin trial.
by Ari Shapiro

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As bad information spreads, Florida schools seek to teach 'digital literacy'

As bad information spreads, Florida schools seek to teach 'digital literacy'

Many Florida high schools now teach a cybersecurity program. There's a larger plan to help students figure out what is and isn't true online. Organizers hope it will become a nationwide model.
by Greg Myre

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Humankind documentary: Ida B. Wells' Battle to Uncover the Truth

Humankind documentary: Ida B. Wells' Battle to Uncover the Truth

Born into slavery, Ida B. Wells became a ground-breaking investigative reporter in the 1890s exposing the domestic terrorism practiced by white supremacists. This Humankind special tells the true story of a fearless journalist, whose life was threatened while she revealed the truth.
by MPR News Staff

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Across the internet, a game of Whac-A-Mole is underway to root out extremism

Across the internet, a game of Whac-A-Mole is underway to root out extremism

How are alternative platforms, where extremist ideology and disinformation thrive, monitored? Can we ever really root out extremism in the virtual space or will the targets just keep jumping around?
by Tim Mak

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Reporter acquitted in case seen as attack on press rights

Reporter acquitted in case seen as attack on press rights

Jurors have acquitted an Iowa journalist who was pepper-sprayed and arrested by police while covering a protest in a case that critics have derided as an attack on press freedom and an abuse of prosecutorial discretion. 
by The Associated Press

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Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93

Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93

Longtime NBC and CBS correspondent and television anchor Roger Mudd has died at the age of 93. CBS News says Mudd died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at his home in Virginia.
by The Associated Press

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Rush Limbaugh, 'voice of American conservatism,' has died

Rush Limbaugh, 'voice of American conservatism,' has died

Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. His death Wednesday at the age of 70 was announced on his website.
by The Associated Press

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