Media

Upheaval at NPR
NPR president Vivian Schiller has resigned in the wake of a recent scandal involving comments made about conservatives by another NPR executive. Midmorning gets reaction from NPR's ombudsman and a media critic.
Ken Auletta on journalism, curiosity, and technology
In the latest conversation in MPR's "Broadcast Journalist Series," Midmorning's Kerri Miller speaks with Ken Auletta about his career as a journalist, and the upheaval that the digital world is creating in the media industry. Recorded at the University of St. Thomas on March 4th, 2011.
Man vs. Machine
IBM's Watson supercomputer easily defeated his human opponents on Jeopardy!, but what does his victory tell us about the potential, and the limitations, of artificial intelligence?
Rapper deconstructs critique song and finds himself
Minneapolis rapper Sims has a reputation for being the most overtly-political emcee in the hip hop crew, "Doomtree," and a track on his newly-released CD titled Bad Time Zoo takes aim at "progressive" public radio listeners.
Midday presents more speeches featured in the new book by Stephen Smith and Kate Ellis, "Say it Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity." Speeches in this hour include ones from Shirley Chisholm, James Cone, Colin Powell, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Social media's role in education
How can social media and technology influence the way students learn and the way teachers teach? Kerri Miller hosted a live forum discussion with a Minnesota-based entrepreneur who is pioneering a social teaching project called Sophia, an internet platform that aims to enhance student learning both in and out of the classroom.
Social media's impact on the news
Social media is becoming an increasingly integral part of the news gathering process. But is the focus on what's being said about news events in the social media universe distracting people from the issues at hand? Is there too much journalism on journalism?
The battle, the war, and the revolution: How to be an individual in the digital age
The digital age is easy to idealize. We get information faster, we make new connections overnight and we shop, work and socialize from a keyboard. But are we losing something that makes us individuals? Have we lost the right to retain a private persona and still compete in this new age?
Doctors are "rock stars." Giffords is a "fighter." Her recovery is a "miracle." Ordinary people are "heroes." As we all root for Congresswoman Giffords, has the public, the media and the medical community turned her recovery into a primetime reality show?
Newsmaker: How NPR got the story wrong
Midmorning speaks with NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard about how NPR incorrectly reported that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had been killed, and how it plans to prevent such errors in the future.