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The NewsHour's Jim Lehrer at the Commonwealth Club

The NewsHour's Jim Lehrer at the Commonwealth Club

Former PBS NewsHour anchor and executive editor Jim Lehrer speaks at the Commonwealth Club of California about his new book, "Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain."

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Remembering Prairie Home Companion's Tom Keith

Remembering Prairie Home Companion's Tom Keith

Midday looks back at the life and career of Tom Keith. He was known nationally as the sound effects man on A Prairie Home Companion, and he also co-hosted The Morning Show on Minnesota Public Radio for 25 years. Friends and colleagues reminisce about the legendary radio personality.
by Dale Connelly and Mike Pengra

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Bonus bonanza

Bonus bonanza

Since the 2008 financial crisis, bankers have been heavily criticized for continuing to make millions in performance-based bonuses while their banks escaped failure only by taking public bailouts. Now big bonuses are going to managers at Gannett News - publishers of the downsized USA Today. Has the media outlet learned nothing from their own headlines?

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Walker's graphic design exhibit reflects on daily bombardment

Walker's graphic design exhibit reflects on daily bombardment

Few art forms have changed and expanded as much in the last decade as graphic design. The Walker Art Center launches a graphic design show that surveys the best work over the last decade.
by Euan Kerr

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Russell Banks writes the life of a sex offender

Russell Banks writes the life of a sex offender

In 50 years of writing fiction, Russell Banks has told the stories of many less-than-perfect people. For his latest novel "Lost Memory of Skin" he takes on perhaps his most troubling character: a young sex offender.
by Euan Kerr

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Can network TV news stay relevant?

Can network TV news stay relevant?

Midday presents two conversations from the annual Washington Ideas Forum in Washington D.C. The first features a panel discussion with the heads of NBC, ABC, and CBS News. The second is a conversation between former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw and NBC's "Meet the Press" host, David Gregory.

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Wikileaks, digital freedom, and the law

Wikileaks, digital freedom, and the law

Midmorning speaks with one of the attorneys for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange about free speech, activism and why the organization's release of potentially sensitive diplomatic information should be defended.

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NPR names new president and CEO

NPR names new president and CEO

Gary Knell, the longtime president and CEO of Sesame Workshop, will take over leadership of the public radio network on Dec. 1.

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Amazon ups the ante against publishers

Amazon announces the signing of a popular self-help author in a high-profile move to position the online retailer as a publisher. The move is making traditional publishers nervous.

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Newsmaker: The hacking scandal widens

Newsmaker: The hacking scandal widens

British Prime Minister David Cameron addressed an emergency session of Parliament today as new questions arise over the News of the World hacking scandal, the role of British police, and the relationship between media and British politicians.

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