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Where Has All the News Gone?
December 6, 2004
Ben Bradlee executive editor, Washington Post
Don Hewitt executive producer, CBS News
Meredith White executive producer, ABC News, moderator

Ben Bradlee, long-time executive editor of The Washington Post, and Don Hewitt, creator of 60 Minutes and executive producer of CBS News, talk about how print and broadcast news have changed over the last 40 years. Meredith White, executive producer of ABC News and former senior editor at Newsweek, moderates the discussion.

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News Reporting | Presidential Debates | Military & Warfare | Journalists
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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
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Yaron Brook: Why the Forward Strategy of Freedom Had to Fail
Yaron Brook
01:47:29
As an expert on foreign policy and the Middle East, Yaron Brook is interviewed for his answers to a range of questions related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, the war in Iraq, the Iranian threat and Totalitarian Islam and terrorism.
Writing on the Walls: American Prison Writing
H. Bruce Franklin
01:40:59
PEN New England's Freedom-to-Write (FTW) Committee, and the Cambridge Forum, host Writing on the Walls, a panel discussion about writing in, from, and about American prisons.
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Writers on War
Sean Hemingway
01:26:41
Sean Hemingway, who has just edited a collection of his grandfather's writings titled Hemingway on War, shares his insights with Paul Fussell, author of The Great War and Modern Memory, and James Webb, author of the acclaimed Vietnam novel, Fields of Fire.
Writers Among Us: Seth Jacobs
Seth Jacobs
01:06:37
Seth Jacobs argues that a midcentury religious revival in America, as well as policymakers' racist perceptions of Asians, led the United States to support the disastrous, autocratic Diem regime in South Viet Nam.
Audio-only
World View from Berlin
John C. Hulsman
01:19:12
John Hulsman shares his views on world affairs. This event is presented in cooperation with the Atlanta Eric M. Warburg chapter of the American Council on Germany.
Women’s Voices and Visions on Film
Melissa Silverstein
01:07:14
Melissa Silverstein, Deborah Kampmeier, Emily Abt, and Thato Rantao Mwosa discuss statistics from the Center for the Study of Women in TV and Film stating that in 2008, only 9% of the top grossing films were directed by women.
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Author: Ben Bradlee
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (1996)
Binding: Paperback, 512 pages
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Author: Benjamin C. Bradlee
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (1984)
Binding: Paperback, 256 pages
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Author: Don Hewitt
Publisher: PublicAffairs (2003)
Binding: Paperback, 288 pages
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