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Electric Ladies PodcastWomen's Voting Rights - Women Journalists Give Bird's Eye View at The NewseumWomen did not have the right to vote when the U.S. was founded; that's a fact many still do not know. With voting rights under siege again today, listen to the group of prominent women journalists and an historian talk about the women journalists behind the scenes using their stories, influence and access to help the 19th Amendment, which acknowledged women have the right to vote, ratified 101 years ago. Panelists include: Anna Palmer, then of Politico and now Founder of Punchbowl Media, Shawna Thomas then managing editor of Vice News Tonight and now Executive...
2021-07-1600 min
PoutníkNewseum: historie žurnalistiky v kostce je historií...Newseum ve Washingtonu patřilo k mým nejoblíbenějším institucím. Je soukromé, nebylo tedy na rozdíl třeba od Národní galerie naproti na druhé straně Pennsylvania Avenue zadarmo. A to mu asi bylo osudným. Prodělávalo a zavřelo na Silvestra 2019. Škoda.
2020-02-1903 minElectric Ladies PodcastWomen Journalists Trailblazing for Women's Right to Vote - Newseum Event on the 19th Amendment Centennial with Top Political ReportersWe did it! In case you missed it, the event Joan Michelson and Green Connections Media produced and moderated last week at the Newseum celebrating 100 years of women voting – the centennial of the 19th Amendment – was a big hit! Thank you to the Newseum for being fabulous hosts and to Politico's Women Rule initiative for supporting us! Thanks to the fascinating and engaging panelists, Anna Palmer of Politico, Shawna Thomas of Vice News and Lori Harrison-Kahan, author of "The Superwoman and Other Writings by Miriam Michelson" about the suffrage journalist who helped bring the 19th Amen...
2019-07-061h 19
Zesty Marketing PodcastThe Newseum: Making the 1st Amendment Great Again with Scott WilliamsScott Williams is the Chief Operating Officer at the Newseum in Washington D.C, (“Traveler’s Choice, Top 25 Museums in the World” by TripAdvisor.com). He manages the teams responsible for sales, marketing and public relations for the Newseum and Newseum Institute, serves on the boards of The DC Chapter of the American Advertising Federation and is a published author.
In today’s discussion, Scott and I talk about how to activate museum guests, things he learned from an Elvis tribute artist contest, and a social media campaign the museum promotes annually that gets people to think about a day #wit...
2018-01-0930 min
What's Working in WashingtonWhat's Working in Washington - Ep 132 Newseum provides first amendment perspective - Scott WilliamsNow, more than ever, D.C.s Newseum serves as a hub for the history and importance of journalism. "The mission of the Newseum is to champion the five freedoms of the first amendment," and we do that through exhibits, programs, and education, said Scott Williams, Newseum's chief operating officer.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2017-08-1108 min
CDT Tech TalksSXSW 2017 –– Talking Tech w/ Newseum, American University, EU startups & more!Host Brian Wesolowski took his show on the road, heading to Austin for this year's SXSW 2017 Interactive Festival. We chatted with the Newseum, American University, the Charles Koch Institute, a variety of EU startups and CDT staff. Listen to get the scoop on what's happening at the cross-sections of tech!
FULL LINEUP:
Jeffrey Herbst – President & CEO, Newseum
Mitch Gelman – Senior Fellow, Media & Tech, Newseum
Lindsay Grace – Associate Professor, Founding Director of AU Game Lab & Studio, American University
Jordan Richardson – Senior Policy And Research Analyst, Charles Koch Institute
Jorge Gomez – CEO & Co-founder, Canard Drones
Andre Ramos – Founder, Tripaya
Olivier Plante – Co-founder & CEO, Thingthing K...
2017-03-1733 min
Eye on Travel with Peter GreenbergTravel Today with Peter Greenberg--The Newseum, Washington, D.C.
This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.—the amazing interactive museum dedicated to the history, the execution, the challenges, and the legends of the fourth estate (not to mention the first amendment). Joining Peter Greenberg is legendary CBS Correspondent Bill Plante, who talks about his remarkable 52-year career at the network, and his travels along the way—from covering civil rights in Selma, Alabama, the war in Vietnam, his years as the White House correspondent for the network, and many other points in between. Carrie Christoffersen, Curator of the Newseum’s “Louder than Words” e...
2017-01-1148 min
Inside MediaThe Photography of Ted PolumbaumJudy Polumbaum, daughter of photojournalist Ted Polumbaum, talks about her new book, "Juxtapositions: Images From the Newseum Ted Polumbaum Photo Collection," the first major volume of selections from the 200,000-image Polumbaum collection, the largest individual photo collection held by the Newseum.
2016-09-1041 minInside MediaThe Soundtrack of the Vietnam WarDoug Bradley and Craig Werner talk about their new book "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," which explores how and why U.S. troops turned to music as a way of coping with the complexities of the war. Through personal stories from Vietnam veterans, the book demonstrates how music was important for veterans of all races, gender and military rank.
2016-08-271h 03Inside MediaElection 2016 Update With The Washington Post's Aaron BlakeOn the eve of the Republican national convention in Cleveland, Aaron Blake of The Washington Post provides an insider's look at the 2016 elections, with previews of both the GOP and Democratic conventions.
2016-07-1645 minInside MediaCNN Contributor S.E. CuppOn the opening week of the Newseum's newest exhibit "1776 – Breaking News: Independence," CNN contributor S.E. Cupp discusses the role of Colonial journalists in spreading the news about the Declaration of Independence.
2016-07-0935 minInside MediaCourage in PhotojournalismAdriane Ohanesian, winner of the 2016 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, and Paula Bronstein, who received honorable mention, discuss their award-winning work in Africa and parts of Asia. Ohanesian and Bronstein are joined by Heidi Levine, who won the award in 2015, and moderator Elisa Lees Muñoz, executive director of the International Women's Media Foundation.
2016-06-101h 01Inside MediaJames Meredith, the Integration of Ole Miss and the March Against FearOn the 50th anniversary of the "March Against Fear," Judy Meredith, wife of civil rights leader James Meredith, talks about the attempted assassination of her husband during the march. The panel discussion also features Sidna Brower Mitchell, who was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper The Daily Mississippian in 1962, and Henry Gallagher, the officer in charge of Meredith's security detail in 1962 and author of "James Meredith and the Ole Miss Riot: A Soldier's Story." William Doyle, who co-authored James Meredith's memoir "A Mission From God," moderates.
2016-06-0454 minInside Media"60 Minutes" Correspondent Lesley Stahl"60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl talks about her new book, "Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting," which explores how becoming a grandmother transforms a woman's life.
2016-05-1438 min
Newseum PodcastInside Today's FBI: Centennial Olympic Park BombingHost Sonya Gavankar and exhibits writer Ellie Stanton explore the stories and the artifacts in the Newseum's FBI exhibit. Today's episode: How, after evading 200 federal agents over a five-year, $24 million manhunt, Eric Robert Rudolph was arrested for setting off a bomb that killed one person and injured 112 at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
2016-05-1007 minInside MediaProtecting the PresidentFormer Secret Service agent Clint Hill talks about his new memoir, "Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford," which chronicles an eventful career that witnessed history up close.
2016-05-0757 minNewseum PodcastInside Today's FBI: Improvised Explosive DevicesHost Sonya Gavankar and exhibits writer Ellie Stanton explorethe stories and the artifacts in the Newseum's FBI exhibit. Today'sepisode: How FBI investigators at the Terrorist Explosive DeviceAnalytical Center (TEDAC) examine improvised explosive devices(IEDs) — the weapons of choice for terrorists — to identifybomb-makers by the "signatures" they leave behind. TEDAC's "bomblibrary" holds more than 100,000 IEDs found in war zones and crimescenes and has identified more than 1,000 people with potentialterrorist ties.
2016-05-0306 minInside MediaThe Life of Newspaper Giant Roy HowardAuthor Patricia Beard talks about her new book "Newsmaker: Roy W. Howard, the Mastermind Behind the Scripps-Howard News Empire From the Gilded Age to the Atomic Age." Beard is joined by Pamela Howard, Roy's granddaughter, wrote the prologue to the book. She discusses her grandfather's legacy.
2016-05-0140 minInside MediaSpotlight on FreedomFollowing the unveiling of the Newseum's updated press freedom map, reflecting changes in the state of world press freedom in 2015, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dana Priest moderated a program examining press freedom throughout the world. Panelists included ProPublica president Richard Tofel, award-winning independent journalist Anna Therese Day, Freedom House vice president for analysis Vanessa Tucker and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reporter Will Fitzgibbon.
2016-04-2756 minNewseum PodcastInside Today's FBI: Shutting Down Silk RoadHost Sonya Gavankar and exhibits writer Ellie Stanton explore
the stories and the artifacts in the Newseum's FBI exhibit. Today's
episode: How the FBI infiltrated and shut down Ross ("Dread Pirate
Roberts") Ulbricht's Silk Road website, a $1.2 billion market that
sold illegal drugs and guns in the Internet's hidden "darknet."
2016-04-2606 minInside MediaDiane RehmDiane Rehm, host of the NPR national radio program "The Diane Rehm Show," talks about her new memoir "On My Own," which chronicles her life after the death of her husband, John, from the effects of Parkinson's disease.
2016-04-2339 minInside MediaThe History of the Presidential PrimaryAuthor Geoffrey Cowan talks about his new book "Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary." The book chronicles the story of Theodore Roosevelt's campaign to challenge his handpicked successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican Party nomination. To overcome the power of the incumbent, Roosevelt seized on the idea of presidential primaries, telling bosses everywhere to "Let the people rule."
2016-04-211h 02Inside MediaThe Social ElectionOn the opening weekend of the Newseum's newest exhibit "CNN Politics Campaign 2016:Like, Share, Elect," CNN's Brian Stelter moderates a discussionon how digital and social media have transformed politicalcampaigns.
2016-04-1651 minInside MediaNPR's Kelly McEvers on Covering Global ConflictKelly McEvers, co-host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” talks about hosting the award-winning afternoon newsmagazine and her past work covering hot spots around the globe. She will also talk about her new podcast “Embedded” which takes stories from the news and takes you to where they are happening.
2016-04-0240 minInside MediaElection 2016 Update With Pollsters Margie Omero and Kristen Soltis AndersonMargie Omero and Kristen Soltis Anderson, co-hosts of “The Pollsters” podcast, discuss campaign 2016 and the rise of political podcasts.
2016-03-1948 minInside MediaElection 2016 Update With Politico's Anna Palmer and Jake ShermanPolitico correspondents Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman provide an insider’s view of the 2016 election year and the presidential and congressional campaigns.
2016-03-1248 minInside MediaOscar Preview With Washington Post Film Critic Ann HornadayWashington Post film critic Ann Hornaday previews the 88th annual Academy Awards and discusses some of the biggest hits — and misses — of the year.
2016-02-2857 minInside MediaThe Capital Weather GangJason Samenow, Angela Fritz and Kevin Ambrose, members of the Washington Post’s popular blog “The Capital Weather Gang,” will talk about the science of forecasting, current climate trends and why so many of us are obsessed with the weather.
2016-02-1335 minInside MediaCBS News's Nancy Cordes on Campaign 2016CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes discusses the presidential campaign and previews the critical Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary.
Cordes also talks about the results of the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses and the major primaries and debates in the coming months.
2016-02-0649 minInside MediaThe Story of the UnabomberDavid Kaczynski, brother of Ted Kaczynski, whom the FBI branded the “Unabomber,” talks about his new memoir “Every Last Tie: The Story of the Unabomber and His Family.”
2016-01-3147 minInside Media100 Years of PulitzerRoy Harris Jr. and Doug Pardue will talk about the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s highest honor that each year recognizes the best in reporting, commentary, criticism and photography.
2016-01-3046 minNewseum PodcastInside Today's FBI: Boston Marathon BombingHost Sonya Gavankar and exhibits writer Ellie Stanton explore the stories and the artifacts in the Newseum’s FBI exhibit. Today’s episode: How Boston Globe reporter Michael Rezendes went from marathon runner to breaking news reporter in the blink of an eye, and how the FBI tracked the perpetrators of the 2013 bombing.
2016-01-1909 minInside MediaCharlie Hebdo: One Year LaterPulitzer Prizing-winning editorial cartoonists Ann Telnaes of The Washington Post and Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News will talk about the role of political cartoonists and will reflect on the one-year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015.
2016-01-0957 minNewseum PodcastInside Today's FBI: D.C. SnipersHost Sonya Gavankar and Newseum curator Carrie Christoffersen explore the stories and the artifacts in the Newseum’s FBI exhibit. Today’s episode: the D.C. snipers who terrorized the greater Washington, D.C., area in 2002, the Bushmaster assault rifle they used to carry out their deadly attacks, and the tarot card they left near one of the shootings in an attempt to communicate with authorities.
2015-12-2211 minInside MediaThe U.S. Response to the Syrian Refugee CrisisCaren Bohan, editor in charge of U.S. Politics for Reuters, and Kathleen Newland, senior fellow and co-founder of the Migration Policy Institute, discuss the Syrian refugee crisis and the U.S. response amid national security concerns.
2015-12-1952 minNewseum PodcastInside Today's FBI: 9/11Host Sonya Gavankar and Patty Rhule, director of exhibit development, explore the stories and the artifacts in the Newseum’s FBI exhibit. Today’s episode: how the 9/11 attacks transformed the FBI into a counterterrorism agency and the car that transported the American Airlines Flight 77 hijackers from San Diego to Dulles Airport in Virginia.
2015-12-1510 minNewseum PodcastInside Today's FBI: Surveillance DinosaursHost Sonya Gavankar and exhibits writer Ellie Stanton explore the stories and the artifacts in the Newseum’s FBI exhibit. Today’s episode: how toy dinosaurs, rigged with hidden cameras, helped keep watch over a tense six-day long hostage situation in Alabama in 2013.
2015-12-0804 minNewseum PodcastEyewitness News with Al PrimoThis year marks the 50th anniversary of the Eyewitness News format, which was pioneered by Al Primo in Philadelphia, Pa. In this special episode of the Newseum Podcast, Primo talks about the evolution of broadcast journalism with former TV reporter and Newseum producer, Frank Bond.
2015-12-0428 minNewseum PodcastInside Today's FBI: Times Square Car BombHost Sonya Gavankar and exhibits writer Ellie Stanton explore the stories and the artifacts in the Newseum’s FBI exhibit. Today’s episode: The Nissan Pathfinder that nearly became a weapon of mass destruction in New York’s Times Square in 2010. The components of the homemade bomb are on display inside the vehicle in the exhibit.
2015-12-0105 min
Journalism/WorksReporting at risk of their lives – every dayRaqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) is a Syrian citizen journalist group, one of the few independent news sources reporting from inside the Islamic State (ISIS). Newseum Institute COO Gene Policinski spoke with Abdalaziz Alhamza, one of 18 co-founders of the group, and with Courtney Radisch and Sherif Mansour of the Committee to Protect Journalists, about the group’s work. CPJ will present RBSS with its International Press Freedom Award Nov. 24 in New York.
Alhamza and colleagues live under constant threat of death from ISIS. This interview was conducted Nov. 20 in the Newseum’s Knight Studio, just days afte...
2015-11-2436 minNewseum PodcastInside Today's FBI: Whitey BulgerHost Sonya Gavankar and exhibits writer Ellie Stanton explore the stories and the artifacts in the Newseum’s FBI exhibit. Today’s episode: The hat that “Most Wanted” crime boss Whitey Bulger was wearing when the FBI arrested him after a 16-year manhunt, and how new media helped the bureau track him down.
2015-11-2406 minInside MediaThe Press and VietnamAuthor Theasa Tuohy talks about her new book, “The Five O’Clock Follies,” a fact-based novel about a female journalist covering the Vietnam War. The book is the story of a feisty, pioneering correspondent who dares to invade the male enclave of front-line journalism. Tuohy describes pivotal moments of the war, including the Tet Offensive, the siege of Khe Sanh, soldiers on the line and the injuries they sustained.
2015-11-2134 minNewseum PodcastInside Today's FBI: Ghost StoriesHost Sonya Gavankar and exhibits writer Ellie Stanton explore the stories and the artifacts in the Newseum’s FBI exhibit. Today’s episode: The “Ghost Stories” spies who inspired the TV series “The Americans” and the spy camera and shortwave radio they used to collect information and send it to Russia.
2015-11-1707 minInside MediaToday's FBIOn the opening weekend of the Newseum’s newly updated exhibit, “Inside Today’s FBI: Fighting Crime in the Age of Terror,” former FBI deputy director Timothy P. Murphy and journalist Garrett Graff talk about how the agency is taking on a new generation of international terrorists.
2015-11-1459 minInside MediaTerror in Little SaigonProPublica reporter A.C. Thompson and “Frontline” contributing producer Tony Nguyen talk about their new report investigating the reign of terror that led to the assassination of five Vietnamese American journalists during the 1980s.
2015-11-0735 minInside MediaBaseball in D.C.Sports communications strategist Frederic Frommer and former Washington Senators public address announcer Phil Hochberg talk about the history of baseball in Washington, D.C.
2015-10-1753 minInside MediaThe Life of Thurgood MarshallBest-selling author Wil Haygood talks about his new book, “Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America.” The book profiles the first African American Supreme Court justice using the contentious five-day Senate hearing to confirm Marshall in 1967 as a framing device for his life story.
2015-10-1050 minInside MediaG-Men and GangstersJoe Urschel, executive director of the National Law Enforcement Museum, talks about his new book “The Year of Fear: Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the Nation.” The book tells the thrilling story of the hunt for notorious gangster George “Machine Gun” Kelly and how it launched the FBI and an obscure federal bureaucrat named J. Edgar Hoover.
2015-09-2743 minJournalism/WorksTargeting Corruption in AngolaThe Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski talks with Angolan investigative journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques, recognized with several international awards for his courageous reporting on conflict diamonds and government corruption. He currently heads the anti-corruption watchdog website Maka Angola. This program was recorded before a live studio audience in the Newseum’s Knight TV Studio.
2015-09-2654 minNewseum PodcastPulitzer Prize Photography: Homeless in PhiladelphiaTom Gralish won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 at age 29 for his gritty and honest photo series of homeless people on the streets of Philadelphia. In an interview with the Newseum, he talks about getting to know the subjects of his photos as he recorded their lives on film.
2015-09-2202 minInside MediaPhotojournalists on Covering Global CrisisOn the opening weekend of the Newseum’s newest exhibit “40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World – The Photography of Howard G. Buffett,” Emmy award-winning journalist Ann Curry moderates a panel of photo and video journalists who discuss how their work brings a sharpened focus on critical development issues.
2015-09-191h 23Inside MediaSongs From the Vietnam War EraMusic historian Hugo Keesing talks about and samples songs inspired by the Vietnam War that covered a wide spectrum of viewpoints, from the war’s strongest advocates to its most passionate dissenters. In 2010 Keesing released “Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record, 1961–2008,” a 13-CD box set featuring over 300 songs inspired by the Vietnam War.
2015-09-1249 min
Newseum PodcastPulitzer Prize Photography: Tragedy by the SeaIn the spring of 1954, Los Angeles Times photographer John Gaunt captured a moment of grief on the beach between young parents whose 19-month-old child had just been swept out to sea. In an interview with the Newseum, Gaunt discusses that fateful day and how he captured the poignant and profoundly moving photo, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1955.
2015-08-2503 minNewseum PodcastPulitzer Prize Photography: Texas CowboysErwin Hagler won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1980 for his compelling photo series documenting the lifestyle of a cowboy. In an interview with the Newseum, he talks about the unsung heroes of the American West and why he wanted to capture their story at a time when no other newspaper had done so.
2015-08-1105 minInside MediaCovering the Nationals With The Washington Post's James WagnerWashington Post sports reporter James Wagner helped kick off the Newseum’s latest exhibit, “Nationals at 10: Baseball Makes News.” The Chips Quinn alumnus talked about his beat covering Washington’s major league baseball team, as well as the impact the Newseum Institute’s Chips Quinn Scholars program had on his career in journalism.
2015-08-0152 minInside MediaPop Culture Journalist Jen Chaney on the Enduring Legacy of "Clueless"Pop culture journalist Jen Chaney talks about her new book, “As If! The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew.” The book is an oral history of the making of the iconic film using recollections and insights collected from key cast and crew members.
2015-07-2532 minInside MediaWashington Post Sports Writer Barry Svrluga On Baseball's 'Endless Season'Barry Svrluga, a sports writer for The Washington Post, talks about his new book, “The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season.” The book captures the frustration, impermanence and glory felt by the players, the staff and their families from the start of spring training to the final game of the year.
2015-07-1837 minInside MediaCokie RobertsCokie Roberts talks about her new book “Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868.” The book profiles the wives, sisters and female friends of the men leading America into, and through, this unprecedented conflict.
2015-07-1144 minInside MediaIn Search of Shakespeare's Greatest WorksAuthor Andrea Mays talks about her new book, “The Millionaire and the Bard,” which tells the story of the making of William Shakespeare’s First Folio and the obsessive hunt three centuries later by American industrialist Henry Folger to track it down.
2015-06-2137 minInside MediaRadio Talk Show Host Hugh HewittRadio talk show host Hugh Hewitt talks about his new book, “The Queen: The Epic Ambition of Hillary and the Coming of a Second ‘Clinton’ Era.” Chris Cillizza, who writes the politics blog “The Fix” and covers the White House for The Washington Post, moderates the program.
2015-06-2058 minInside Media"Reporting Vietnam" Opening WeekendOn the opening weekend of the Newseum’s new exhibit, “Reporting Vietnam,” Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund founder and president Jan Scruggs and former UPI photographer Steve Northup share their memories of the Vietnam War.
2015-05-2338 minJournalism/WorksReporting from Southeast Asia – Haney Howell, for CBS NewsAs the Newseum opens “Reporting Vietnam,” a new exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, veteran broadcaster Haney Howell – the last CBS News bureau chief in Saigon before the city fell in 1975 – speaks with the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski about what it was like to report in Vietnam and in neighboring Cambodia. Howell, now journalism professor emeritus at Winthrop University, also discusses the differences, both good and bad, in reporting from today’s global conflict zones.
2015-05-2142 minNewseum PodcastPulitzer Prize Photography: The Oklahoma City BombingThe latest episode of the Newseum Podcast features an interview with Charles Porter IV, an aspiring journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the 1995 bombing of a federal building.
2015-03-3111 minInside MediaNewseum Q&A: Charlie HebdoDr. John Watson, director of the journalism division of American University School of Communication, and Corey Saylor, national legislative director of the Council on American Islamic Relations, join the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski for a “town hall” discussion about free speech and religious liberty in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy.
2015-01-1854 minInside Media1965: Civil Rights at 50On the opening weekend of the Newseum exhibit, “1965: Civil Rights at 50,” Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and CBS News White House correspondent Bill Plante talk about their memories of the civil rights movement.
2015-01-1749 minInside MediaJournalists Under AttackIn the wake of the attack on the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, U.S. director of Reporters Without Borders, Delphine Halgand, joins the Newseum and Nikahang Kowsar, a member of the board of directors of Cartoonists Rights Network International, for a timely discussion about free expression and the dangers journalists face worldwide.
2015-01-1142 minJournalism/WorksWomen in Sports MediaThe Newseum Institute, the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland presented an all-star panel of top female sports reporters discussing the evolution of their role in journalism Dec. 6 at the Newseum.
2014-12-061h 33Newseum Podcast'Yes, Virginia' Family DayDuring the Newseum’s 16th annual “Yes, Virginia” celebration, 8-year-old Mehren O’Hanlon read her great-great grandmother, Virginia O’Hanlon’s, famous 1897 letter to the New York Sun that inspired history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial. Afterward, in a special guest appearance, Macy’s One-and-Only Santa Claus read “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.”
2014-11-2915 minInside MediaRemembering Ben BradleeThe Newseum looks back at the career and impact on American journalism of legendary Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee.
2014-10-2658 minNewseum PodcastExecutive Chef Tom BlundellFrank and Sonya explore a day in the life of Executive Chef Tom Blundell, who oversees Wolfgang Puck Catering and the Food Section at the Newseum.
2014-09-3013 minInside Media"The Boomer List" Opening WeekendTo mark the opening of the Newseum’s new exhibit “The Boomer List,” photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders discussed his large-format portraits of the 19 influential baby boomers who make up the exhibit.
2014-09-2730 minNewseum PodcastThe Boomer ListFrank and Sonya explore the newest Newseum exhibit, which opens Friday, Sept. 26, 2014.
2014-09-2207 minInside MediaWitness to History: Investigating the UnabomberJim Freeman, Terry Turchie and Donald Max Noel, who were part of the FBI team that captured the Unabomber, talk about their new book “Unabomber: How the FBI Broke Its Own Rules to Capture the Terrorist Ted Kaczynski.” This panel discussion was a co-production of the Newseum and the National Law Enforcement Museum.
2014-09-201h 00Newseum PodcastNewseum InstituteFrank and Sonya chat with Newseum Institute Chief Operating Officer Gene Policinski about the Institute’s initiatives that educate and engage the public on a variety of First Amendment issues.
2014-09-0811 minNewseum PodcastWolfgang Puck at the NewseumFrank and Sonya go behind the scenes with Wolfgang Puck Catering to talk crab cakes, “party-vators,” and memorable special events at the Newseum.
2014-07-2517 minNewseum PodcastToday's Front PagesFrank and Sonya talk with Online Managing Editor Sharon Shahid about the Newseum’s Front Pages exhibit and the daily Top Ten web feature.
2014-07-1814 minNewseum PodcastSummer Learning at the NewseumSenior Education Manager Maggie Crawford talks about kid-favorite experiences in the Newseum, resources for teachers, and the Newseum's Kids Free Summer Fun Deal.
2014-07-0311 minNewseum PodcastFreedom SummerFrank and Sonya chat with Newseum exhibits staffer Patty Rhule about "Civil Rights at 50" and the Newseum's collection of Ted Polumbaum's photos from Freedom Summer in 1964.
2014-06-2009 minNewseum Podcast'1995: The Year the Future Began'Frank and Sonya welcome author W. Joseph Campbell to the Newseum Podcast to talk about the major stories and decisive moments that made 1995 a big year for news.
2014-06-1305 minNewseum PodcastTiananmen Square 25th AnniversaryFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar talk with Newseum exhibit writer John Powell about the events that took place in China's Tiananmen Square 25 years ago and the new section of the Time Warner World News Gallery that examines the protests and response through historic artifacts and powerful images.
2014-06-0610 minNewseum PodcastCovering Tiananmen SquareFrank Bond talks with former journalist and Newseum trustee Bette Bao Lord, who was born in Shanghai and was in China to cover the Tiananmen Square protests.
2014-05-3010 minNewseum Podcast'Inside Tim Russert's Office' Moving to BuffaloFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar talk with the Newseum's curator of collections, Carrie Christofferson, about "Inside Tim Russert's Office." The popular Newseum exhibit is closing June 15, and will reopen this fall in its new, permanent home at The Buffalo History Museum in Buffalo, N.Y.
2014-05-2306 minNewseum Podcast'One Nation With News for All'Frank Bond and Sonya Gavankar discuss the new exhibit "One Nation With News for All," a collaboration between the Newseum and Smithsonian, that tells the dramatic story of how immigrants and minorities used the power of the press.
2014-05-1603 minInside MediaA Life in ArchitectureNewseum architect James Stewart Polshek, and journalist and architect Roger Lewis, discuss Polshek's new book, "Build, Memory."
2014-05-1057 minNewseum Podcast"Pictures of the Year"Frank Bond and Sonya Gavankar explore the Newseum's new photography exhibit and talk about what it's like to interview the winning photographers featured in the exhibit.
2014-05-0903 minNewseum PodcastO.J. Simpson's SuitFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar talk with Newseum curator Carrie Christoffersen about a unique item on display at the Newseum and the significance of O.J. Simpson's murder trial in the course of news history.
2014-05-0106 minNewseum PodcastHappy Birthday, Newseum!In celebration of the Newseum's sixth birthday, Frank and Sonya take a look back and share a few insider stories of what went into opening the museum on Pennsylvania Avenue in 2008.
2014-04-1104 minNewseum PodcastNewseum on PinterestFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar discuss the unique ways the Newseum collects comments in the galleries and how they are shared: http://bit.ly/PNZ6VS
2013-10-1806 minNewseum PodcastA National Archives and Newseum PartnershipFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar talk about NARA's role in the success of the "JFK" exhibit.
2013-09-2708 minNewseum PodcastThe Game ZoneFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar discuss the Newseum's unique, interactive games with senior vice president Paul Sparrow.
2013-09-0513 minNewseum PodcastThe New York HeraldFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar talk to the Newseum's Kat Wilmot about the museum's complete collection of New York Herald newspapers and the coverage of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
2013-07-1205 minNewseum PodcastCreating the FBI exhibitFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar discuss how the FBI exhibit went from idea to reality with the Newseum's Cathy Trost.
2013-06-2807 minNewseum PodcastExhibit AcquisitionsFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar discuss the process of finding exhibit pieces with the Newseum's Maeve Scott.
2013-06-2110 minNewseum PodcastBehind the FBI artifact vaultsFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar talk to FBI historian John Fox on the FBI's partnership on one of the Newseum's most popular exhibits.
2013-06-1408 minNewseum Podcast"March to Justice"Frank Bond and Sonya Gavankar discuss the Newseum's recent "Members Only" program on the film "March To Justice."
2013-06-0704 minInside MediaWhitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted GangsterBoston Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy talk about their book "Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice." Cullen and Murphy appeared at the Newseum nine days before Bulger's federal trial began in Boston. He was apprehended in 2011 after a 16-year manhunt.
2013-06-0149 minNewseum PodcastThe Don Bolles CarFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar talk with the Newseum's curator of collections, Carrie Christofferson, about the moving exhibit on late Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles.
2013-05-3106 minNewseum PodcastNewseum's #1 FanFrank and Sonya get a tour of the Pulitzer Prize Photograph's Gallery by the Newseum's #1 fan, Mark Pierzchala, on his 101st visit.
2013-04-2605 minNewseum PodcastCreating Camelot: The Photography of Jacques LoweFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar talk about the Newseum's Visual Resources Department's delicate restoration of the only remaining images of the Kennedy family taken by photography Jacques Lowe.
2013-04-1207 minNewseum PodcastThe Berlin WallFrank Bond and Sonya Gavankar take listeners behind the scenes of one of the Newseum's largest and most popular artifacts — the Berlin Wall. The Newseum's Chris Wells tells Frank and Sonya how the Newseum acquired the eight pieces of the Berlin Wall that are on display, as well as the guard tower that stood near Checkpoint Charlie. They also share their favorite stories of the wall. Here's a hint — one involves actor David Hasselhoff.
2013-04-0509 min