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Communications & Media

The Question No One Asked Karen Klein


By Jeff Keating
On Beat the Press, Emily Rooney questioned why reporters hadn't challenged the seeming passivity of Karen Klein, the bullied bus monitor. After all, Klein was hired to keep kids in line on the bus. So WGBH's Toni Waterman asked Klein herself.
Courts, Crime & Police

From the Archives: The Blackfriars Massacre


We look back to the 1978 Blackfriars Massacre. It claimed the lives of five people, including an investigative journalist.
People & Profiles

Dressmaker for Gypsies Says 'Bling It On'


By Toni Waterman
We visit the Waltham showroom of Sondra Celli, dressmaker to TLC's American Gypsy brides. And with business booming, it looks like economic development can come draped in rhinestones, lamé and cup chain.
Election 2012

Tonight: WGBY Hosts Senate Debate


FROM WGBH NEWS: Western Mass. Prepares for Debate
WGBH co-hosts the third debate between Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren. Follow Greater Boston's Adam Reilly for analysis during the debate at @reillyadam on Twitter. 

Tuesday at 7pm on WGBH 2
Election 2012

Scott Brown's Journalist Wife: A Conflict of Interest?


By Adam Reilly
Senator Scott Brown's wife, television reporter Gail Huff, stars in two new campaign ads for her husband. Huff doesn't see a conflict of interest. Can the spouse of a political candidate be a working journalist?
Election 2012

Brown Takes Warren 'Heritage' Issue National


By Sarah Birnbaum
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown is stepping up personal attacks on his Democratic opponent. After leaving the issue mostly to surrogates, he appeared on national television questioning Elizabeth Warren's claims of Native American ancestry.
Greater Boston

From the Archives — the Boston Strangler


Our new weekly feature goes inside the photo archives from the Boston Globe for a glimpse into the city's past. We start off with an image from the terrifying crime wave of 1962.
Film & Television

Critic Wesley Morris on His Pulitzer Win


By WGBH News
The 36-year-old movie reviewer and essayist talks about what it's like to win journalism's highest honor.
Election 2012

Populism in the Mass. Senate Race


By Adam Reilly
Is Elizabeth Warren an elitist? Is Scott Brown Everyman? The competitors are fighting to be the people's choice.
Inside the WGBH Open Vault

Mike Wallace and the Early Days of TV News


WGBH OPEN VAULT
GREATER BOSTON: MIKE WALLACE
By Ted Canova
When word of Mike Wallace's death reached WGBH News' Ted Canova, it took him back to the days when you had to get up to change the channel, to the days when TV news was still being defined.
CALLIE CROSSLEY SHOW

Put the Needle on the Record: Vinyl Is Back


By WGBH News
It's not just nostalgia: LP sales were up 36 percent last year, and even college students are getting into the act. A radio engineer, a student inventor and a record-store owner talk about why they love vinyl — and play some tunes.
Communications & Media

The Herald's New Square


By Emily Rooney
Boston's tabloid has moved into new digs in the sleek, up-and-coming Seaport District — shedding its presses and maybe, someday, even newsprint itself.
Communications & Media

Skittles and Etch-a-Sketch: When Brands Meet Politics


By Jared Bowen
Amid the fallout in the Trayvon Martin murder is a public relations conundrum for a product innocently linked to the Florida teen. It’s an unfortunate circumstance that’s plagued other brands from Kool-Aid to the Post Office.
Frontline

Lowell Bergman Discusses Murdoch's Scandal


Frontline correspondent, Lowell Bergman talked about Murdoch's Scandal with producer Neil Docherty and Sarah Ellison from Vanity Fair. 
Business

Postal Workers Protest Planned Closures


TWO POST OFFICES, TWO STORIES
By Sarah Birnbaum
Advocates and employees warn that a plan to save $20 billion will result in furious customers and lost jobs.
Communications & Media

City Councilor Stands Up for 'Damned' Lawrence


By WGBH News
Lawrence city councilor Dan Rivera said the city has problems but is "trying to figure it out." PLUS: Boston Magazine writer Jay Atkinson talks about his controversial story.
WGBH Local News

City Rallies to Defend 'Godforsaken' Reputation


By Adam Reilly
Some residents of Lawrence are outraged over a magazine article they claim painted their city in an unflattering light. 
Psychology & The Mind

A Nutrition Label for the News


By Cristina Quinn
You're doing it right now: You're consuming media. Some theorists say our information diet is making us bloated. Here's how they want to help us. EXTRA: What's your favorite media "junk food"?
Communications & Media

The Conversation of Hearts


NECCO TRIES TO INNOVATE SAFELY
By Danielle Dreilinger
Tweet Me? Marry Me? We get the story behind those Necco sayings — and read some sayings you're making up on Twitter.
Communications & Media

Beat The Press: White's Passing Re-Ignites Feud


WATCH
During the Kevin White funeral coverage, WGBH's "Greater Boston" briefly became the news when an argument broke out on-set over a 30-year-old spoiled scoop. Watch some of the footage we didn't air.
WGBH Local News

A Kennedy Life 'Interrupted'


By Toni Waterman
In a new book, JFK Jr.'s former personal assistant shares her memories of the Kennedy heir and his life in New York.
Technology

Asking An #Alternative Wikipedia


By WGBH News
With Wikipedia dark for the day as a political protest, NPR, the Washington Post and the Guardian are teaming up to answer questions tweeted with the hashtag #altwiki. What are people asking?
Election 2012

Political Word Watch: Romney And Santorum


WGBH ELECTION CENTRAL
By WGBH News
What do the Republican candidates' words reveal about their strategies? We analyze debate transcripts by Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and the rest of the GOP field.
Communications & Media

Pick A Slogan For The Occupy Movement


OCCUPY: WHAT WOULD DON DRAPER DO?
By Phillip Martin
It's your turn to play Don Draper. What slogan would really set the Occupy movement’s cause on fire? Some of your ideas are....
WGBH SPECIAL REPORT

Occupy: What Would Don Draper Do?


PICK YOUR OWN OCCUPY SLOGAN
By Phillip Martin
The Occupy movement has taken a beating in the press and elsewhere — and finds its image in desperate need of repair. For a fix, we look to an unlikely source: the advertising industry.
Election 2012

The Strategy Behind Early Senate Ads


By Sarah Birnbaum
The onslaught of campaign ads makes most voters dizzy — especially when they appear almost a full year before an election. Are Mass. Senate candidates wasting their money?
ISSUES & IDEAS

Today At WGBH: TEDx New England


By WGBH News
Watch at your computer on November 1 as thinkers discuss innovations and ideas worth acting on at the WGBH studios.
TECHNOLOGY

Experts Warn Against Digital 'Babysitters'


THE EMILY ROONEY SHOW: CHILDREN IN A TOUCH-SCREEN WORLD
GREATER BOSTON: MANDATORY IPADS IN THE CLASSROOM
By WGBH News
Touch-screen devices and tablets can be educational for children, experts said — but parents have to be in charge.
War & Conflict

War Letters


WATCH PREVIEW
By American Experience
Watch War Letters on American Experience. Bringing you letters from the Revolutionary War to the Persian Gulf War. Bringing to life eyewitnessaccounts of famous battles, intimate declarations of love and longing, letters written just moments before the writer was killed, and the heartbreaking "Dear John" leters from home. Airs May 31, 2011
Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley with Rick Steves


WATCH
Travel writer Rick Steves says Americans shouldn't get sidetracked by how they are perceived when traveling to foreign countries.

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