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Historians put the presidential debates in perspective in this online forum hosted by the American Historical Association. Participants include Yale University’s Joanne Freeman, Purdue Unive…

Historian Richard Norton Smith, former Senator Adlai Stevenson III, and Newton Minow, who had worked for him, talked about the life and career of 1952 and 1956 Democratic presidential nomine…

Newt Minow talked about the history of presidential debates, his relationship with Former President John F. Kennedy, and the upcoming debates to be held prior to the 2020 presidential electi…

A panel marked the 50th anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 by discussing the educational uses of public broadcasting, including thoughts on the origins of Sesame Street and N…

Former FCC commissioners and one of the co-founders of NPR discussed the origins of public broadcasting at this event held to mark the 50th anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967…

Newt Minow talked about the evolution and role of debates in the political process, and how they are affected by the quickly changing landscape of the media.

Julius Genachowski and Newton Minow spoke about the future of the telecommunications industry, their experiences as chairmen at the Federal Communications Commission, and the impact of new t…

As an NBC news correspondent Mr. Vanocur was a questioner during the first 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate. During this commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the debates, he and the other p…

Professor Minow interviewed Mr. Alter onstage about his book, The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, published by Simon and Schuster. Mr. Alter explained that Presi…

Newton Minow is the vice chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates as well as the co-chair for the 1976 and 1980 presidential debates. He talked about the history of American presid…

Newton Minow was interviewed about his career in telecommunications. Mr. Minow, who served as the Federal Communications Commission chairman from 1961 to 1963, currently co-chairs the organi…

Author Robert Reich discussed his book The Future of Success, published by Knopf, which analyzed the new economy and its impact on Americans' work and personal lives. He asserted that the fa…

Former presidential aids spoke about how campaigns had changed over the past several decades. Through personal stories and anecdotes, they addressed a variety of issues including the influen…

Participants talked about process by which presidential debates are scheduled and addressed several issues surrounding third-party and alternative candidates' participation in presidential d…

Journalists and scholars analyzed local television news and the journalistic standards by which local news operates. They answered audience questions.

Participants discussed their ideas on the concept of service journalism. Jean Lemmon talked on the role of women’s magazines in providing information to readers to help with the problems and…

Jack Fuller, Tribune Publishing president, spoke about trends in journalism. He talked about the increase in competition for audience share and the decrease in journalistic ethics. Mr. Fulle…

President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore hosted a conference on children’s television at the White House. Participants spoke about how children can learn from television, what enter…

A panel of journalists, who covered the U.S. Supreme Court, gathered to talk about their book about the cases from the 1995 term entitled A Year in the Life of the Supreme Court. They talked…

In a conference hosted by Northwestern University’s Annenberg Washington Program the participants discussed federal, state and local telecommunications policy and ways in which the different…