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- -: Protecting Press Freedoms Worldwide

May 17, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

President Obama signs the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act in the Oval Office. The act helps reinforce the Nations commitment to press freedom around the world by directing the State Department to compile a report listing countries where such freedoms are violated. May 17, 2010.

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- -: Daniel Kish: Blind Vision

November 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Kish's organization, World Access for the Blind, trains the visually impaired to achieve greater freedom and mobility through echolocation, a technique that simulates a bat's night vision of perceiving the environment through sound.

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- -: "The Daily Show" of Iran

November 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Saman Arbabi and Kambiz Hosseini started a satirical television show, Parazit, broadcast on Voice of America. Today, it is an international phenomenon, drawing more than 700,000 followers. They use the power of satire combined with content from citizens on the street to expose injustices happenin...

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- -: War Journalism: Meeting a Warlord on the Pakistani Border

October 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dexter Filkins recalls his meeting with a tribal warlord on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. ----- The New Yorker Festival presents: Reporting from the Edge: Covering Conflict. This program ...

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- -: Financial Blogging: Attack an Issue and Create a Brand

October 31, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/big_picture_conference_2011 Henry Blodget, editor and CEO of The Business Insider, and Howard Lindzon, co-founder and CEO of StockTwits, share advice about how to stand out in the sea of social media. "Speaking from the heart, attacking an issue," adv...

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Thomas Friedman: Listen to Your Heart

June 5, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)

Thomas L. Friedman shares with the Williams College class of 2005 a few simple life lessons he learned while treading the path of a journalist through the years.

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Wadah Khanfar: A Historic Moment in the Arab World

March 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Wadah Khanfar explains how responsible journalism and the internet became one of the biggest factors for the Arab world to change history.

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Source: TED

James Nachtwey: James Nachtwey's Searing Photos of War

March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)

In this talk, Photojournalist James Nachtwey shows us his searing images of war. He tells us what led him to be a photographer and provides a narrative of the work of a documentary photographer. He immerses us in images that talk to people, touch our hearts, inspire action, and change history's c...

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Source: TED

Barack Obama: The President Gets Laughs at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

May 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Barack Obama jokes about his first one hundred days in service and throws friendly banter to different people. He then tops his dinner speech with a serious note about responsible journalism.

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Source: The White House

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