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By Felix Gillette 6/11/09 8:00pm

PBS’s Woodruff Chronicles the Struggles of Young Finance Majors

Ever since the U.S. economy started sinking, countless TV news correspondents and anchors have set out on cross-country road trips to touch base with how Americans in the heartland are coping with the downturn.

Next week on PBS's NewsHour, Judy Woodruff will check in with a slightly more rarefied demographic of folks Read More

By Felix Gillette 5/19/08 2:08pm

PBS’ NewsHour Suffering from Major Budget Shortfall

A few weeks ago, facing the worst budget crunch of its 25-year history, PBS' "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" froze salaries at the show and put on hold company contributions to 401(K) retirement funds, according to a report today in the New York Times.

"The financial squeeze was precipitated last summer when Archer Daniels Read More

By Felix Gillette 2/21/08 11:21pm

Jim Lehrer Won’t Have to ‘Do Fisticuffs’ on Chip McGrath After All

Jim Lehrer, the longtime anchor of NewsHour on PBS is upset with an article in the New York Times.

No, not that article.

In his bedroom, this past Sunday morning, Mr. Lehrer pored over a piece in the Times by writer-at-large Charles McGrath, entitled "Is PBS Still Necessary?"

"I was stunned," said Mr. Lehrer.

In Read More

The New York Observer

NewsHour

PBS’s Woodruff Chronicles the Struggles of Young Finance Majors

PBS’ NewsHour Suffering from Major Budget Shortfall

Jim Lehrer Won’t Have to ‘Do Fisticuffs’ on Chip McGrath After All

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