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Aired: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 7-8PM ET
Dan Rather is stepping down after 24 years in the CBS anchor chair. Last December, his NBC counterpart, Tom Brokaw, retired after 22 years at the helm of NBC's nightly broadcast.
The depth of coverage by the Washington press corps has ebbed and flowed over the years. The associate historian of the U.S. senate, Donald Ritchie, has just written a history of journalists in the nation's capitol since 1932. It's full of anecdotes and explorations of how the Washington press corps has evolved.
Hear a discussion about news reporting from Washington, what's changed and what's stayed the same during the past century of political journalism.
| · | Donald Ritchie, associate historian of the United States Senate | | · | Jay Rosen, associate professor of journalism at New York University | | · | Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and senior editor at the Atlantic Monthly. |
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The Future of Broadcast News |
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Dan Rather's sign-off earlier this evening and Tom Brokaw's retirement from NBC last December have reshaped the face of network TV news and many are questioning its future.
Ratings for the big three network broadcasts have declined steadily since the 1980s, and the average age of their viewers has now reached 60.
Jack Shafer, editor-at-large at Slate.com, talks about the future of network TV news.
| · | Jack Shafer is Editor-at-Large at slate.com. His latest article looks at CBS and asks "What the Network Should do in the Post-Rather Era." |
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