Journalist Martin Adler courageously recorded warfare in Somalia, Liberia, and 38 other countries, helping define the way Americans saw foreign conflicts for more than a decade. This program brings together some of Adler's award-winning photos and footage to present a riveting profile of an extraordinary man. "I want to go to the places no one else goes to, and I want to listen to the people nobody else listens to," Adler once said. Women sweeping...

Far from embracing the existentialism he is often associated with, Albert Camus was a social activist and staunch believer in the positive potential of the human race. In this program excerpts from private film archives and a variety of interviews document Camus' career as a journalist concerned with social justice. From his early years in Algeria writing about poverty and oppression to the underground newspaper he edited for the French Resistance,...

Formed decades ago from a small pool of data sources, the Internet has grown into a seemingly endless ocean of information-in which today's young researcher can easily get lost. This video introduces strategic, study-related online search methods that teenage or college-level viewers may not be familiar with, especially if they're accustomed to the more recreational side of the Internet. Outlining ways to formulate initial questions about a topic,...

Human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya was the 211th Russian journalist to be killed since the Soviet Union's collapse. This documentary investigates how she died while covering both president Vladimir Putin and the Chechen conflict. Features incisive commentary and interviews with key figures.

Let's face it," the founder of a super PAC recently told Mother Jones magazine, "Politics in this country is coin-operated." True enough, as evidenced by the billions projected to be spent in the 2012 elections - untold amounts of it unleashed by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. But even with all that money being cashed in, the check-writers remain largely hidden, including those who helped Scott Walker out-fundraise his Democratic challenger...

This episode traces the fortunes and fates of the European royal dynasties during the first half of the 20th century. Narrator Lesley Sharp links sequences showing an era of war, revolution, assassination and abdication. Includes footage of Queen Victoria at her diamond jubilee celebrations; Victoria's funeral; Edward VII out hunting; Tsar Nicholas II of Russia; Victor Emmanuel of Italy; Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany; Franz Josef of Austria in Sarajevo;...

As Panama’s economy sizzles, the tiny country is being is threatened by the same lethal mix of guns, drugs and dirty money that has brought chaos elsewhere in Central America. And the U.S. government has taken notice. Plus, an interview on the state of journalism and technology with literary giant Gay Talese.

C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb discusses the network he started and his fight to get cameras into the Supreme Court. Founded on March 19, 1979, C-SPAN first aired proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives. Over the next 35 years, C-SPAN would expand its offerings to include coverage of the Senate, a wide variety of interview programs and live events, Book TV, radio broadcasts, and much more. American politics and media would never be the same. Despite...

"The five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and New York Times bestselling author of Stonewalled and The Smear uncovers how partisan bias and gullibility are destroying American journalism"--

Two-time Peabody Award-winning writer and producer Ira Rosen reveals the intimate, untold stories of his decades at America's most iconic news show. It's a 60 Minutes story on 60 Minutes itself.