Ryan said: Chris Amico's background and debriefing on Newshour's State of the Union application, which added analysis and video to a transcript of the President's speech as he presented it. Quote:
On the editorial side, the app hits a NewsHour sweet spot: The show's core competency is finding interesting people to talk about interesting things. The broadcast loves nothing more than three wonkish experts sitting around a table going back and forth on an issue for 15 minutes. We wanted to bring that kind of analysis to the State of the Union in a granular in and compelling way.Added: January 29, 2010 at 10:17AM EST
Ryan said: Jim Lehrer's rules for practicing journalism, delivered on the last broadcast of Newshour with Jim Lehrer as it modernized this month. Quote:
Assume the viewer is as smart and as caring and as good a person as I am.Added: December 23, 2009 at 4:04PM EST