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News media give a free ride to anti-Donald Trump video

A new video from a pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC has gotten a lot of free air time — and includes none of the usual political ad disclosures because the PAC campaigns its a web video, not an ad.

News media give a free ride to anti-Donald Trump video
Mexico City pollution

Network news coverage of climate change dropped, on average, in 2015

Network news coverage of climate change dropped, on average, in 2015
China's President Xi Jinping

China's state news agency warns against April Fools' — no joke

China's state news agency warns against April Fools' — no joke
Malule González (left) and her team work on the news rundown in the Radio and TV Martí newsroom in Miami.

With a thaw in US-Cuba relations, this Cold War broadcaster from Miami is at a crossroads

With a thaw in US-Cuba relations, this Cold War broadcaster from Miami is at a crossroads
UN peacekeeping camp for displaced people in Bentiu, South Sudan.

A 360 degree view of the famine in South Sudan

A 360 degree view of the famine in South Sudan
An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture illustration taken February 18, 2016.

A trove of ISIS documents are now in the hands of German and British media

German and British media have reported that they have received a trove of documents that belonged to ISIS. According to these outlets, a former ISIS member had defected from the group, taking along with him memory sticks that contained internal documents.

A trove of ISIS documents are now in the hands of German and British media
Riot police fires tear gas at protesters during clashes after a protest against the execution of prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi authorities in village of Sitra south of Manama, Bahrain, January 5, 2016.

An American reporter speaks out about her detention in Bahrain

Reporter Anna Therese Day and her camera crew were held in Bahrain for 48 hours. They were released after a back and forth between the US and Bahrain government.

An American reporter speaks out about her detention in Bahrain
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Just one of the remarkable people who you've heard in the past 20 years of The World

As 2015 draws to a close, The World's host Marco Werman looks back at the show's humble beginnings — through the lens of one of his favorite interviews.

Just one of the remarkable people who you've heard in the past 20 years of The World
Peter Herford, former CBS producer and executive, & journalism teacher

From JFK to Black Lives Matter, he's seen journalism up close. And he's more optimistic than ever about it.

Over the past half century, Americans have gone from getting most of their news from the three big networks, to having unprecedented choices in news sources, thanks to the Internet. Navigating those choices, and deciding who to trust, is still a challenge. But Peter Herford, a former writer for Walter Cronkite and producer for 60 Minutes, reflects on his 60 years in journalism and says, for consumers of news, it's never been better.

From JFK to Black Lives Matter, he's seen journalism up close. And he's more optimistic than ever about it.
Afghan television journalist Sami Mahdi.

Television in Afghanistan is pushing boundaries, and viewers like what they see

Afghan journalists like Samiullah Mahdi are creating popular, controversial TV programs that take big risks to reach an eager audience.

Television in Afghanistan is pushing boundaries, and viewers like what they see
Kenya

Kenya basically bans all drone use — despite potential benefits they may yield

There is vast potential for drone use in the developing world. In recent years, an explosion of initiatives has popped up across the continent of Africa, from unmanned peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Facebook’s high-hovering drones that bring the Internet to remote places. But the technology has proliferated faster than regulations can keep up. A couple countries have banned them altogether, including Kenya. Recent terrorist attacks have much to do with the restrictions there, but innovators think the country has more to gain from drones than it has to lose.

Kenya basically bans all drone use — despite potential benefits they may yield
Iraqi couple

The former 'Walter Cronkite' of Iraq is now living as an unknown in Philadelphia

What's it like to go from being well-known back home to anonymity in your new country? Bajhat Abdulwahed can tell you.

The former 'Walter Cronkite' of Iraq is now living as an unknown in Philadelphia
Peter Donaldson

How the BBC planned for the end of the world

Former BBC announcer Peter Donaldson the voice Brits heard in the event of a nuclear attack. Fortunately, that never happened. And Donaldson died Tuesday, at the age of 70.

How the BBC planned for the end of the world

Finding Azam is a symbol of hope — of what we can do to help refugees

Chaker Khazaal, a former refugee, felt a special duty to help the world find Azam, a Syrian refugee who went missing after being featured on a BBC news program. And it was with incredible relief that he greeted news Azam had in fact been found.

Finding Azam is a symbol of hope — of what we can do to help refugees
Umaru Fofana is one of Africa's most respected journalists. But he says that covering Ebola tested him in ways he never expected

Umaru Fofana says he 'had to let the world know' about Ebola

Umaru Fofana is one of Africa's most respected journalists. But when he covered the Ebola epidemic in his own country of Sierra Leone, he knew there was no prospect of an evacuation or special medical treatment if he became infected.

Umaru Fofana says he 'had to let the world know' about Ebola