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  • Is Wall Street Still “Untouchable”?

    FRONTLINE - Latest Stories
    21 May 2013 | 11:05 am
    In "The Untouchables," which re-airs tonight on FRONTLINE, correspondent Martin Smith examines why not one major Wall Street executive has been prosecuted for fraud tied to the sale of bad mortgages.

  • The Dirt: This Week in Nature

    Nature
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    17 May 2013 | 12:53 pm
    New World Record for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Some world records provide a reason to celebrate. Not this one. It is estimated that in the late eighteenth century, carbon dioxide levels in the air would have been about 280 ppm (parts per million). Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory has been measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide levels since 1958. The carbon dioxide reading from Mauna Loa that year was around 315 ppm. Last week, for the first time in millions of years, the carbon dioxide measurement at the observatory exceeded 400 ppm. More at New York Times. Animal Adopters. In both domestic…

  • Deadly Crocodiles Down Under

    NOVA | PBS
    2 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    Australians try to live safely with giant saltwater reptiles that will eat just about anything—including people.

  • Keeping Frontline on the Firing Line

    PBS Ombudsman
    17 May 2013 | 10:40 am
    Like a lot of folks of a certain age, I've watched programs on PBS for many, many years, long before I signed on as ombudsman. Mostly I watched documentaries and public affairs programs. Many of the iconic figures and faces...

  • “Stuck” and Why We Shouldn’t Discount Documentaries Used Primarily as Tools for Change

    POV Documentary Blog (Combined Feed)
    22 May 2013 | 10:22 am
    The Stuck documentary tour bus at a stop in New York City. The film is also available to watch on-demand at stuckdocumentary.com. There’s a world of documentary that most who observe or take part in the documentary industry never see. They’re like two ships in the night passing by. Or, rather, two buses. I came to this thinking when I was walking down 23rd street in Manhattan and stumbled on a giant tour bus that had been decorated with images of children and the phrase, “More than a movie. It’s a movement,” and “Stuck documentary.” When was the last…
 
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  • The Dirt: This Week in Nature

    fultonk
    17 May 2013 | 12:53 pm
    New World Record for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Some world records provide a reason to celebrate. Not this one. It is estimated that in the late eighteenth century, carbon dioxide levels in the air would have been about 280 ppm (parts per million). Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory has been measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide levels since 1958. The carbon dioxide reading from Mauna Loa that year was around 315 ppm. Last week, for the first time in millions of years, the carbon dioxide measurement at the observatory exceeded 400 ppm. More at New York Times. Animal Adopters. In both domestic…

  • Great Zebra Exodus: Video: Full Film

    fultonk
    16 May 2013 | 6:57 am
    Watch the film Great Zebra Exodus online: (View full post to see video) Botswana’s Makgadikgadi Pans are home to the largest zebra population in southern Africa, but it’s not an easy life. There is no permanent water in the arid saltpans, so thousands of zebras are dependent on isolated summer rains for their survival. Fleeting thundershowers produce islands of grass scattered across the otherwise barren landscape. When the seasonal storms end, and the dry season begins, the striped nomads start their long trek west to the Boteti River for fresh drinking water. There, water is plentiful,…

  • Great Zebra Exodus: Infographic: All About the Plains Zebra

    fultonk
    13 May 2013 | 9:28 am
    Zebras are social African equids best known for their unmistakable black-and-white stripes. Their distinctive striped coat serves a number of functions—for example, the pattern of stripes, unique to each animal, helps them identify one another, and when in a large group, these stripes also make it difficult for predators to isolate an individual prey to chase. Today, there are three species: the plains zebra (Equus quagga), the Grévy’s zebra (Equus grevyi) and the mountain zebra (Equus zebra). The plains zebra, by far the most common and geographically widespread of the three, is…

  • The Dirt: This Week in Nature

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    10 May 2013 | 2:44 pm
    Hobbyist Bioengineering. On the heels of recent news that readily available 3­D printers and computer software can be used to manufacture firearms at home, New York Times reporter Andrew Pollack discusses another controversial cottage industry ­­ synthetic biology. The goals of the amateur group in this case appear sanguine: to produce plants that glow in the dark courtesy of an implantable gene from bioluminescent marine plants. The group already has raised money online, and is embarking on gene transplantation, the cost of which has been reduced to the hobbyist level by technological…

  • Great Zebra Exodus: Video: Posturing Meerkat Pups

    fultonk
    9 May 2013 | 8:59 am
    In the Botswana’s Makgadikgadi Pans, meerkat pups struggle to master the animal’s signature upright posture while the adults go in search of food. An adult will often stay behind and babysit the pups while the other meerkats are away from the den. “Great Zebra Exodus” premieres Wednesday, May 15 at 8/7c on PBS. (View full post to see video)
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  • Deadly Crocodiles Down Under

    2 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    Australians try to live safely with giant saltwater reptiles that will eat just about anything—including people.

  • The Limits of Facial Recognition

    2 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    Our incomplete understanding of how humans perceive faces may be hindering advances in automated face recognition.

  • Manhunt—Boston Bombers

    2 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    Which technologies worked—and which didn't—in the race to track down the men behind the marathon attack?

  • Dual Epidemics Threaten Koalas

    18 Apr 2013 | 7:00 am
    Devastated by disease, an iconic Australian species gets help from science and the public.

  • When to Worry About the Flu

    18 Apr 2013 | 7:00 am
    New strains are worrisome, but science offers a number of reasons why you shouldn't panic.
 
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    PBS Ombudsman

  • Keeping Frontline on the Firing Line

    17 May 2013 | 10:40 am
    Like a lot of folks of a certain age, I've watched programs on PBS for many, many years, long before I signed on as ombudsman. Mostly I watched documentaries and public affairs programs. Many of the iconic figures and faces...

  • Sliding Down Journalism's Slippery Slope

    23 Apr 2013 | 2:43 pm
    Every course for beginners in journalism starts out with something called "The Five Ws." They stand for: Who, What, When, Where and Why. They are at the root of factual, investigative pursuits — not just in journalism. The formulation dates...

  • Taking Note, and Not Taking Note

    17 Apr 2013 | 2:08 pm
    The first part of the headline on this brief column, "Taking Note," is the title of a widely-read blog by veteran PBS NewsHour and Frontline education correspondent John Merrow. In January, I wrote about a Frontline program featuring Merrow's reporting...

  • 'Speak No Ill of the Dead'

    10 Apr 2013 | 1:42 pm
    Yesterday, I posted a brief column taking note of how informative the PBS NewsHour can be, and usually is, even when there are no big headlines, as was the case last Friday. The headline on the column read: "Above Average...

  • Above Average on an Average Day

    9 Apr 2013 | 2:19 pm
    Over the course of any year, the hour-long, five-nights-a-week PBS NewsHour probably gets more than its share of the mail that comes to the ombudsman. That's not surprising. It's PBS's only daily news program and those who watch are people...
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    POV Documentary Blog (Combined Feed)

  • “Stuck” and Why We Shouldn’t Discount Documentaries Used Primarily as Tools for Change

    22 May 2013 | 10:22 am
    The Stuck documentary tour bus at a stop in New York City. The film is also available to watch on-demand at stuckdocumentary.com. There’s a world of documentary that most who observe or take part in the documentary industry never see. They’re like two ships in the night passing by. Or, rather, two buses. I came to this thinking when I was walking down 23rd street in Manhattan and stumbled on a giant tour bus that had been decorated with images of children and the phrase, “More than a movie. It’s a movement,” and “Stuck documentary.” When was the last…

  • Lucy Winer (“Kings Park”) on Making a Career in Documentary Filmmaking

    22 May 2013 | 7:35 am
    Filmmaker Lucy Winer (Kings Park, Golden Threads, Rate It X) outside Kings Park State Hospital, where she was a patient in the 1960′s. (Photo by Jason D. Brown) Fans of POV will recognize Lucy Winer as one of the directors of Rate It X (POV 1988, with Paula de Koenigsberg) and Golden Threads (POV 1999, with Karen Eaton). For more than 30 years, Winer has been making acclaimed documentaries about social issues spanning sexism, gay rights and HIV/AIDS. For her latest film, Kings Park, she’s decided to tell her own story, about being committed to Kings Park State Hospital in Long…

  • POV Kicks Off Dumbo Filmmaker Meetups Next Week with IFP and Dumbo BID

    17 May 2013 | 11:46 am
    POV will be kicking off the DUMBO Filmmaker Meetup series next Thursday, May 23 from 6:30-8 PM at the POV offices in DUMBO, Brooklyn. POV will co-host the first event with IFP and Dumbo Improvement District and then pass it along to other DUMBO-based organizations to host at different locations each month. This is going to be a great opportunity to build community among the DUMBO and Brooklyn Navy Yard filmmaking populations. Visit our Meetup group page for more details and to RSVP for the event: www.meetup.com/DUMBO-Filmmaker-Meetup/. Get more documentary film news and features: Subscribe…

  • For Filmmakers: Documentary Filmmaking Resources from POV

    17 May 2013 | 10:32 am
    View POV’s resources for filmmakers » We recently launched a new section of our website aimed at helping independent documentary filmmakers accomplish critical tasks such as finding funding, the right online distribution tools and “engagement” strategists. So now you can stop Googling for hours and just bookmark our Resources for Filmmakers page instead! Expect more lists in the near future, but as of now our Resources for Filmmakers section features six essential resource lists and is already a one-stop shop for documentary filmmakers on the web. Three of these lists…

  • Upcoming POV Screenings

    17 May 2013 | 8:08 am
    Visit our local events calendar for a full listing and join our Community Network to host a screening of your own! And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @POVengage to stay connected to the latest news and screening information from Community Engagement and Education. San Francisco, CA Herman’s House Sunday, May 19, 2013, 5:00PM Join We Players for a screening of the new documentary film Herman’s House on Alcatraz Island followed by a panel discussion with director (and former WE Player!) Angad Singh Bhalla. For more information, call 415-547-0189. Chattanooga, TN Only…
 
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  • WETA Around Town Events: May 24 - 26

    WETA Programming
    22 May 2013 | 8:25 am
    This Memorial Day weekend there’s plenty to do in the Washington, DC area besides going to the National Mall. Check out some of these DMV events this weekend.   E.T. Sometimes the best way to unwind after a long week is to discover or revisit a good movie. On Friday, The Alden Theatre of McLean Community Center is presenting E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial during their free Family Movie Night. This 1982 sci-fi film, directed by Steven Spielberg, is about a young boy named Elliott who finds a stranded extraterrestrial. Through trials and tribulations, he must find the courage to defy the…

  • The Ghost Army & Jake Shimabukuro

    WETA Programming
    21 May 2013 | 12:03 pm
    This week, WETA presents inspiring documentaries about creative forces. Tonight we learn about the soldiers who created fake war props in The Ghost Army and on Friday we join ukulele artist Jake Shimabukuro on a nine month tour across the US. The Ghost Army Whenever we go to the movies, we know that much of what we see on the screen isn’t real. We imagine talented prop makers on film sets in Hollywood, working to create the imagined world of the next big blockbuster. But what if those props were used to alter history? The documentary The Ghost Army tells the true tale of American G.I.s who…

  • This Week on WETA UK: May 20 – 26

    WETA Programming
    20 May 2013 | 12:05 pm
    Monday at 8:00pm watch the next episode of season six, Foyle’s War: Broken Souls. Someone murders a psychiatrist, and his colleague, an emigré Jew from Poland who is also Foyle's chess tutor, attempts suicide. But they're not the only ones on Foyle’s mind; a missing telegraph boy becomes a suspect when a German POW is found dead on a local farm. Tuesday at 11:00pm tune in for Benny Hill, the classic, slap-stick, skit-based, comedy show. This show airs late at night during the week, and Tuesday’s episode is sure to be a laugh! Wednesday at 8:00pm Inspector Morse begins a new season with…

  • Free Movies in DC | WETA Movies May 18 -19

    WETA Programming
    16 May 2013 | 11:47 am
    Inspiring tales of "the underdog" and film have always gone together like peanut butter and jelly andeven though those PB&Js might not taste as great as they did when you were 6, underdog films never get old. This Saturday, WETA presents two free movies about people at a disadvantage working hard to make a difference. First, we follow the big win of a small town basketball team in Hoosiers (1986) at 9:30pm. Next, learn about rape cover up of the U.S. military and its survivors in Independent Lens: The Invisible War. Hoosiers (1986) The small town of Hickory, Indiana loves basketball, so…

  • WETA Around Town Events: May 17 - 19

    WETA Programming
    15 May 2013 | 8:39 am
    This weeked in the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia area, expereince a one-of-a-kind event at the Kennedy Center and get a hefty dose of fine art in Reston. Read on for more details! The Intergalactic Nemesis: A Live-Action Graphic Novel Prepare for the landing of The Intergalactic Nemesis: A Live-Action Graphic Novel at The Kennedy  Center this weekend! Combining radio show and comic book elements, this unique production follows the story of reporter Molly Sloan, her assistant Timmy Mendez, and a librarian named Ben Wilcott as they face the threat of an invasion of sludge monsters…
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