Inside Media

Inside Media gives Newseum visitors the story behind the story through interviews with journalists and newsmakers. The program format offers the audience an opportunity to ask questions or make comments.

The Photography of Ted Polumbaum 09/10/2016

The Photography of Ted Polumbaum Judy Polumbaum, daughter of photojournalist Ted Polumbaum, talks about her new book, “Juxtapositions: Images From the Newseum Ted Polumbaum Photo Collection,” the first major volume of selections from the 200,000-image Polumbaum collection, the largest individual photo collection held by the Newseum. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4683154

The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War 08/27/2016

The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War Doug Bradley and Craig Werner talk about their new book “We Gotta Get Out of This Place,” which explores how and why U.S. troops turned to music as a way of coping with the complexities of the war. Through personal stories from Vietnam veterans, the book demonstrates how music was important for veterans of all races, gender and military rank. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4646274

Election 2016 Update With The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake 07/16/2016

Election 2016 Update With The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake On the eve of the Republican national convention in Cleveland, Aaron Blake of The Washington Post provides an insider’s look at the 2016 elections, with previews of both the GOP and Democratic conventions. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4580901

CNN Contributor S.E. Cupp 07/09/2016

CNN Contributor S.E. Cupp On the opening week of the Newseum’s newest exhibit CNN contributor S.E. Cupp discusses the role of Colonial journalists in spreading the news about the Declaration of Independence. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4580917

Courage in Photojournalism 06/10/2016

Courage in Photojournalism Adriane Ohanesian, winner of the 2016 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, and Paula Bronstein, who received honorable mention, discuss their award-winning work in Africa and parts of Asia. Ohanesian and Bronstein are joined by Heidi Levine, who won the award in 2015, and moderator Elisa Lees Muñoz, executive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4480086

James Meredith, the Integration of Ole Miss and the March Against Fear 06/04/2016

James Meredith, the Integration of Ole Miss and the March Against Fear On the 50th anniversary of the “March Against Fear,” Judy Meredith, wife of civil rights leader James Meredith, talks about the attempted assassination of her husband during the march. The panel discussion also features Sidna Brower Mitchell, who was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper The Daily Mississippian in 1962, and Henry Gallagher, the officer in charge of Meredith’s security detail in 1962 and author of “James Meredith and the Ole Miss Riot: A Soldier’s Story.” William Doyle, who co-authored James Meredith’s memoir “A Mission From God,” moderates. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4428734

“60 Minutes” Correspondent Lesley Stahl 05/14/2016

“60 Minutes” Correspondent Lesley Stahl “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl talks about her new book, “Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting,” which explores how becoming a grandmother transforms a woman’s life. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4428731

Protecting the President 05/07/2016

Protecting the President Former Secret Service agent Clint Hill talks about his new memoir, “Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford,” which chronicles an eventful career that witnessed history up close. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4375853

The Life of Newspaper Giant Roy Howard 05/01/2016

The Life of Newspaper Giant Roy Howard Author Patricia Beard talks about her new book “Newsmaker: Roy W. Howard, the Mastermind Behind the Scripps-Howard News Empire From the Gilded Age to the Atomic Age.” Beard is joined by Pamela Howard, Roy’s granddaughter, wrote the prologue to the book. She discusses her grandfather’s legacy. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4347650

Spotlight on Freedom 04/27/2016

Spotlight on Freedom Following the unveiling of the Newseum’s updated press freedom map, reflecting changes in the state of world press freedom in 2015, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dana Priest moderated a program examining press freedom throughout the world. Panelists included ProPublica president Richard Tofel, award-winning independent journalist Anna Therese Day, Freedom House vice president for analysis Vanessa Tucker and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reporter Will Fitzgibbon. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4347477

Diane Rehm 04/23/2016

Diane Rehm Diane Rehm, host of the NPR national radio program talks about her new memoir “On My Own,” which chronicles her life after the death of her husband, John, from the effects of Parkinson’s disease. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4347267

The History of the Presidential Primary 04/21/2016

The History of the Presidential Primary Author Geoffrey Cowan talks about his new book “Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary.” The book chronicles the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign to challenge his handpicked successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican Party nomination. To overcome the power of the incumbent, Roosevelt seized on the idea of presidential primaries, telling bosses everywhere to “Let the people rule.” /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4347163

The Social Election 04/16/2016

The Social Election On the opening weekend of the Newseum’s newest exhibit CNN’s Brian Stelter moderates a discussionon how digital and social media have transformed politicalcampaigns. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4339026

NPR’s Kelly McEvers on Covering Global Conflict 04/02/2016

NPR’s Kelly McEvers on Covering Global Conflict Kelly McEvers, co-host of NPR’s <a href="http://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/" target="_blank">“All Things Considered,”</a> talks about hosting the award-winning afternoon newsmagazine and her past work covering hot spots around the globe. She will also talk about her new podcast “Embedded” which takes stories from the news and takes you to where they are happening. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4290096

Election 2016 Update With Pollsters Margie Omero and Kristen Soltis Anderson 03/19/2016

Election 2016 Update With Pollsters Margie Omero and Kristen Soltis Anderson Margie Omero and Kristen Soltis Anderson, co-hosts of podcast, discuss campaign 2016 and the rise of political podcasts. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4290093

Election 2016 Update With Politico’s Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman 03/12/2016

Election 2016 Update With Politico’s Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman Politico correspondents Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman provide an insider’s view of the 2016 election year and the presidential and congressional campaigns. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4290090

Oscar Preview With Washington Post Film Critic Ann Hornaday 02/28/2016

Oscar Preview With Washington Post Film Critic Ann Hornaday Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday previews the 88th annual Academy Awards and discusses some of the biggest hits — and misses — of the year. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4186985

The Capital Weather Gang 02/13/2016

The Capital Weather Gang Jason Samenow, Angela Fritz and Kevin Ambrose, members of the Washington Post’s popular blog will talk about the science of forecasting, current climate trends and why so many of us are obsessed with the weather. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4158011

CBS News’s Nancy Cordes on Campaign 2016 02/06/2016

CBS News’s Nancy Cordes on Campaign 2016 CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes discusses the presidential campaign and previews the critical Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4142689

The Story of the Unabomber 01/31/2016

The Story of the Unabomber David Kaczynski, brother of Ted Kaczynski, whom the FBI branded the “Unabomber,” talks about his new memoir “Every Last Tie: The Story of the Unabomber and His Family.” /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4121846

100 Years of Pulitzer 01/30/2016

100 Years of Pulitzer Roy Harris Jr. and Doug Pardue will talk about the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s highest honor that each year recognizes the best in reporting, commentary, criticism and photography. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4121840

Charlie Hebdo: One Year Later 01/09/2016

Charlie Hebdo: One Year Later Pulitzer Prizing-winning editorial cartoonists Ann Telnaes of The Washington Post and Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News will talk about the role of political cartoonists and will reflect on the one-year anniversary of the and the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4080814

The U.S. Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis 12/19/2015

The U.S. Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis Caren Bohan, editor in charge of U.S. Politics for Reuters, and Kathleen Newland, senior fellow and co-founder of the Migration Policy Institute, discuss the Syrian refugee crisis and the U.S. response amid national security concerns. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/4031215

The Press and Vietnam 11/21/2015

The Press and Vietnam Author Theasa Tuohy talks about her new book, “The Five O’Clock Follies,” a fact-based novel about a female journalist covering the Vietnam War. The book is the story of a feisty, pioneering correspondent who dares to invade the male enclave of front-line journalism. Tuohy describes pivotal moments of the war, including the Tet Offensive, the siege of Khe Sanh, soldiers on the line and the injuries they sustained. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/3989048

Today’s FBI 11/14/2015

Today’s FBI On the opening weekend of the Newseum’s newly updated exhibit, former FBI deputy director Timothy P. Murphy and journalist Garrett Graff talk about how the agency is taking on a new generation of international terrorists. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/3958279

Terror in Little Saigon 11/07/2015

Terror in Little Saigon reporter A.C. Thompson and contributing producer Tony Nguyen talk about their new report investigating the reign of terror that led to the assassination of five Vietnamese American journalists during the 1980s. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/3948880

Baseball in D.C. 10/17/2015

Baseball in D.C. Sports communications strategist Frederic Frommer and former Washington Senators public address announcer Phil Hochberg talk about the history of baseball in Washington, D.C. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/3893016

The Life of Thurgood Marshall 10/10/2015

The Life of Thurgood Marshall Best-selling author Wil Haygood talks about his new book, “Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America.” The book profiles the first African American Supreme Court justice using the contentious five-day Senate hearing to confirm Marshall in 1967 as a framing device for his life story. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/3892936

G-Men and Gangsters 09/27/2015

G-Men and Gangsters Joe Urschel, executive director of the National Law Enforcement Museum, talks about his new book “The Year of Fear: Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the Nation.” The book tells the thrilling story of the hunt for notorious gangster George “Machine Gun” Kelly and how it launched the FBI and an obscure federal bureaucrat named J. Edgar Hoover. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/3844599

Photojournalists on Covering Global Crisis 09/19/2015

Photojournalists on Covering Global Crisis On the opening weekend of the Newseum’s newest exhibit Emmy award-winning journalist Ann Curry moderates a panel of photo and video journalists who discuss how their work brings a sharpened focus on critical development issues. /episode/index/show/insidemedia/id/3820201

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