News Knowledge

This is the third of three episodes featuring former newsman Morton Dean. It focuses on his experiences as a reporter for CBS and ABC in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kosovo, and Vietnam, and on his new documentary American Medevac, in which he tells the story of his efforts to reunite Vietnam helicopter pilots with some of the soldiers they rescued.

This is the second of three episodes featuring former newsman Morton Dean, who discusses his recent documentary, American Medevac, as well as other interesting chapters in his decades-long career as a news reporter and anchor for CBS and ABC.

This episode features a conversation with former CBS and ABC newsman Morton Dean about his experiences in Cuba and Vietnam, and his new documentary American Medevac, which tells the story of his efforts to reunite Vietnam helicopter pilots with some of the soldiers they rescued.

This News Knowledge episode features a conversation with Ken Paulson, president of the Newseum Institute's First Amendment Center and dean of the College of Media and Entertainment at Middle Tennessee State University.

An edited version of the audio soundtrack of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive's 50th anniversary celebration.

This News Knowledge episode features a conversation with Congressman Jim Cooper, who has represented Tennessee's 5th District in the US House of Representatives since 2003.

This is the second of two episodes focusing on the collaboration between NASA scientist Rick Chappell and broadcast journalist Jim Hartz at Vanderbilt University. In this episode Rick and Jim discuss the recommendations contained in their book "Worlds Apart" regarding the communication of science and technology through the media to the public, with additional context provided by Vanderbilt University Chancellor Emeritus Joe Wyatt.

This is the first of two episodes focusing on the collaboration between NASA scientist Rick Chappell and broadcast journalist Jim Hartz at Vanderbilt University. In this episode Rick and Jim discuss their careers and connections to the US space program, which eventually led them to co-author a book, entitled "Worlds Apart," detailing their recommendations for improving how scientists and journalists communicate science to the public.

This podcast is the second of two episodes focusing on the Iranian hostage crisis, which began on November 4th, 1979 and lasted until January 20th, 1981, and features excerpts of recent interviews with George Washington University Professor William Adams, former George Washington University Television News Study Center Director Fay Scheibman McGrew, and former CBS News foreign correspondent Tom Fenton.

This podcast is the first of two episodes focusing on the Iranian hostage crisis, which began on November 4th, 1979 and lasted until January 20th, 1981, and features excerpts of a recent interview with former CBS News foreign correspondent Tom Fenton.

One clarification from Tom Fenton: "I was in Wiesbaden, Germany to see the arrival of the released hostages, not in Algeria."