In the classic American movie “His Girl Friday” starring Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant much of the action is in the press room of a prison in the hours before an execution. We see the newspapermen (and the lone woman played by Rosalind Russell) call in stories to their rewrite people – stories that the newspapermen have totally fabricated, having neither ventured from the comfort of the press room nor interviewed anyone in authority.

Two student journalists from Rice University in Texas are now in Hollywood, where they will get an opportunity to report from the Oscars Sunday. Faheem Ahmed and Anish Patel will have a spot on the red carpet and a chance to interview some of their favorite stars.

Washington, DC – Nearly 350 hundred years ago, readers at London coffeeshops snapped up reports on topics that are still mainstays of today’s presses: international conflicts, natural disasters, crime, and news of the exotic and strange. Breaking News: Renaissance Journalism and the Birth of the Newspaper explores the history of how news was made, shared, printed, distributed, formatted, and debated in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries—a ripe time, as now, for journalists.

Prognosis Dire, political columnist Robert Novak Retires.

Tony Snow, former White House Press Secretary and "Fox News Sunday" anchor, dies of cancer at age 53.

Congressional leaders, journalists and others are remembering Tim Russert, a prominent U.S. journalist who died of a heart attack last week.

That's not an accusation. NBC News anchor Brian Williams actually comes right out and says it in response to complaints that he's been silent about a recent New York Times article regarding retired generals and other military officers who analyze the war in Iraq for NBC and other news organizations.

Journalists are no longer allowed to go any higher than base camp on Mount Everest, when visiting the Nepalese side of the mountain, which is the worlds highest. This comes after new regulations from the Government of Nepal restricted access to the mountain for all journalists.

The 2008 White House Correspondents' Association dinner took place on April 26th at the Washington Hilton Hotel. White House Correspondents Association President and ABC News White House Correspondent Ann Compton announced that Craig Ferguson was the featured entertainer.

John McWethy, a heroic journalist and DePauw University graduate dies in a ski accident.

China has freed a Hong Kong-based reporter for a Singaporean newspaper. The journalist served about half of a five year jail sentence. He had been accused of spying for Taiwan. As VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing, the release comes just before the Lunar New Year holiday, the most important Chinese celebration.

Killing of Armenian Turkish journalist Hrant Dink a year ago in Istanbul, Turkey, proves no watershed.