Hello im Richard Gaisford and youre at the listening post on this program we track the global news media examine dominant narratives and spend more time critiquing journalism and celebrating it were not an award show but to mark the end of 2019 we wanted to examine a few cases where quality reporting the kind that speaks truth to power exposes wrongdoing and helps rectify it has made an impact taking just 4 examples was not easy we wanted to get across geographies different kinds of stories various forms of media we settled on west africa and a documentary exposing Sexual Harassment on University Campuses hong kong 1st person videos capturing Police Brutality on the front lines of the protests there brazil a tale of corruption at the heart of the balsa not a government as well as the United States Investigative Journalism on the sex trafficking of children that has had International Ramifications journalists take a lot of heat some of them deserve it will be back on their case next wee
Boredom walk up the tower with its hall of to merge house and labyrinthine lanes this medieval town in the regional franconia insolvent germany barely seems to have changed since the 13th century. And its almost like being in a failing tail. This is the towns main market place. It has hosted a Christmas Market for over 500 years. Dont walk with its middle aged flair as one of the most romantic places in germany and now the lights in the Christmas Decorations make it even more special it should be the most beautiful time to visit or to work of that alba. Well show you everything hortonworks has to offer at christmas time. And taste a local sausage thats always sizzling at this time of year. Finally globe trotter asked if he or she will take us with him to the love for an island in norway. Theres no doubt about it autumn work is popular with tourists over 2000000. 00 people visit every year. There are tourists in every language. With various means of transportation. Or you can go by foot
Hello im Richard Gaisford and youre at the listening post on this program we track the global news media examine dominant narratives and spend more time critiquing journalism and celebrating it were not an award show but to mark the end of 2019 we wanted to examine a few cases where quality reporting the kind of it speaks truth to power exposes wrongdoing and helps rectify it has made an impact taking just 4 examples was not easy we wanted to get across geographies different kinds of stories various forms of media we settled on west africa and a documentary exposing Sexual Harassment on University Campuses hong kong 1st person videos capturing Police Brutality on the front lines of the protests there brazil a tale of corruption at the heart of the both are not on government as well as the United States Investigative Journalism on the sex trafficking of children that has had International Ramifications journalists take a lot of heat some of them deserve it will be back on their case nex
Deals were announced or offered, even if they are not done. The s p is gaining a little traction thanks to facebook. The dow was being held back to some extent. When i look at the s p 500 as emblematic as what is going on in the markets and look at the biggest movers, it is a mixture. You have facebook on the list and when you look at facebooks future growth, a lot of analysts are saying the bulk of the revenue increase last quarter. All this money comes from facebook itself. Not even monetizing messenger or instagram. Analysts are looking for future growth in the company. St. Jude medical getting a buyout offer 25 billion with bristolmyers squibb. It is a mixture of earnings and m a driving these performers. Take a look at the latest on the earnings in the s p 500. Here is the current quarter. A little bit of a decline in sales. Now, more than half of the s p 500 members have reported. A decline of less than 6 . Going into it it was looking like 10 . Companies always Beat Estimates, t
An allstar salute for yankee great derek jeter as he makes his final appearance in the midsummer classic. And hes going out like a winner today. Wednesday, july 16th, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Did you see the game or any of it . Well, no. No. Had a great game. After all the hype i was worried he was going to fizzle. Nearly spectacular play in the field. The double in the first inning. And he got a wonderful ovation. So congratulations to jeter. Absolutely. Well get to our top story now. Its the Third Straight day of powerful and damaging storms across the east. Well get to nbcs craig melvin this morning. Hes in bellmore, new york on long island. Craig, good morning. Whats the situation there . Reporter savannah, good morning to you. Take a look at what happened. Were in the back yard of a house here on long island. That storm you mentioned c