Alison Stewart

PBS News Show Loses Its Entire Original Team

Posted 10.29.2011

Alison Stewart is leaving her position as co-anchor of PBS' "Need to Know" in September, according to the New York Times. The hour-long show will d...

OUT: Meacham Leaving PBS Show

Posted 06.01.2011

Jon Meacham is leaving his role as co-host of PBS news show "Need to Know." The former Newsweek editor and current Random House EVP had been co-hosti...

The BlogHer'10 Conference - Women Power Up

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

The Hilton Hotel in New York City was packed on August 6th and 7th with 2400 attendees who had come for the 6th Annual BlogHer Conference. The last...

PBS and our "Need to Know" the Truth

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

Rory O'Connor

Alison Stewart is one of the anchors of Need To Know, a new public television public affairs offering that began stirring controversy long before its launch.

Critic Regrets 'Clinton's Lap' Crack

Lauren Ashburn | Posted 05.25.2011

Lauren Ashburn

Among my colleagues in the media business, we are hard pressed to find a female reporter in our orbit who hasn't been on the receiving end of some kind of sexist, lewd, and incomprehensibly inappropriate commentary.

Jon Meacham In Talks For PBS Show

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Newsweek editor Jon Meacham is in advanced talks to host a weekly show on PBS, Elizabeth Jensen reports for the New York Times. Meacham and former NP...

Tina Brown: Bush Library To Be "Halloween Shop Of Horrors," Presidency "A Chapter Of Hideous Accidents"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The Daily Beast founder and editor-in-chief Tina Brown appeared on "The Rachel Maddow Show" (guest-hosted by Alison Stewart, wife of executive produce...