Frontline News War
Interview with Raney Aronson-Rath and Arun Rath

Rare in-depth New York feature interview on The Alcove with Mark Molaro with two of the creators of the extraordinary PBS Frontline series “News War”. Producer/Director Raney Aronson-Rath and producer Arun Rath sit down with Mark Molaro.

The series takes a unique look at the crisis state of journalism in the US and the world today. The current Valerie Plame affair has put the focus back on the use of anonymous sources by the press - this is contrasted with the heroic journalistic era of Murrow, Cronkite, and the Watergate era of Woodward and Bernstein.

The series also looks at the rise of new media and the challenging new economics of the news business for threatened yet invaluable institutions like newspapers.

This interview is a fascinating discussion about the making of the series and about the important issues it raises about the power, freedom and future of the press.