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Jon Meacham on Hope and Sacrifice (Need to Know video)
(July 2nd, 2010)

In this essay, Jon Meacham considers how past presidents have inspired national sacrifice — and what’s needed to revive hope for the present.

Jon Meacham predicts the role of print media and discusses Newsweek's future with Jon Stewart * The Daily Show
(May 5, 2010)

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Washington Post Company to sell Newsweek
(May 5, 2010)

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Meacham says, "You would have to have been hopelessly Pollyanna-ish not to have suspected that there were fundamental shifts ahead, but I decline to accept that Newsweek in some form does not have a role to play going forward.”

The New York Times on PBS' Need to Know
(April 30, 2010)

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Watch a preview of Meacham's new PBS show, Need To Know
(April 25, 2010)

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Jon Meacham "Answers This" for Politico
(April 20, 2010)

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Jon Meacham's New York Times' Op-Ed on Confederate History Month: "Southern Discomfort"
(April 10, 2010)

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Jon Meacham nominated for National Magazine Award in Columns and Commentary
(April 2010)

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Jon Meacham reviews Christianity: The First Thousand Years for The New York Times
(April 1, 2010)

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Jon Meacham to co-anchor new PBS series Need To Know
(March 2010)

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Meacham's Newsweek Cover Story: "The Trouble With Barack"
(January 22, 2010)

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"Obama is accused of being too radical, but he's been governing from the middle for a year. So why all the anger? Because he's leading with his head, not his heart."

Jon Meacham discusses Iran's nuclear threat on Morning Joe along with David Sanger
(October 5, 2009)

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Meacham's New York Times Op-Ed piece:
(September 12, 2009)

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Meacham calls for the protest of Iran by governments at the United Nations General Assembly for the detention of journalist Maziar Bahari.

Meacham to appear at The Library of Congress' 9th Annual National Book Festival
(September 2009)

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The New York Times reviews paperback version of American Lion
(July 3, 2009)

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Meacham talks about the war in Iraq and the recent edition of Newsweek edited by Stephen Colbert * Washington Journal, C-SPAN
(June 12, 2009)

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Meacham discusses his interview with President Obama * Charlie Rose
(May 19, 2009)

President Obama talks to Jon Meacham about 'What He's Learned' * Newsweek
(May 16, 2009)

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American Lion now out in paperback
(April 30, 2009)

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Managing Director of Newsweek honors Meacham on his Pulitzer Prize
(April 24, 2009)

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Meacham profiled in New York Observer cover story
(May 12, 2009)

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AT ALMOST 40, Jon Meacham, with his recessive posture, his slow gait, his bone-dry jokes, may not strike you immediately as the man who can make your magazine look good. But he has become the embodiment of Sunday-schooled fogeyish integrity in a journalism industry looking for heroes.

Meacham's American Lion wins the Pulitzer Prize for Biography * Newsweek
(April 20, 2009)

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In announcing the award, the Pulitzer committee cited the book as an “unlikely portrait of a not always admirable democrat, but a pivotal president, written with an agile prose that brings the Jackson saga to life.”

Meacham describes Newsweek's changes in content and design to adjust to a shifting marketplace * The New York Times
(February 9, 2009)

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Meacham discusses President Obama’s Inauguration * Charlie Rose
(January 20, 2009)

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Meacham discusses Newsweek's survival strategy in the shifting media marketplace * Washington Post
(January 19, 2009)

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Meacham explains how Andrew Jackson made the White House * Bloomberg Night Talk
(January 7, 2009)

CNN.com article on American Lion * Seventh President a Mass of Contradictions
(December 16, 2008)

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Andrew Jackson is the president of his time who was "most like us," says Jon Meacham.

American Lion now at #2 on NY Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers List
(November 21, 2008)

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Meacham discusses Andrew Jackson and his similarities to President Obama *The Daily Show
(November 19, 2008)

New York Times review of American Lion * 'Elites and Rivals, Beware: He’s Tough as Old Hickory'
(November 9, 2008)

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5 Ideas for our Next President * Jon Meacham for Parade magazine
(October 10, 2008)

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Meacham discusses Franklin & Winston on The Charlie Rose Show Part 2 of 2

Meacham discusses Franklin & Winston on The Charlie Rose Show Part 1 of 2

Meacham talks about his first job, proudest achievement and favorite books in the Charlie Rose Greenroom
(November 2007)

Meacham named Editor of Newsweek
(Septemeber 5, 2006)

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