Diana Marszalek

While many blame traditional journalism's precarious state on the encroachment of new media, Robert Thomson, the Wall Street Journal's managing editor, says he believes members of newsrooms' old school are also part of the problem.

With the proliferation of digital broadcast channels, things are looking up for distributors of FCC-friendly children's educational or instructional (E/I) programming. After a long battle with broadcasters, the FCC during the Clinton years mandated that every TV station air at least three hours of E/I programming each week.