2012 Archive
December
12/3: “Unilateral Initiatives in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict." Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Yaakov Katz, military correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and the Israel Correspondent for Jane’s Defense Weekly; and Robert Mnookin, Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, chair of the Executive Committee at the Program on Negotiation and director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project. Co-sponsored with the Nieman Foundation, the Weatherhead Center and the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School.
11/27: "The End of the Digital Divide: What It Means for the Nation's Future.” Speaker Series with Cheryl Contee, co-founder of Jack and Jill Politics; co-founder and partner of Fission Strategy, an Internet strategy and web development firm.
Learn more | Audio11/16: "Election 2012 and Beyond."
Theodore H. White Seminar with T.H. White Lecturer David Brooks; Cynthia Tucker, winner of the 2012 David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism; Amy Walter, ABC News Political Director; Jennifer Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government at Harvard University, Professor of African and African American Studies; and John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate magazine and political director of CBS News.
Learn more11/15: "Election 2012: The Big Questions."
Theodore H. White Lecture with David Brooks, columnist, The New York Times. The David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism was awarded to Cynthia Tucker, Pulitzer Prize–winner and columnist for Universal Press Syndicate.
Learn more | Transcript | Video11/13: "The Role of New Media in Election Coverage.” Speaker Series with Mike Allen, chief political reporter for Politico, and writes the daily Playbook.
Learn more | Audio11/6: “The Presidential Election 2012: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.”
Speaker Series with Mark McKinnon, weekly columnist for The Daily Beast and The London Telegraph, and is a co-founder of the bipartisan group No Labels which is dedicated to more civil discourse in politics. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute of Politics.
Learn more | Audio11/5: “Under Fire: Journalists in Combat.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Finbarr O'Reilly, Nieman Fellow and Reuters photographer; and trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk M.D., medical director at the Boston Trauma Center. Co-sponsored with the Nieman Foundation, the Weatherhead Center and the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School.
10/25: Discussion with David Ensor, Director of Voice of America and former CNN National Security Correspondent. Co-Sponsored with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
10/23: "Learning from Google."
Speaker Series with Steve Levy, senior writer, Wired magazine; author of In the Plex.
Learn more | Audio10/18: "Cinema on Fire: A Reporter's Take on History, Free Expression, and the Muslim World." Discussion with Steve Inskeep, host of NPR's Morning Edition; author of Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi. Co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
10/17: "Europe at a Crossroads: The story of Greece and what it reveals about structural problems in the Eurozone. " Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with George Papandreou, former prime minister of Greece, and Richard Parker, economist, political consultant, and Harvard Kennedy School lecturer. Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the Nieman Foundation and the Shorenstein Center.
10/17: "How Syrian Activists and Rebels Have Redefined Social Media to Change Society."
Speaker Series with Deborah Amos, Middle East correspondent, National Public Radio.
Learn more | Audio10/10: "Open v. Closed: Media, Government and Social Organization in the Information Age." Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press delivered by Anne‑Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Learn more | Video | Transcript (unedited)10/9: "The Effects of Social Media on Politics, Brands and Traditional Media."
Speaker Series with Rory O'Connor, author, filmmaker and journalist. Author of Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media.
Learn more | Audio10/3: "A 61-Million-Person-Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization." A discussion of the impact of Facebook and other social networks on voter turnout with James Fowler, Professor of Medical Genetics and Political Science, University of California, San Diego. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, is a leading expert in the integration of social media and Web 2.0 with politics, business, and communications. The paper on this topic was featured in a September 2012 Nature Magazine cover story, and additional coverage has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, NBCNews.com, CNN, Time, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, NPR, and many other publications. This seminar is being co-sponsored by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
10/3: "Politics as Theater: A panel discussion preceding the first 2012 Presidential Debate."
Panelists include Aaron Sorkin, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Alan K. Simpson and Chuck Todd. Moderated by Alex S. Jones.
Learn more | Watch the video9/25: "The 2012 Presidential Campaigns: Big Election, Small Campaigns."
Speaker Series with Alex Castellanos, political media consultant.
Learn more | Audio9/18: “Changing the Ratio: Why Should You Care?”
Speaker Series with Rachel Sklar, Founder, Change The Ratio to increase the number of women in tech; media writer and social media entrepreneur. Cosponsored by the Women and Public Policy Program.
Learn more | Audio9/11: "The Cost of Secrecy: What the Post–9/11 Decade Teaches Us About the Media and Government." Speaker Series with Dana Priest, national security reporter, The Washington Post.
Learn more | Audio8/28: Shorenstein Center Welcomes Leaders in Journalism and Scholarship for Fall 2012.
Learn More5/23: Congratulations to the Kennedy School Graduates!
Slideshow4/24: A Conversation with Gary Ginsberg, the Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Communications at Time Warner Inc.
4/23: "Trusting Truth: The Path to Avoiding Gridlock in Public Dialogue."
Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center.
4/18: "HBO in the 21st Century."
A conversation with Richard Plepler, co-president of HBO. Moderated by Alex Jones, Shorenstein Center Director.
4/17: "The 2012 Presidential Race: Behind the Scenes."
Speaker Series with Jake Tapper, Senior White House Correspondent, ABC News and a substitute host for ABC's This Week.
Learn more | Audio4/12: "Can the Revolution in Tunisia put North Africa back on the world stage?" Francis Ghiles, political scientist, former reporter with The Financial Times, reporting on international capital markets and North Africa. Moderated by Ishac Diwan, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Co-sponsored by the Middle East Initiative.
4/10: "Stories from the Frontlines of the New America: Detention, Deportation and the Power of Democratic Resistance." Maria Hinojosa, anchor and managing editor, NPR's Latino USA; anchor, Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One (WGBX-TV). Co-sponsored by the Kennedy School's Hispanic Latino Caucus.
Learn more | Audio4/9: "Using Digital Skills for Careers in Government."
Discussion with Alec Ross, Senior Adviser, Innovation in the Office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Moderated by Susan Crawford, Visiting Stanton Professor. Co-sponsored by Tech{for}Change.
Learn more4/3: "Covering Obama and the Middle East." Speaker Series with David Ignatius, associate editor and columnist, The Washington Post.
Learn more4/2: "Leadership and the Internet." Discussion with Jared Cohen, Director, Google Ideas. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy. Co-sponsored by the Center for Public Leadership.
Learn more | Video3/28: "A Tribute to Anthony Shadid." Featuring panelists Susan Chira, assistant managing editor for news of The New York Times; Charlie Sennott, Vice President, Executive Editor and co-founder of GlobalPost; Phil Bennett, managing editor of Frontline. Moderated by Alex Jones, Director of the Shorenstein Center. Co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, the Nieman Foundation and the Belfer Center for International Affairs.
3/27: "Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom." Speaker Series with Rebecca MacKinnon, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and co-founder of GlobalVoices Online; former Shorenstein Center Fellow.
Learn more | Audio3/26: "Russia's Leadership Challenges in the 21st Century." Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Kevin Ryan, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center; and Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center. Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the Nieman Foundation and the Shorenstein Center.
3/20: "The Influence and Role of Donors and Super PACs in the 2012 Presidential Campaign." Speaker Series with Jeanne Cummings, Government Team Deputy Editor, Bloomberg News, Washington, D.C.
Learn more | Audio3/7: "Meetup and the Bottom-Up Revolution in Politics." Speaker Series with Scott Heiferman, CEO and a co-founder of Meetup.org.
Learn more3/7: Goldsmith Seminar on the Present and Future of Investigative Reporting with winners and finalists of the Goldsmith Awards.
Learn more3/6: Goldsmith Awards Ceremony. Presentation of the Prize for Investigative Reporting, Book Prizes and Career Award for Excellence in Journalism. Keynote address by Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian.
Learn more | Video3/6: "Super Tuesday." Speaker Series with Melinda Henneberger, political reporter and blogger, The Washington Post.
Learn more | Audio2/28: "Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong." Speaker Series with Ray Bonner, former investigative reporter and foreign correspondent for The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune.
Learn more | Audio2/27: "Pakistan and the U.S.: Ships Passing in the Night." Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Pir Zubair Shah, Reporter for the New York Times and Nieman Fellow; and David Greenway, Shorenstein Fellow and contributing columnist for The Boston Globe, The International Herald Tribune and GlobalPost.
2/24: "One Year after Mubarak: The Past and Future of the 'Arab Spring.'" Wadah Khanfar, president of the Sharq Forum, an international think tank focused on political and economic development in the Arab world, and former director general of the Al Jazeera network.
Learn more2/15: "Agriculture and Obesity Can Teach Us about Media and Ignorance." Speaker Series with Clay Johnson, founder of Blue State Digital. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecture in Public Policy.
Learn more2/14: "Covering the Age of Political Uprising: Decentralization of Politics and the Media." Speaker Series with Matt Bai, chief political correspondent, New York Times Magazine.
Learn more | Audio2/9: "Power Politics in the Age of Google." A digital power play stopped the SOPA and PIPA legislation. What are the implications? A discussion with Susan Crawford, Visiting Stanton Professor; Micah Sifry, Visiting Murrow Lecturer; Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer; Elaine Kamarck, Lecturer in Public Policy; and Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit. Moderated by Alex Jones, Shorenstein Center Director.
Learn more | Video | Storify2/7: "Women and War in the Arab World." Speaker Series with Lourdes Garcia‑Navarro, foreign correspondent, NPR.
Learn more | Audio2/2: "Egypt: From Tahrir Square to Today." A panel conversation with Mona Eltahawy, Columnist, Toronto Star, The Jerusalem Report and Politiken; Tarek Masoud, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, HKS; and Charles Sennott, Vice President, Executive Editor and Co-founder, GlobalPost. Moderator: Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Beast and Newsweek. Cosponsored by HKS Middle East Initiative; The Open Hands Initiative; The Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
1/31: "Obama's Latest Lessons in Policy, Politics & Polarization." Speaker Series with Alexis Simendinger, White House correspondent, RealClearPolitics.
Learn more | Audio1/26: "Public Policy and the Internet: A View from Google." Discussion with four Google policy experts.
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