April

4/30:  "Evolution of the News Ecosystem."
Speaker Series with Richard Gingras, head of news and social products, Google.
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4/29:  "The Clash of Values in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings."
Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Souad Mekhennet, Nieman Fellow and reporter who contributes to The New York Times, Der Spiegel and ZDF (German Television); and Denis Sullivan, Profesor of Political Science and Director of the Middle East Center for Peace, Culture, and Development, Northeastern University. Co-sponsored with the Nieman Foundation, the Weatherhead Center and the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School.


4/17:  Screening of Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law, a documentary film featuring Beatrice Mtetwa, a human rights lawyer in Zimbabwe, by filmmaker Lorie Conway.


4/16:  "What's Your Action Tank Strategy? Bridging Policy and Direct Service."
Speaker Series with Alan Khazei, founder and chief executive officer of Be the Change, Inc.; co-founder of City Year and adjunct lecturer at HKS.
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4/9:  "China Wired: Internet Activism in the PRC." Speaker Series with Keith Richburg, Fellow at the Institute of Politics and China correspondent for The Washington Post from 2009-2013.
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4/3:  "The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy." Discussion with David Karpf, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University. Co-sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Learn more


4/2:  "Covering Congress in a Challenging Political Landscape."
Speaker Series with Dana Bash, chief congressional correspondent, CNN.
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4/1:  "What Can Neuroscience Tell Us About Conflict and its Resolution?"
Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Emile Bruneau, Research Scientist, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tim Phillips, Founder and Chairman of the Board, The Project on Justice in Times of Transition. Co-sponsored with the Nieman Foundation, the Weatherhead Center and the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School.

March

3/27:  "Massachusetts in Washington: New Faces, Weakened Clout?"
Discussion with Jim O’Sullivan, The Boston Globe's online politics editor. Co-sponsored by the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, the Institute of Politics, and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.


3/26:  “The New Ecosystem of Journalism and Where It Is Leading.”
Speaker Series with Paul E. Steiger, executive chairman of ProPublica's board of directors; founding editor-in-chief, CEO and president of ProPublica from 2008 through 2012.
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3/12:  "The Liberal Case for Deficit Reduction."
Speaker Series with Greg Ip, U.S. Economics editor, The Economist; author of The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World.
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3/11:  "Women and Negotiation: A Place at the Table in the U.S. and Abroad." Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Katrin Bennhold, Nieman Fellow and staff writer for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times; and Paula Gutlove, Professor of Practice in Negotiation and Conflict Management, Simmons College School of Management. Co-sponsored with the Nieman Foundation, the Weatherhead Center and the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School.


3/6:  Congo’s Invisible War: An exploration through the work of war correspondent Finbarr O'Reilly. The event will feature a panel discussion with Finbarr O’Reiley; Dr. Jennifer Leaning, who has worked in the Congo with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; and Roger Liwanga, a Congolese lawyer whose work focuses on trafficked children especially in the artisanal mines. There will be a reception and exhibition of O'Reilly's work in the Carr Center from 4:30–5:45 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Portions of the exhibition will remain on display in the Carr Center until March 27, 2013.
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3/6:  Goldsmith Seminar panel discussion with the winners and finalists of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.
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3/5:  Goldsmith Awards Ceremony with the presentation of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, the Book Prize, and the Career Award for Excellence in Journalism. Keynote address by Nicholas D. Kristof, columnist, The New York Times.
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3/5:  "The Path to Profit for News and Magazines."
Speaker Series with Josh Tyrangiel, editor of Bloomberg Businessweek and an executive editor of Bloomberg News.
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February

2/26:  "Is Obama the Democrats' Reagan?"
Speaker Series with Michael Tomasky, Newsweek/Daily Beast special correspondent and editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.
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2/19:  "Privacy in the Digital Age." Speaker series with Julia Angwin, senior technology editor for The Wall Street Journal.
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2/14:  "Time Past, Time Present, Time Future." Speaker Series with Nancy Gibbs, deputy managing editor, Time magazine and co-author with Michael Duffy of The Presidents Club.
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2/12:  "The New Objectivity: How Social Media is Changing Traditional Reporting." Speaker Series with Margaret Sullivan, public editor of The New York Times and former editor of the Buffalo News.
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2/5:  "A Close Look at the Loss of Freedom of the Press and Deterioration of Human Rights in Turkey." A discussion with Ferai Tinc, Former foreign news editor of Hürriyet, one of Turkey’s leading daily newspapers. Cosponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.


2/5:  "The Changing Media Landscape: Smart News in the Age of Social Media." Speaker Series with Chris Hughes, publisher and editor-in-chief, The New Republic; co-founded and served as spokesman for Facebook.
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January

1/31:  Six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting announced.
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1/28:  Shorenstein Center Welcomes Leaders in Journalism and Digital Media for Spring 2013
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