2014

Robert Lenzner

Reporting on the 2008 Financial Crisis, and the Next One

A new paper by Robert Lenzner, Spring 2014 Fellow and contributor to Forbes Media, examines why the media failed to detect the warning signs of the 2008 financial crisis – and how it can avoid missing them the next time around. Based on decades of experience as a financial reporter, and interviews with key figures including

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Michele Norris

2014 Event Highlights

The Shorenstein Center hosts a weekly speaker series throughout the academic year, as well as other special events. With the Fall 2014 semester coming to a close, we look back at the perspectives shared by our visiting speakers, who discussed some of the important issues of 2014. A full list of past Shorenstein Center events

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Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation, and Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of Knight Foundation

Shorenstein Center to continue Carnegie-Knight Initiative in support of journalism education reform and knowledge building with new $1 million investment

Funding will help improve research and education tool, Journalist’s Resource, and support collaboration between journalism school deans Cambridge, Mass.—Dec. 11, 2014—Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy will update and improve Journalist’s Resource, a tool that connects journalists, educators and students with reliable research from around the world, and bring together leading journalism

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John Wihbey

Coalition of J-schools renews focus on strengthening journalism education

Knight Foundation and the Carnegie Corp. of New York recently announced continued funding for an ongoing effort to reform journalism education. Below, John Wihbey, the managing editor of Journalist’s Resource at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, reflects on the progress of the initiative in the context of wider media

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2014 Goldsmith Prize winners

Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting nominations due December 31, 2014

The annual Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting honors investigative reporting that best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics. The winner receives $25,000, and five finalists receive $10,000. Apply by December 31, 2014. View the rules, guidelines, and apply. 

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