February 14, 2013 – Amid news of Time Warner possibly selling off most of its print magazines, Nancy Gibbs, deputy managing editor of Time magazine, told the Shorenstein Center that she is “enormously optimistic” about the future of the publication, and the journalism industry as a whole. Gibbs began by looking back at Time‘s history, with […]
February 12, 2013 – Margaret Sullivan, Public Editor of The New York Times, outlined two opposing sides on the issue of how social media is changing traditional reporting and objectivity. To illustrate the distinction, Sullivan used examples written by two thought-leaders in journalism: Tom Kent, standards editor for the Associated Press, Jay Rosen, a journalism professor
February 5, 2013 – “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.
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Tuesday, February 5, 12 p.m. Speaker Series with Chris Hughes, publisher and editor-in-chief, The New Republic; co-founded and served as spokesman for Facebook.
Social mission and profit: Chris Hughes looks to blend cultures of journalism, new media Read More »
January 31, 2012 – Six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, which carries a cash award of $25,000, will be announced at an
Six Finalists for 2013 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting Announced Read More »
January 24, 2014 – The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, located at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is pleased to announce its 2013 Spring Fellows. “We have an all-star group of fellows from the heights of journalism and politics and the pinnacle of digital technology, and it promises
Shorenstein Center Welcomes Leaders in Journalism and Digital Media for Spring 2013 Read More »
A paper by Fall Fellow Joshua Partlow, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, looks at press coverage of President Karzai and his criticism of it.
Podium Wars: President Hamid Karzai, the Foreign Press, and the Afghan War Read More »
The most recent issue, published in December 2012, reported on the Politics as Theater event, the T.H. White Lecture with David Brooks, the Salant Lecture with Anne-Marie Slaughter, the Fall Speaker Series, Fall Fellows, support for students, and more.
Fall 2012 Newsletter Read More »
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