2014

Afghanistan  2014:  The Way Forward

March 3, 2014 – “Afghanistan  2014:  The Way Forward.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Katherine Hunter, Weatherhead Center Fellow and  former Senior Deputy Country Representative, Asia Foundation in Afghanistan; and Sangar Rahimi, Afghan journalist and a 2014 Nieman Fellow. Co-sponsored by the Program on Negotiation; the Nieman Foundation for Journalism; the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics […]

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Thoughts on the media future: N.Y. Times’ David Carr, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell

February 28, 2014 – The Shorenstein Center hosts a weekly speaker series throughout the academic year. The events feature a wide variety of journalists and media thinkers — from David Carr and Bart Gellman to Andrea Mitchell and Ben Smith. Topics of discussion have ranged from the nature of new platforms and cutting-edge digital approaches to

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BuzzFeed: The New Newsroom…Is It the Future?

February 25, 2014 – The Shorenstein Center welcomed Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, to share his insights on news models, and what works in today’s media ecosystem. Smith emphasized the value of shared content over number of clicks, and how crucial editors are in any newsroom. Investigative reporting is alive and well on the Internet, he added.

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Media Narratives Paint a False Picture of Gender Equality, Argue Authors Rivers and Barnett

February 18, 2014 – In their book, The New Soft War on Women: How the Myth of Female Ascendance Is Hurting Women, Men—and Our Economy, authors Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett argue that while strides have been made over the years in the area of gender equality, there is still more work to be done. At the Shorenstein Center speaker series

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MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Covering Foreign Affairs While Keeping the Facts Straight

February 12, 2014 – Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and host of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” discussed the challenges of reporting on global issues in an ever-changing media environment.

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The Influence of Mandela in Today’s South Africa

February 10, 2013 – “The Influence of Mandela in Today’s South Africa.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Greg Marinovich, a Nieman Fellow and a South African Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and co-author of The Bang Bang Club, a nonfiction account of South Africa¹s transition to democracy. Co-sponsored by the Program on Negotiation, the Nieman

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