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Masha Gessen

Masha Gessen on Russia and Trump, Media Coverage, and Conspiracies

March 28, 2017— Masha Gessen, author and New York Times contributing opinion writer, shared her views on Presidents Trump and Putin, and words of caution for journalists covering the Trump administration’s alleged connections to Russia, during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. Gessen also discussed her forthcoming book, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed […]

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Masha Gessen

Masha Gessen on Russia and Trump, Media Coverage, and Conspiracies

March 28, 2017— Masha Gessen, author and New York Times contributing opinion writer, shared her views on Presidents Trump and Putin, and words of caution for journalists covering the Trump administration’s alleged connections to Russia, during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. Gessen also discussed her forthcoming book, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed

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Nicco Mele, Doug Elmendorf, and Richard Parker

Dean Doug Elmendorf: Understanding the Congressional Budget Office

March 22, 2017— Doug Elmendorf, Dean of Harvard Kennedy School and former director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) from 2009-2015, discussed why the CBO exists, how it works, and how the media reports on its findings, in a conversation at the Shorenstein Center. In March, the CBO forecast that the Republican plan to replace

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Nicco Mele, Doug Elmendorf, and Richard Parker

Dean Doug Elmendorf: Understanding the Congressional Budget Office

March 22, 2017— Doug Elmendorf, Dean of Harvard Kennedy School and former director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) from 2009-2015, discussed why the CBO exists, how it works, and how the media reports on its findings, in a conversation at the Shorenstein Center. In March, the CBO forecast that the Republican plan to replace

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What Matters to Kids: Children & the News

A panel discussion with: Jill Abramson, Former Executive Editor, The New York Times Noah Oppenheim, President, NBC News Sacha Pfeiffer, Journalist, Boston Globe, Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Journalist and Radio Host Jim Steyer, Founder & CEO, CommonSense.org and Adjunct Professor, Stanford University Richard Weissbourd, Senior Lecturer on Education and Faculty Director, Human Development and Psychology, Harvard Graduate of School of Education Nicco

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What Matters to Kids: Children & the News

A panel discussion with: Jill Abramson, Former Executive Editor, The New York Times Noah Oppenheim, President, NBC News Sacha Pfeiffer, Journalist, Boston Globe, Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Journalist and Radio Host Jim Steyer, Founder & CEO, CommonSense.org and Adjunct Professor, Stanford University Richard Weissbourd, Senior Lecturer on Education and Faculty Director, Human Development and Psychology, Harvard Graduate of School of Education Nicco

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Jonathan Moore

Memorial Service for Jonathan Moore on Saturday, June 3

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 3 at 11:00 AM in Memorial Church at Harvard University.  The Shorenstein Center and Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School will host a reception following the service. In Memory of Jonathan Moore (9/10/1932-3/8/2017) The Shorenstein Center mourns the death of Jonathan Moore, a longtime friend,

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