Nilagia McCoy

October 8, 2015 — Jill Dougherty, foreign affairs correspondent for CNN and former Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2014), analyzes the timing and possible motivation behind Putin’s recent military actions in Syria. Read more.

September 29, 2015 — Steve Jarding, Lecturer in Public Policy, and former State Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei discuss presidential politics and Trump’s new tax plan on WGBH’s “Greater Boston.”

September 29, 2015 — Diane Frances, editor at large with the National Post in Canada and fall 2005 fellow, writes that Russia’s occupation of 9 percent of Ukraine has already displaced 1.4 million people internally, and without intervention, continuing military incursions will result in the dislocation of millions more. Read more on The World Post.

September 24, 2015 — Kasey Windels, assistant professor in the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU, and Kim Sheehan, professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon, write about how they use the research and syllabi provided by the Shorenstein Center’s Journalist’s Resource in their graduate and undergraduate journalism courses.

September 23, 2015 —GlobalPost announced the launch of a yearlong in-depth series which is aimed at revealing the full extent of the humanitarian toll from major conflicts raging in the Middle East and investigating the responsibility borne by governments and leaders in the region and by major world powers. The first report, “A Daily Hustle

September 21, 2015 — Marvin Kalb, former Shorenstein Center director, has published a new book, Imperial Gamble: Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War. Kalb argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, Putin did not “suddenly” decide to invade Crimea. He had been waiting for the right moment ever since disgruntled Ukrainians rose in revolt against his pro-Russian

September 21, 2015 — Celestine Bohlen, columnist at The International New York Times and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2014), writes about how Soviet “political habits” can still be seen in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, a quarter century after the end of Soviet rule. Read more in The New York Times.

September 17, 2015 — Renée Loth, Boston Globe columnist and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2011), argues that Massachusetts’ solitary confinement policies are outdated, inhumane and in need of reform. Read more in The Boston Globe…

September 16, 2015 — Nick Sinai, HKS Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Walter Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2015), provides a recap of this month’s “Bringing Silicon Valley to Government?” panel, which featured tech guru Tim O’Reilly, White House U.S. Digital Service co-founder Haley Van Dyck, and VA Chief Technology Officer Marina Martin. The panel discussed the importance

September 16, 2015 — Nicco Mele, Shorenstein Center advisory board member and former lecturer at the Center, has been named a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy. Read more…

September 14, 2015 — Yavuz Baydar, journalist and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2014), received Italy’s Caravella Meditterraneo/Mare Nostrum award, for his work on press freedom and media independence in Turkey. The Caravella awards are given to important academic and diplomatic figures and to journalists in the Mediterranean region. He reflects on the award ceremony, the challenges facing the Mediterranean