Nilagia McCoy, Author at Shorenstein Center

Jeffrey Rosen—The Deciders: The Future of Free Speech in a Digital World

News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures, Publications / By Nilagia McCoy

2016 Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO of the National Constitution Center, Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School, and a Contributing Editor of The Atlantic, delivered the ninth annual Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center […]

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Jeffrey Rosen—The Deciders: The Future of Free Speech in a Digital World

Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures / By Nilagia McCoy

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Media & Politics Must Reads, October 21, 2016

Newsletters / By Nilagia McCoy

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. This Week at the Shorenstein Center Amy Walter: The Current State of the Campaign. Amy Walter, national editor of The Cook Political Report, discussed possible outcomes of the 2016 presidential and down-ballot

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Peter Hart: Trends and Demographics in the 2016 Election

Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government / By Nilagia McCoy

October 19, 2016 — Peter D. Hart, chairman of Hart Research Associates, a public opinion research firm that provides polls for NBC News and The Wall Street Journal, discussed the driving forces behind the 2016 presidential election, and the influence of voter demographics and public opinion on the race. Hart also discussed down-ballot races, polling,

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Peter Hart: Trends and Demographics in the 2016 Election

Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government / By Nilagia McCoy

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Conference on Race and Justice in the Age of Obama

Past Events / By Nilagia McCoy

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, along with the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy; Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy; and Hutchins Center for African & African American Research are proud to host a symposium on Race and Justice in the Age of Obama on October

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Media & Politics Must Reads, October 14, 2016

Newsletters / By Nilagia McCoy

Dear friends of the Shorenstein Center, I don’t know about you, but I woke up Monday morning with a bad taste in my mouth, a sadness about the state of the country and the brokenness of our politics. After watching the presidential debate the night before, I could see the next few weeks playing out

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Conference on Race and Justice in the Age of Obama

Past Events / By Nilagia McCoy

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How Media Newsworthiness Norms Have Sustained the Trump Candidacy

Uncategorized / By Nilagia McCoy

Matthew Baum, Kalb Professor of Global Communication at the Harvard Kennedy School, argues that “the mainstream news media’s longstanding tools for determining what is or isn’t newsworthy have proven inadequate to deal with the candidacy of Donald Trump.” Read more on Huffington Post.

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