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 Gun Violence, Firearms Buyer Background Checks and Mental Illness: Research and Insights, from Journalist’s Resource. News from Our Fellows The Media, Brexit and Trump. Barrie […]
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Renée Loth, fall 2011 fellow and Boston Globe columnist, argues that in an election year with “a gender gap of historic proportions,” women will be pivotal not only in choosing the next president, but in rejecting the “objectifying view of women that Trump promotes.” Read more in The Boston Globe.
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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 Gender Quotas: Do They Increase the Number of Women in Politics, Party Leadership Positions? From Journalist’s Resource. News from Our Fellows The Presidential Election Campaign
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Matthew Nisbet, fall 2012 fellow and Northeastern University communication professor, discussed public opinion on climate change on “The Diane Rehm Show.” Listen to the show at WAMU.
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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 Pre-Primary News Coverage of the 2016 Presidential Race: Trump’s Rise, Sanders’ Emergence, Clinton’s Struggle. New research finds that during 2015, major news outlets covered Donald
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A new report from Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzes news coverage of the 2016 presidential candidates in the year leading up to the primaries. This crucial period, labeled “the invisible primary” by political scientists, is when candidates try to lay the groundwork for a winning campaign—with media exposure
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 The Bezos Effect: How Amazon’s Founder Is Reinventing The Washington Post – and What Lessons It Might Hold for the Beleaguered Newspaper Business. A new paper by
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A new paper by Dan Kennedy, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2016) and associate professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University, provides insight into The Washington Post’s digital strategy and business model following its acquisition by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Many of the strategies Bezos is pursuing are applicable to any newspaper,
Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, discusses the momentous occasion of a woman receiving the presidential nomination for a major party for the first time. Read more at CBS New York.
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Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. News from Our Faculty & Fellows The High Art – and Power – of Political Stagecraft in the Age of Optics. Judy Woodruff, fall 2005 fellow and PBS NewsHour anchor, leads
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Bill Buzenberg, spring 2015 fellow and vice president of strategic initiatives for Yes! Magazine, argues that Trump’s “name-calling is a surefire, free way to make headline news,” while debasing dialogue and reasoned debate. Read more in Yes! Magazine.
Judy Woodruff, fall 2005 fellow and PBS NewsHour anchor, leads a conversation about how visuals can make or break a given political campaign, press conference or White House event, with former White House aide Josh King. Watch on PBS NewsHour.
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