April 19, 2016 — Matthew Nisbet, associate professor at Northeastern University and fall 2012 fellow, spoke to Eduardo Porter of The New York Times for his column on how “Liberal Biases, Too, May Block Progress on Climate Change.” Nisbet also spoke to the Associated Press about a new study at the journal Nature that sparked unusually critical […]
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April 18, 2016 — Charles Lewis, founder of the Center for Public Integrity and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and spring 2006 fellow, writes that the publication of the Panama Papers demonstrates that “public accountability should not be confined by the borders and orthodoxies of traditional journalism.” Read more in The Guardian.
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 Shira T. Center – The Trump Factor: Covering Election 2016. Shira T. Center, political editor for The Boston Globe, discussed media coverage of Donald Trump, as well
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What are the particular challenges facing social democrats — or the millennial inheritors of the social democratic tradition—in the U.S., U.K. and beyond? Join this discussion on the evolving prospects for social democratic parties across Europe and farther afield. Panelists will explore emerging opportunities for experimentation within social democratic politics and the wider ecosystem which surrounds it,
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April 13, 2016 — A US News article by Marilyn Thompson, current Joan Shorenstein Fellow and deputy editor at Politico, and Andrew Levine, HKS student, analyzes how Donald Trump has “created his own news cycle” to dominate the airwaves – receiving 54 percent of TV media mentions of GOP candidates. Read more.
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April 11, 2016 — Dan Kennedy, current Joan Shorenstein Fellow and associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University, weighs in on The Boston Globe’s parody front page, which envisioned a Donald Trump presidency. Read more at WGBH News.
The Black Policy Conference is a policy driven conference that provides an opportunity for academics and practitioners to come together to find sustainable solutions for issues facing black communities. This year’s conference will feature panels on politics, mass incarceration, higher education access, healthcare and technology. View the full schedule and register to attend. Cosponsored by the Shorenstein Center.
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April 8, 2016 — James Carroll, author and spring 1997 fellow, writes that “for years, priests have been quietly defying the Vatican on family issues. Now Pope Francis has brought them out of the shadows.” Read more in The New Yorker.
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April 8, 2016 — Diane McWhorter, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center in 2014 and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, explores the questions raised by Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman. “Now more than five decades after Harper Lee first awakened so many (white) people to their moral potential, we still need to be told that black
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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 Jo Becker: Hillary Clinton, Foreign Policy and the Question of U.S. Military Intervention. Jo Becker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times,
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April 6, 2016 — BBC reporter and current Joan Shorenstein Fellow Joanna Jolly discusses her research into the aftermath of the infamous Delhi gang rape in 2012. She describes the various ways in which news outlets covered the story and how they influenced Indian society’s response. Listen on Harvard Kennedy School’s PolicyCast.
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Join us for a conversation with Marty Baron, editor of The Washington Post and former editor of The Boston Globe (2001-2012), moderated by Tom Ashbrook, journalist and host of the nationally-syndicated “On Point” on Boston’s WBUR. Baron, profiled in the movie “Spotlight” for his work to quickly mobilize Globe reporters investigating systemic child sex abuse charges in the Catholic Church, will speak to
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