Nilagia McCoy

May 4, 2016 — Judy Woodruff, fall 2005 fellow and PBS NewsHour anchor, leads a discussion about Trump’s win, as well as what Senator Bernie Sanders’ refusal to quit means for Hillary Clinton. Watch the video on PBS NewsHour.

May 4, 2016 — Dan Kennedy, current Joan Shorenstein Fellow and associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University, considers what Trump’s victory in Indiana will mean for the Republican Party – and the media’s responsibility to not treat Trump as a “normal candidate.” Read more on WGBH News.

May 3, 2016 — On World Press Freedom Day, Yavuz Baydar, journalist and fall 2014 fellow, writes that with “conditions worsening on a daily basis, Turkey now risks total blackout on public debate.” Read more at Index on Censorship.

April 29, 2016 — Pippa Norris, Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, argues that despite Senator Lindsey Graham’s remarks, the choice between Trump and Cruz does matter for the Republican Party. She also examines the ideological, economic, and cultural positions of the Republican and Democratic candidates. Read more on The Conversation. 

CAMBRIDGE, MA – Nicco Mele, Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the University of Southern California and former Senior Vice President and Deputy Publisher of the Los Angeles Times, has been named the new director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Dean Douglas

April 20, 2016 — Jackie Calmes, spring 2015 fellow and national correspondent for The New York Times, covers the forthcoming changes to $5, $10 and $20 bills. Read more in The New York Times.