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Funding will help improve research and education tool, Journalist’s Resource, and support collaboration between journalism school deans Cambridge, Mass.—Dec. 11, 2014—Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy will update and improve Journalist’s Resource, a tool that connects journalists, educators and students with reliable research from around the world, and bring together leading journalism […]

Knight Foundation and the Carnegie Corp. of New York recently announced continued funding for an ongoing effort to reform journalism education. Below, John Wihbey, the managing editor of Journalist’s Resource at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, reflects on the progress of the initiative in the context of wider media

The annual Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting honors investigative reporting that best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics. The winner receives $25,000, and five finalists receive $10,000. Apply by December 31, 2014. View the rules, guidelines, and apply. 

November 22, 2014 — Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice at Harvard Kennedy School, writes about the importance of authenticity in politics in the New Republic. Read more…

November 18, 2014 — Susan Crawford, former Shorenstein Center visiting professor and current Harvard Law School professor, and Stephen Goldsmith, professor at Harvard Kennedy School, write about the possibilities of using big data to improve public services in the Boston Globe. Read more…

November 18, 2014 — Nicco Mele came to the Shorenstein Center as a visiting Murrow Lecturer in the spring of 2009.  He continued teaching at HKS/Shorenstein Center as an adjunct lecturer and has been a vital part of the Center, teaching and advising on digital media strategy and politics.  Today, he was named the new

November 10, 2014 —  Current Fellow Yavuz Baydar examines threats to freedom of the press in Turkey on Huffington Post. Read more…

November 5, 2014 —  Former Fellow Nazila Fathi writes in Vogue magazine about her coverage of Iran’s Green Movement protests for the New York Times — and about her subsequent relocation to Canada after being threatened by the Iranian government. Read more…

November, 5 2014 — Thomas E. Patterson of the Shorenstein Center explores the outlook for politics after the 2014 midterms on The Conversation. Read more…

Oct. 22 2014 — Alex Jones, Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, discussed Ben Bradlee’s legacy on WBUR’s Radio Boston. Read more…