December 5, 2015 — Tara McKelvey, former Shorenstein Center fellow and White House reporter for BBC News, writes about “people who’ve become radicalised under the radar,” such as Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook, who committed the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Read more on BBC.com.
Tara McKelvey: Becoming radicalised – and keeping a secret Read More »
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 Criminal Justice in the Age of Big Data. How can technology and big data improve the U.S. criminal justice system? Read a summary and listen
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December 2, 2015 — John Geddes, former fellow and former New York Times managing editor, is joining Bloomberg to oversee U.S. political coverage. Read more on Folio.
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December 1, 2015 — Cristine Russell, former Shorenstein Center fellow and current advisory board member, journalist, and senior fellow at the HKS Belfer Center, writes about the range of coverage coming out of the United Nations Climate Summit – from the pessimistic, to live blogs, to a comic book format. Read more in Columbia Journalism Review.
Cristine Russell: At the Paris climate talks, media coverage takes a turn Read More »
November 25, 2015 — Marie Sanz, current Joan Shorenstein Fellow and Lima, Peru bureau chief for AFP, discussed why the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba came as such a surprise to everyone, including the press, on HKS’s PolicyCast. Read more and listen to audio.
Marie Sanz: How a surprise thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations could mean more freedom Read More »
November 24, 2015 — Douglas Shorenstein, a long-time supporter of the Shorenstein Center and advisory board co-chair, has passed away at the age of 60. He had a vision for the Center that was realized through his ideas and generosity. In his passing, the Center has lost a great friend, adviser, and benefactor. The Center extends it
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This event is restricted to students. Attendance capacity is 30 people. If we exceed capacity, we will take people on a first-come first-served basis. We will notify you either way by November 19 if you can attend. Please click here to register. David Ignatius writes a twice-a-week foreign affairs column for The Washington Post and
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November 23, 2015 — David Ensor, current Joan Shorenstein Fellow and former director of Voice of America, responds to John Kasich’s call to use VOA to promote “Judeo-Christian values.” While increasing VOA’s resources and reach would be a powerful weapon in the “war of ideas” against ISIS, Russia, and others, VOA’s strength lies in its trustworthy journalism, argues Ensor.
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November 23, 2015 — Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy, argues that when fighting ISIS, “fear makes for bad strategy.” He writes that turning away refugees will only aid ISIS in its campaign of “strategic disinformation.” Instead, the U.S. should lead by example and resettle 65,000 refugees, with the goal of encouraging other allies
Michael Ignatieff: The Refugees & the New War Read More »
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 Joan Shorenstein Fellows Discuss Paris Terrorist Attacks, ISIS, and Soft Power. The Shorenstein Center closed its fall semester event series with a conversation with the
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