Nilagia McCoy

Clarence Wardell

Criminal Justice in the Age of Big Data

“Our criminal justice system isn’t as smart as it should be.” — President Obama, July 15, 2015 This summer, President Obama addressed the 106th NAACP convention to lay out the reasons we need to reform the criminal justice system. The numbers speak for themselves. The U.S. has 2.2 million prisoners, up 400% since 1977. The U.S. has

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Jill Lepore 2015 lecture

Media & Politics Must Reads, November 13, 2015

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 Press and the Polls,” with Jill Lepore. Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and staff writer for The New Yorker, delivered the 26th

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Ta-Nehisi Coates

A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates

As a bestselling author, 2015 MacArthur fellow, and national correspondent for The Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates has emerged as one of the foremost thinkers about race and racial issues in America. His book, Between the World and Me, winner of the 2015 National Book Award,  has brought a personal and powerful voice to bear on the centuries-old legacy of violence inflicted

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Trudy Lieberman

Trudy Lieberman: Today’s federal agencies are “highly message-controlled.” Here’s what that means for health reporting

November 10, 2015 — Trudy Lieberman, spring 2001 fellow, health journalist, and press critic for Columbia Journalism Review, writes about the challenges of covering the USDA, FDA, and other federal agencies. Read more in Columbia Journalism Review.

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Theodore H White Seminar 2015

2015 Theodore H. White Seminar on Press and Politics

November 6, 2015 — A panel of experts discussed the benefits and drawbacks of polling at the Shorenstein Center, continuing the conversation sparked by the previous night’s Theodore H. White Lecture on “The Press and the Polls,” delivered by Jill Lepore. Panelists included: Candy Crowley, former anchor and political correspondent, CNN and Fall Fellow, Harvard

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Jill Lepore

Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with Jill Lepore

November 5, 2015 –  Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and staff writer for The New Yorker, delivered the 26th annual Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics, titled “The Press and the Polls.” The David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism was awarded to Gary Younge, columnist for The Guardian, the same evening. Co-sponsored by the Institute

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Maria Sacchetti

Media & Politics Must Reads, November 6, 2015

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 Maria Sacchetti: Reporting on the International Refugee Crisis. Maria Sacchetti, who covers immigration for The Boston Globe, shared her experiences reporting on the international refugee

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