October 21, 2015 — Zephyr Teachout, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Shorenstein Center in 2010, writes about a new study backed by big business that argues that political lobbying is harming the American economy. Read more in The Guardian.
October 21, 2015 — Trudy Lieberman, spring 2001 fellow, health journalist, and press critic for Columbia Journalism Review, writes about an international panel of journalists with a goal of encouraging more inter-country dialogue about health care and policy. Read more in Columbia Journalism Review.
October 21, 2015 — Robert Lenzner, spring 2014 fellow and contributing editor at Forbes, reviews a new book by British economist John Kay that argues that the global finance sector is still “terribly risky,” with little changing in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Read more in The Atlantic.
Robert Lenzner: The Dangerous Opacity of Modern Banking Read More »
October 21, 2015 — Melinda Henneberger, spring 2013 fellow, has been named the next editor in chief of Roll Call. She joins Roll Call from Bloomberg Politics, where she covered the 2016 presidential campaign as a senior writer. Read more on Roll Call’s website.
Melinda Henneberger Joins Roll Call As Editor in Chief and Vice President Read More »
October 20, 2015 — Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy, writes in the Financial Times that Justin Trudeau triumphed in Canada’s general election because voters wanted not only “a change of regime but also because Canadians wanted a change of politics” – a prime minister willing to work with adversaries. Read more in
Michael Ignatieff: Trudeau Trounces the Politics of Enmity Read More »
October 20, 2015 — “Gasps from the audience filled the room during a Kennedy School of Government seminar Monday afternoon as BBC foreign correspondent Paul Wood played video of himself and his news crew under attack in Syria in 2014. Images of assault rifles and dusty streets flashed across the bouncing camera lens as Wood and
War Correspondent Recounts Experience Reporting on ISIS Read More »
2015 Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press October 7, 2015 – Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School and former ACLU president, delivered the eighth annual Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press, where she expressed her concerns that the over-regulation of sexual expression on
Nadine Strossen: “Free Expression: An Endangered Species on Campus?” 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 Nikole Hannah-Jones: Investigating Racial Injustice. Nikole Hannah-Jones, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, discussed her investigative reporting on segregation and discrimination in education
Media & Politics Must Reads, October 16, 2015 Read More »
October 14, 2015 — Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast special correspondent and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2003), writes about the diverging views held by the media and the public regarding who won the first Democratic debate. Read more on The Daily Beast.
Michael Tomasky: Who Will Win the Post-Debate Spin? Read More »
October 12, 2015 — Yavuz Baydar, journalist and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2014), writes about Turkey’s deteriorating democracy, including recent increases in threats to the press. Read more in Today’s Zaman.
Yavuz Baydar: Turkey’s Final Struggle – Democracy or Tyranny Read More »
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