The #Tech4Democracy Showcase and Challenge welcomes all civic tech start-ups and anyone interested in learning more about civic tech. Hosted by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center, the spirit of the event is collaborative and celebratory, as students, entrepreneurs and community members showcase their ideas for new apps, web platforms, […]
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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 Can Republicans Win Millennials in 2016? Kristen Soltis Anderson, co-founder of Echelon Insights, an opinion research, data analysis and digital intelligence firm, discussed the divide
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October 8, 2015 — Jill Dougherty, foreign affairs correspondent for CNN and former Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2014), analyzes the timing and possible motivation behind Putin’s recent military actions in Syria. Read more.
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An evening of storytelling presented by HUBweek and The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, with support from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and The Boston Globe. Join us and Boston’s best chroniclers of innovation for an evening of unforgettable storytelling at historic Faneuil Hall. This signature HUBweek event will feature
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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 Peter Hamby Discusses News at Snapchat, Social Media on the Campaign Trail. Peter Hamby, Head of News at Snapchat and a political contributor for CNN,
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September 29, 2015 — Steve Jarding, Lecturer in Public Policy, and former State Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei discuss presidential politics and Trump’s new tax plan on WGBH’s “Greater Boston.”
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September 29, 2015 — Diane Frances, editor at large with the National Post in Canada and fall 2005 fellow, writes that Russia’s occupation of 9 percent of Ukraine has already displaced 1.4 million people internally, and without intervention, continuing military incursions will result in the dislocation of millions more. Read more on The World Post.
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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 Jonathan Capehart Discusses Civil Rights, Partisan Values and the Media. Jonathan Capehart, a member of The Washington Post editorial board, writer for the PostPartisan blog,
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September 24, 2015 — Kasey Windels, assistant professor in the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU, and Kim Sheehan, professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon, write about how they use the research and syllabi provided by the Shorenstein Center’s Journalist’s Resource in their graduate and undergraduate journalism courses.
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September 23, 2015 —GlobalPost announced the launch of a yearlong in-depth series which is aimed at revealing the full extent of the humanitarian toll from major conflicts raging in the Middle East and investigating the responsibility borne by governments and leaders in the region and by major world powers. The first report, “A Daily Hustle
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