February 13, 2015 — The Shorenstein Center remembers New York Times media columnist David Carr, who passed away on February 12, 2015. The Shorenstein Center had the privilege of hosting three visits with David Carr, one almost one year ago to the day, and others in 2011 and 2009, where he shared his outlooks on the media industry with students […]
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This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space. Guest: Erie Meyer, founding member, U.S. Digital Service Description: With the new government-wide U.S. Digital Service unit at the White House,
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Data, Technology and Innovation in Government Seminar Series Led by Nick Sinai, Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow, former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer Topics will include smart cities, government digital services, privacy and data portability, data journalism, and more. Wednesdays, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m., starting February 4 Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate),
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February 4, 2015 — David Weinberger, Joan Shorenstein Fellow, explains why the reclassification of Internet service as a public utility is important for Net Neutrality efforts on Ting.com’s blog. Read more…
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This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and not-for-credit. Description: The U.S. government collects and creates a ton of data that is increasingly being made available to the world. President Obama’s Open Data Initiatives include Executive Order
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Finalists include: The Boston Globe, Miami Herald, The Post and Courier, ProPublica and NPR, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal. January 29, 2015 — Six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The winner of the
January 29, 2015 — The Harvard Crimson covers a discussion with Alex S. Jones, Shorenstein Center director, and Charles M. Sennott, co-founder of GlobalPost, at the Cambridge Forum. Read more…
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A paper by Celestine Bohlen, Fall 2014 Fellow and columnist at The International New York Times, explores the nature of the 2014 sanctions against Russia, their effects, and the resulting media coverage. Since 2014 the US and EU have targeted the close associates of Vladimir Putin – wealthy businessmen who receive high-profile government contracts –
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January 26, 2015 — Jeffrey Seglin, lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), has been awarded the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award by Trust Across America-Trust Across the World, after being named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trust for the fifth year in a row. Read more…
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A free press and public access to information and a broad range of ideas and opinions were considered so essential for a healthy democratic republic that the Founders included protection for freedom of the press in the First Amendment to the Constitution. Alex Jones, director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy,
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January 21, 2015 — Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the “moral claims” of democracy as part of a panel on BBC Newsnight.
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January 21, 2015 — “One of President Obama’s guests at this year’s State of the Union address was Kathy Pham, a health IT expert formerly of Google and IBM. Pham recently joined the federal government to make it easier for veterans to access the benefits they have earned – like her brother, who earned a
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