Yavuz Baydar: Barring Coverage, Assaults and Fear: New Reports Signal SOS for Turkish Media
November 10, 2014 — Current Fellow Yavuz Baydar examines threats to freedom of the press in Turkey on Huffington Post. Read more…
Michael Ignatieff: Geopolitics since the fall of the Berlin Wall
November 7, 2014 — Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the role of Germany, the United States, Russia and other leading nations 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall as part of a panel on BBC Newsnight.
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Nazila Fathi: A New York Times Correspondent’s Story of Fleeing Iran with Her Family
November 5, 2014 — Former Fellow Nazila Fathi writes in Vogue magazine about her coverage of Iran’s Green Movement protests for the New York Times — and about her subsequent relocation to Canada after being threatened by the Iranian government. Read more…
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Thomas E. Patterson: Midterms 2014: a little big day
November, 5 2014 — Thomas E. Patterson of the Shorenstein Center explores the outlook for politics after the 2014 midterms on The Conversation. Read more…
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Aneesh Chopra and Nick Sinai announced as the inaugural Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellows
November 3, 2014 — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is pleased to announce the appointment of two distinguished technological leaders, Aneesh Chopra and Nick Sinai, as the inaugural recipients of the newly established Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellowship. Chopra and Sinai will work in partnership as
Alex S. Jones: The Legacy Of Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee
Oct. 22 2014 — Alex Jones, Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, discussed Ben Bradlee’s legacy on WBUR’s Radio Boston. Read more…
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Knowledge Journalism Video Series
Featuring Thomas E. Patterson, Acting Director and Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press. The Internet, Globalization and the Media Future Media Problems and the Public Interest The Media-Information Future: Refocusing the Press on Knowledge
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A Generally Bellicose Society’s Antisocial Media: Reporting Murder & Debating God in a Nation at War
A paper by Wajahat S. Khan, spring 2011 fellow, examines the media coverage following the assassination of Pakistani politician Salmaan Taseer, from international journalists, oped writers, bloggers, social networkers, the governor’s friends and his critics. The paper charts the course of the follow-up reporting, analysis and campaigning on Pakistani media in the wake of one
Reflections on Public Service
Vivek Kundra, fall 2011 fellow, shares his reflections on public service, which included the positions of the first U.S. Chief Information Officer in President Obama’s administration, Chief Technology Officer in Mayor Fenty’s cabinet in Washington, D.C., Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology in Governor Kaine’s cabinet in Virginia, and Director of Infrastructure in Arlington County.
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Modern Citizenship or Policy Dead End? Evaluating the Need for Public Participation in Science Policy Making, and Why Public Meetings May Not Be the Answer
A paper by Dietram A. Scheufele, fall 2010 fellow, analyzes the recent renaissance that consensus conferences and public meetings have experienced regarding the discussion of controversial emerging technologies. First, it outlines the policy history of consensus conferences and other forms of public meetings. Second, it outlines claims made by proponents about the potential of consensus conferences
