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T.H. White Seminar explores conservatism, third party and GOP candidates

November 18, 2011 – Theodore H. White Seminar on the Press and Politics with Tad Devine, Democratic media consultant for presidential campaigns; founder, Devine Mulvey; IOP Fellow; Thomas Frank, 2011 Nyhan Prize recipient; author and columnist, Harper’s magazine; Nia-Malika Henderson, national political reporter, The Washington Post; Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History, Harvard University; staff writer, […]

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Andrew Sullivan delivers 22nd annual Theodore H. White Lecture

November 17, 2011 — Andrew Sullivan, political commentator and blogger with The Daily Beast, gave the 2011 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. In his Lecture, “Conservatism and Its Discontents,” Sullivan argued that conservatism today is in a crisis and is “unrecognizable” from its traditional heritage.

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Reuters journalist recalls last days of Gaddafi regime

November 15, 2011 — In the final days of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in Libya, Missy Ryan was held against her will in a Tripoli hotel. Ryan, a military correspondent with Reuters, shared her experience at a Shorenstein Center event. In the initial days of the conflict, Ryan and about 30 foreign journalists were not allowed

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Turkish journalist predicts totalitarian regime by 2014

November 8, 2011 — Cüneyt Ülsever, a freelance journalist in Turkey, said at a Shorenstein Center event that Turkey is on an “open path” headed toward the “rule of one man: Erdoğan.” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the current Prime Minister of Turkey and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has provided his people

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‘Endangered’ political cartoonist confident in art form’s survival

November 1, 2011 — Dan Wasserman, editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe, describes himself as a “savage” and part of an “endangered species.” The reason there are “fewer than 50” editorial cartoonists today, he said at a Shorenstein Center event, is because of their “loss of habitat: a shrinkage in newspapers willing to put up

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Neutrality, simplicity critical in debates, says Commission’s Exec Director

October 26, 2011 — “Debates matter,” said Institute of Politics Director Trey Grayson, in introducing Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, at an event co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center and the IOP. Grayson cited the example of Texas Governor Rick Perry whose poll ratings have dropped after appearances in GOP presidential

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Zeynep Tufekci: Tech tools can overcome ‘pluralistic ignorance’

October 25, 2011 — To discuss the impact of technology on citizen and state dynamics, Zeynep Tufekci, assistant professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about the Arab

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Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda

October 24, 2011 – Seminar with Eric Schmitt, terrorism correspondent for The New York Times, and Thom Shanker, Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times. Co-sponsored with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Moderators: Alex S. Jones, director, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée

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Politico’s Jim VandeHei and Columnist/Strategist Mark McKinnon

October 15, 2011 – A conversation with Jim VandeHei, executive editor and co-founder of Politico, and Mark McKinnon, global vice chairman of Hill & Knowlton and Public Strategies, and president of Maverick Media. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/gop-communications-strategist-mark-mckinnon-and-po Compiled by John Wihbey and Janell Sims, Shorenstein Center. Photos by Martha Stewart.

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Columbia’s Emily Bell and MIT’s Joichi Ito

October 15, 2011 – Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, speaks with Joichi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab, at the Shorenstein Center’s 25th anniversary celebration at Harvard Kennedy School. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/columbias-emily-bell-and-mits-joichi-ito Compiled by John Wihbey and Janell Sims, Shorenstein Center. Photos by Martha Stewart.

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Author Dan Okrent and NY Magazine’s Adam Moss

October 14, 2011 – Dan Okrent, writer and editor, spoke with Adam Moss, editor-in-chief, New York magazine, at the Shorenstein Center’s 25th anniversary celebration on October 14, 2011, at Harvard Kennedy School. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/author-dan-okrent-and-ny-mags-adam-moss Compiled by John Wihbey and Janell Sims, Shorenstein Center. Photos by Martha Stewart.

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NYTimes’ David Carr and danah boyd, Harvard/NYU/Microsoft

October 14, 2011 – New York Times columnist David Carr speaks with Harvard/NYU’s danah boyd, also senior researcher at Microsoft Research, at the Shorenstein Center’s 25th anniversary celebration on October 14, 2011, at Harvard Kennedy School. A full transcript of the conversation between Carr and boyd can be downloaded here. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/nytimes-david-carr-and-danah-boyd Compiled by John Wihbey and Janell Sims, Shorenstein Center.

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Global Voices/New America’s Rebecca MacKinnon and Al Jazeera’s Abderrahim Foukara

October 14, 2011 – Rebecca MacKinnon of the New America Foundation and Global Voices spoke with Abderrahim Foukara, Washington bureau chief, Al Jazeera, at the Shorenstein Center’s 25th anniversary celebration on October 14, 2011, at Harvard Kennedy School. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/global-voices-rebecca-mackinnon-and-al-jazeeras Compiled by John Wihbey and Janell Sims, Shorenstein Center. Photos by Martha Stewart.

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NYU’s Clay Shirky Gives Lecture on Press Freedom

October 14, 2011 – Clay Shirky, NYU professor of new media, delivers the 2011 Richard Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press for the Shorenstein Center’s 25th anniversary celebration on October 14, at Harvard Kennedy School. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/nyus-clay-shirky-salant-lecture-at-harvard-kennedy Compiled by John Wihbey and Janell Sims, Shorenstein Center. Photos by Martha Stewart.

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YouTube’s Steve Grove and Princeton’s Anne-Marie Slaughter

October 14, 2011 – Steve Grove, head of News and Politics at YouTube, spoke with Anne-Marie Slaughter of Princeton University, at the Shorenstein Center’s 25th anniversary celebration on October 14, 2011, at Harvard Kennedy School. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/youtubes-steve-grove-and-princetons-anne-marie-sla Compiled by John Wihbey and Janell Sims, Shorenstein Center. Photos by Martha Stewart.

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Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin and PBS’ Miles O’Brien

October 14, 2011 – Xeni Jardin, founding partner and co-editor of Boing Boing, spoke with Miles O’Brien, science correspondent, PBS NewsHour, at the Shorenstein Center’s 25th anniversary celebration on October 14, 2011, at Harvard Kennedy School. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/boing-boings-xeni-jardin-and-pbs-miles-obrien Compiled by John Wihbey and Janell Sims, Shorenstein Center. Photos by Martha Stewart.

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New Yorker’s Ken Auletta with ex-US CIO Vivek Kundra

October 14, 2011 – Ken Auletta, New Yorker columnist, spoke with Vivek Kundra, Former U.S. Chief Information Officer, at the Shorenstein Center’s 25th anniversary celebration on October 14, 2011, at Harvard Kennedy School. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/shorenstein-25-new-yorkers-ken-auletta-with-exus-c Compiled by John Wihbey and Janell Sims, Shorenstein Center. Photos by Martha Stewart.

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Kalb traces Vietnam influence on White House policy

October 11, 2011 — The founding director of the Shorenstein Center, Marvin Kalb, author of Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama, revisited the Center to talk about how a lost war still influences White House war policy. Kalb’s book, which he co-wrote with his daughter Deborah Kalb, poses the question:

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