September 11, 2012 – On the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Shorenstein Center welcomed Dana Priest, national security reporter for The Washington Post, to discuss the cost of secrecy and how it affects the relationship between media and government. In his introduction, Shorenstein Center Director Alex Jones mentioned the New York Times […]
WaPo’s Dana Priest examines increase of secrecy after 9/11 Read More »
A paper by former Fellow Nina Easton looks at how the media has covered wealth, as well as recent reporting on the one percent and Occupy Wall Street.
Rebelling Against the Rich: Lessons from the media’s coverage of the 1% divide Read More »
August 28, 2012 – The Shorenstein Center is pleased to announce its 2012 Fall Fellows and Visiting Faculty. “This fall we have an outstanding group of fellows and visiting faculty representing both broad experience and cutting-edge work and scholarship,” said Alex Jones, the Center’s director. Shorenstein Fellows spend the semester researching and writing a paper,
Shorenstein Center Welcomes Leaders in Journalism and Scholarship for Fall 2012 Read More »
A new paper by Spring 2012 Fellow Nazila Fathi describes her experience as a journalist on the ground during the Iranian protests in June 2009.
A paper by Spring 2012 Fellow H.D.S. Greenway on The New York Times‘ decision to publish the “Stellar Wind” story.
Anatomy of a Secret Read More »
May 20, 2012 – The Shorenstein Center sends congratulations and best wishes to the Kennedy School 2012 gradutes. Watch the slideshow below. Photos by Heather McKinnon and Nancy Palmer.
Congratulations, Graduates! Read More »
April 24, 2012 – A Conversation with Gary Ginsberg, the Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Communications at Time Warner Inc.
A Conversation with Gary Ginsberg Read More »
April 23, 2012 – “Trusting Truth: The Path to Avoiding Gridlock in Public Dialogue.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center.
Trusting Truth: The Path to Avoiding Gridlock in Public Dialogue Read More »
April 18, 2012 – “HBO in the 21st Century.” A conversation with Richard Plepler, co-president of HBO. Moderated by Alex Jones, Shorenstein Center Director.
HBO in the 21st Century Read More »
April 17, 2012 – For a behind-the-scenes look at the 2012 presidential race, the Shorenstein Center invited Jake Tapper, Senior White House Correspondent for ABC News and a substitute host for ABC’s This Week, to speak about what the Obama and Romney campaigns need to do to win the election. Both campaigns, he said, are focused
‘Balancing act’ ahead for Romney and Obama, says ABC’s Jake Tapper Read More »
April 12, 2012 – Discussion with Francis Ghiles, political scientist, former reporter with The Financial Times, reporting on international capital markets and North Africa. Moderated by Ishac Diwan, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Co-sponsored by the Middle East Initiative. Nye A, Taubman Building, Fifth Floor
Can the Revolution in Tunisia put North Africa back on the world stage? Read More »
April 10, 2012 – Maria Hinojosa, anchor and managing editor of NPR’s Latino USA, and anchor of Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One (WGBX-TV), spoke to the Shorenstein Center about the challenges journalists face when reporting objective facts through the mainstream media.
NPR’s Hinojosa sees conflict of objectivity and agenda in journalism Read More »
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