October 29, 2010 – A discussion of editorial choice in the context of a lack of coverage about the Pakistan floods and their aftermath. Co-sponsored with the South Asia Initiative, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and the Harvard Pakistan Student Group.
Face to Face with Riz Khan: What Is Newsworthy? Read More »
October 28, 2010 — In reflecting on today’s media world, 2010 Salant Lecturer Marcus Brauchli looked back to the roots of the organization he leads, The Washington Post. Founded in 1877, it was just one in a universe of left- and right-leaning publications. Now, Brauchli said, “we are once again on a frontier.” As executive
Marcus Brauchli delivers 2010 Richard S. Salant Lecture Read More »
October 26, 2010 – Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times. Moderated by R. Nicholas Burns. Co-sponsored with the Future of Diplomacy Project.
Can the Euro Survive? Europe’s Scorecard in the Financial Crisis Read More »
October 26, 2010 — Board president and former executive director of MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser presented his research on “Algorithms, the News and Democracy” at a Shorenstein Center event. Introducing Pariser, Clay Shirky, Visiting Murrow Lecturer, explained that while there are “a lot of people who understand the technology really well but don’t understand the society
MoveOn’s Eli Pariser questions ethics of algorithmic news filters Read More »
October 21, 2010 — Mark McKinnon, Republican political advisor, president of Maverick Media, and the vice-chairman of Public Strategies, Inc., joined the Shorenstein Center for an event discussing “The Hotter the Water, the Stronger the Tea Party.” McKinnon opened his talk with a video clip that showed highlights of the past few months in the
McKinnon predicts third party to rise from ‘poisonous’ system Read More »
October 21, 2010 — When Eric Pooley started writing The Climate War three years ago, he didn’t think the book was going to be a “whodunit.” At the time, he recalled, the climate-change debate was shifting from scientific questions to matters of politics and economics — “‘Is this real?’ to ‘What the heck are we
Pooley: States, corporations can lead the way on U.S. climate action Read More »
October 19, 2010 – Kelman Seminar with Robert Rotberg, World Peace Foundation, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; and Gwen Thompkins, NPR. Co-sponsored by the Program on Negotiation; the Nieman Foundation for Journalism; the Shorenstein Center; the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; and Boston area members of the Alliance
Can Ethnic Divisions Be Healed for the Good of All Kenyans? Read More »
October 19, 2010 – Tracy Kidder, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center; author of The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, Old Friends, Hometown, Mountains Beyond Mountains, My Detachment and Strength in What Remains.
Aspects of the Story with Tracy Kidder Read More »
October 19, 2010 — Tracing the path of the Democratic Party from the sweep of the 2008 elections to the possible “tidal wave” facing the 2010 midterm elections, Ari Berman, political correspondent for The Nation, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about his new book, Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape
The Nation’s Ari Berman sees ‘tidal wave’ for Democrats Read More »
October 13, 2010 – A conversation with Tracy Kidder, A.M. Rosenthal Writer in Residence at the Shorenstein Center; author of the following books of narrative nonfiction: The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, Old Friends, Hometown, Mountains Beyond Mountains, My Detachment and Strength in What Remains. Moderated by Darcy Frey. Co-sponsored with Harvard Writers at Work.
Writing Literary Nonfiction Read More »
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