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Holtzman says digital ‘impulsivity’ and ‘permanence’ threaten privacy

October 12, 2010 — Shorenstein Center Director Alex S. Jones introduced David Holtzman as “one of the most authoritative voices” in the area of digital privacy. Holtzman is the former CTO of Network Solutions and author of Privacy Lost: How Technology Is Endangering Your Privacy. Holtzman opened his Shorenstein Center talk by asking the audience […]

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Hart: Democrats will hold Senate, GOP will take House in midterms

October 7, 2010 — Twenty-six days out from the 2010 midterm elections, Peter D. Hart looked at whether Democrats should expect a “Category 3 or 5 Hurricane.” The chairman of Peter D. Hart Research Associates and one of the leading U.S. analysts of public opinion survey research spoke at a Shorenstein Center event co-sponsored with

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Microsoft’s Jaron Lanier sees need for online ‘middle class’

October 4, 2010 — Jaron Lanier, partner architect at Microsoft Research and innovator in residence at the Annenberg School of the University of Southern California, led a Shorenstein Center discussion about “Seeing Through the Fog of Digital Fads.” Lanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget … A Manifesto, explained that what is needed in

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Adair describes new form of accountability journalism

September 28, 2010 — In his Shorenstein Center discussion, “Reinventing the News Story for the Internet Age,” Bill Adair, editor of PolitiFact and Washington bureau chief of The St. Petersburg Times, contradicted the idea that this is “a terrible time for journalism.” Adair is “optimistic about countless opportunities” for journalism, and believes we are on

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Discussion with Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize–winner

September 27, 2010 – Discussion with Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize–winner; columnist for The New York Times; author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Co-sponsored with the Future of Diplomacy Project, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Women and Public Policy Program and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press,

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Democracy and New Media

September 23, 2010 – Panel discussion with Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies; Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy; Clay Shirky, Visiting Murrow Lecturer; and Zephyr Teachout, Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy. Moderated by Tom Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press. Part of the Belfer Center’s Technology and Governance 2.0 conference.

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Suskind says good journalism affronts ‘message management’

September 14, 2010— Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and nonfiction author of The Way of the World and The One Percent Doctrine, Ron Suskind spoke at a Shorenstein Center event about “Truth-telling versus Message Control: A Dilemma for Sources and Reporters.” There has been a shift in focus on the perception of the message rather than on

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