A new paper by Jill Dougherty, Spring 2014 Fellow and former CNN Moscow bureau chief, traces the shift in Russia’s ideology and its effect on media coverage of the Ukraine conflict.
Everyone Lies: The Ukraine Conflict and Russia’s Media Transformation Read More »
Former Fellow Martin F. Nolan in the Boston Globe: “Five years ago, the president lost his only real friend in Congress. It was a sad day for Massachusetts, for the Democratic Party, for civility in Washington, D.C., and, most of all, a sad day for Barack Obama and his administration.” Continue reading…
MURFREESBORO — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones, a native of Greeneville and a former editor of The Greeneville Sun, was one of six veteran Tennessee journalists inducted Tuesday into the second class of the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame. Jones, the director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard
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Former Visiting Murrow Lecturer Clay Shirky writes in Medium about the decline of newspapers: “If you are a journalist at a print publication, your job is in danger. Period. Time to do something about it.” Continue reading…
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Former Visiting Stanton Professor Susan Crawford in Bloomberg View: “Rockport, Maine, population 3,321, is trying to solve the existential dilemma of small-town America: How do you get people like Meg Weston’s students to stick around?” Continue reading…
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A new paper by Steve Oney, author of And the Dead Shall Rise, tells the story of the creation of National Public Radio, and how its philosophy was shaped in its early days, with a unique focus on content quality over broadcasting techniques. The paper is an excerpt of a forthcoming book to be published by Simon & Schuster.
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A paper by Fall 2013 Fellow Stefan Theil looks at the systematic mistakes that editors and reporters repeatedly make when they cover the economy.
Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy, delivered the 50th Annual Lecture at the Ditchley Foundation: The Post-Ukraine World Order.
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Former Fellow Deborah Amos, author of Eclipse of the Sunnis, talks to NPR’s Melissa Block about the extremist vision for establishing a new Sunni caliphate, as well as what it might look like if a group like ISIS managed to do so: The Shape Of Extremist Ambitions In Iraq And Beyond
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Jeffrey Seglin, Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the HKS Communications Program, was awarded the Manuel C. Carballo Award for Excellence in Teaching. Voted by the Kennedy School student body, it recognizes the faculty member’s dedication to students, excellence in the professional field, and commitment to public service.
Jeffrey Seglin receives Manuel C. Carballo Award for Excellence in Teaching Read More »
July 24, 2014 – Add to your summer reading list: Four new papers from Shorenstein Center Fellows and affiliates. Topics include how viral patterns affect the democratization of news, how press credentials are regulated, how reporters misrepresent economic information, and how NPR got its start. The Philosopher King and the Creation of NPR by Steve Oney, Joan
Former Fellow Rebecca MacKinnon has received a Knight News Challenge grant for her project “Ranking Digital Rights” with the New America Foundation. The grant will enable MacKinnon and her team to rank Internet companies on how well they protect the privacy of their users, and publish a global ranking to help encourage companies to improve their practices.
Rebecca MacKinnon receives grant for “Ranking Digital Rights” Read More »
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