March 23, 2010 — The $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded to Raquel Rutledge of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for “Cashing In on Kids.” The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy administers the award, which was presented by Bradlee Professor of Government Thomas E. Patterson. In Rutledge’s year-long […]
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March 23, 2010 — With the Goldsmith Awards Ceremony just a few hours away, Matthew Hindman, winner of the 2010 Goldsmith Book Prize, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about his book, The Myth of Digital Democracy. Hindman, assistant professor at Arizona State University, explained that the book is a response to the claim that the
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March 10, 2010 — Laptops, personal digital assistants, and iPhones were a ubiquitous and fitting presence at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at “Digital Governance: From the State House to the White House.” As audience members tapped away on their myriad electronic devices, Jerry Mechling, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) lecturer in public policy and
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March 9, 2010 – Kelman Seminar Series with Mir Ibrahim Rahman, CEO, GEO TV Network. Co-sponsored by the Program on Negotiation, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
The India-Pakistan Peace Initiative: The Role of GEO TV Network Read More »
March 9, 2010 — The military and the media have a “complex relationship,” said Daphne Benoit, Pentagon correspondent for Agence France Press (AFP), at a Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event. They need each other but have “conflicting interests.” The media values transparency, facts that can be verified and a quick turnaround of stories. The military, on
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March 6, 2010 — The Gov 2.0 Camp New England went a long way toward proving that “spontaneous” and “organized” aren’t mutually exclusive terms. Described as an “unconference,” the event brought together a wide range of participants, including government employees, contractors, and officials; students from the Harvard Kennedy School, MIT, Tufts, and beyond; academics and
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March 4, 2010 — Not so long ago it appeared that a U.S. cap-and-trade bill was well on its way to becoming reality. But then came the “climategate” emails and increased political opposition, particularly in the Senate, to taking action. While public worries over the impacts of climate change had once been climbing, they’ve since
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March 2, 2010 – John Heilemann and Mark Halperin discuss their new book, Game Change. Heilemann, a graduate of the Kennedy School, is national political correspondent and columnist for New York Magazine. Halperin, former IOP and Shorenstein Fellow, is editor-at-large and senior political analyst for Time magazine. Co-sponsored with the Institute of Politics.
March 2, 2010 — At a Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event, Greg Zuckerman, senior writer and Heard on the Street columnist at The Wall Street Journal, shared lessons and observations from his book, The Greatest Trade Ever. Zuckerman presented a paradox that “it should have been the experts who saw this coming — the Wall Street
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February 25, 2009 – Discussion with reporters from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting: Vanessa Gezari, Jason Motlagh and Nir Rosen. Moderated by Jon Sawyer, executive director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Co-sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and
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