October 6 , 2008 — The head of news and politics at YouTube spoke Monday at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government about the impact of online video in the current election. Steve Grove MPP 2006 cites the birth of YouTube politics as the video of former Virginia Republican Sen. George Allen using […]
YouTube more influential than ever in political races, says alumnus Read More »
October 1, 2008 — Alex S. Jones, director of the Shorenstein Center, had no shortage of kind words as he introduced the inaugural Richard S. Salant Lecturer, Anthony Lewis. Lewis, a two-time Pulitzer winner, was “a man who has come to embody the battle to keep the First Amendment vibrant and vigorous,” and whose work
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October 1, 2008 — When it comes to interpreting public-opinion polls, Peter Hart knows a thing or two. After all, he’s been doing them for more than 40 years. “You have to have a strong stomach and very steady hands,” he says. Then there’s the recent poll he did that goes into uncharted territory, literally.
Polster Peter Hart: New, lapsed voters the ones to watch Read More »
September 30, 2008 — “You should all be very afraid. The Internet is much less secure than you can imagine.” Strong words, and even more so because they came from Paul Sagan, the president and CEO of Akamai. Sagan came to the Shorenstein Center on September 30 to talk about “‘Clever and Cool’ Innovations on the
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September 23, 2008 — Notch one Republican for Obama. Not as a supporter, of course — after all, Alex Castellanos, a fellow at the Institute of Politics this semester, has spent more than two decades working as a media consultant for Republican candidates, including George Bush, Mitt Romney, and now John McCain. But in a
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September 19, 2008 — While keyed to an event now three years in the past, the subject of Jed Horne’s brown-bag lunch, “Governance vs. Laissez-Faire in Rebuilding New Orleans,” couldn’t have been more timely. “I don’t think there’s ever been a moment when the role of government and the limits of government have ever been
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September 16, 2008 – “The Home Stretch: The Candidates and the Media.” Brown-bag lunch with Mark Halperin, editor at large and senior political analyst for Time magazine.
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September 8, 2008 – Shorenstein Center announces fellows and visiting faculty for fall 2008. Learn more; press release
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August 31, 2008 – A panel discussion at the Republican National Convention with Dan Balz, the Washington Post; Gwen Ifill, PBS; William Kristol, the Weekly Standard; Bill Schneider, CNN; and Karen Tumulty, Time magazine.
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August 27, 2008 – An all-day conference co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center and the Political Communication section of the American Political Science Association. Panelists included Bruce Williams, Gadi Wolfsfeld, Michael X. Delli Carpini, and Marion Just.
Old Media, New Media: Political Communication in Transition Read More »
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