February 5, 2013 – “A Close Look at the Loss of Freedom of the Press and Deterioration of Human Rights in Turkey.” A discussion with Ferai Tinc, Former foreign news editor of Hürriyet, one of Turkey’s leading daily newspapers.
Discussion with Ferai Tinc Read More »
Tuesday, February 5, 12 p.m. Speaker Series with Chris Hughes, publisher and editor-in-chief, The New Republic; co-founded and served as spokesman for Facebook.
Social mission and profit: Chris Hughes looks to blend cultures of journalism, new media Read More »
January 31, 2012 – Six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, which carries a cash award of $25,000, will be announced at an
Six Finalists for 2013 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting Announced Read More »
January 24, 2014 – The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, located at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is pleased to announce its 2013 Spring Fellows. “We have an all-star group of fellows from the heights of journalism and politics and the pinnacle of digital technology, and it promises
Shorenstein Center Welcomes Leaders in Journalism and Digital Media for Spring 2013 Read More »
A paper by Fall Fellow Joshua Partlow, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, looks at press coverage of President Karzai and his criticism of it.
Podium Wars: President Hamid Karzai, the Foreign Press, and the Afghan War Read More »
The most recent issue, published in December 2012, reported on the Politics as Theater event, the T.H. White Lecture with David Brooks, the Salant Lecture with Anne-Marie Slaughter, the Fall Speaker Series, Fall Fellows, support for students, and more.
Fall 2012 Newsletter Read More »
December 3, 2012 – “Unilateral Initiatives in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Yaakov Katz, military correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and the Israel Correspondent for Jane’s Defense Weekly; and Robert Mnookin, Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, chair of the Executive Committee at the
Unilateral Initiatives in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict Read More »
November 27, 2012 – The Shorenstein Center welcomed Cheryl Contee, co-founder of Jack and Jill Politics; co-founder and partner of Fission Strategy, to discuss the “End of the Digital Divide” and the impact it has on the U.S.
The End of the Digital Divide: What It Means for the Nation’s Future Read More »
November 16, 2012 – Theodore H. White Seminar with T.H. White Lecturer David Brooks; Cynthia Tucker, winner of the 2012 David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism; Amy Walter, ABC News Political Director; Jennifer Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government at Harvard University, Professor of African and African American Studies; and John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate magazine and political director of CBS News.
Theodore H. White Seminar Read More »
November 15, 2012 – Theodore H. White Lecture with David Brooks, columnist, The New York Times. The David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism was awarded to Cynthia Tucker, Pulitzer Prize–winner and columnist for Universal Press Syndicate.
Theodore H. White Lecture with David Brooks Read More »
November 13, 2012 – Discussion with Mike Allen, chief political reporter for Politico, and writes the daily Playbook. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/the-role-of-new-media-in-election-coverage
Politico’s Mike Allen: The Role of New Media in Election Coverage Read More »
November 6, 2012 — Speaker Series with Mark McKinnon, weekly columnist for The Daily Beast and The London Telegraph, and is a co-founder of the bipartisan group No Labels which is dedicated to more civil discourse in politics. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute of Politics. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/the-presidential-election-2012-the-good-the-bad-an
The Presidential Election 2012: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Read More »
November 5, 2012 – “Under Fire: Journalists in Combat.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Finbarr O’Reilly, Nieman Fellow and Reuters photographer; and trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk M.D., medical director at the Boston Trauma Center. Co-sponsored with the Nieman Foundation, the Weatherhead Center and the Program on Negotiation
Under Fire: Journalists in Combat Read More »
October 25, 2012 – Discussion with David Ensor, Director of Voice of America and former CNN National Security Correspondent. Co-Sponsored with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Taking American Public Diplomacy Viral Read More »
October 23, 2012 – Steve Levy, senior writer at Wired magazine, spent two years immersed in the “Googleplex,” researching how the company works, how it makes money, and what it values. He shared with the Shorenstein Center three key takeaways that he learned from Google, which are featured in his book, In the Plex: How
Google’s products reflect its character, says Wired‘s Steven Levy Read More »
October 18, 2012 – Discussion with Steve Inskeep, host of NPR’s Morning Edition; author of Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi. Co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
Discussion with Steve Inskeep Read More »
October 17, 2012 – “Europe at a Crossroads: The story of Greece and what it reveals about structural problems in the Eurozone. ” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with George Papandreou, former prime minister of Greece, and Richard Parker, economist, political consultant, and Harvard Kennedy School lecturer. Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead
October 17, 2012 – More than any other uprising in the Middle East, the Syrian uprising has made use of social media to shape and influence the narrative on both sides, said Deborah Amos, Middle East correspondent for National Public Radio. In 18 months of covering the Syrian revolution, she said that “young social media
Social media used by regime and activists in Syrian revolution, says NPR’s Deborah Amos Read More »
October 10, 2012 – “Open v. Closed: Media, Government and Social Organization in the Information Age.” Fifth annual Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press delivered by Anne‑Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Watch the video or read the transcript. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/salant-lecture-with-anne-marie-slaughter
Salant Lecture delivered by Anne-Marie Slaughter Read More »
October 9, 2012 – Former Fellow Rory O’Connor joined the Shorenstein Center for a discussion about how social media has influenced politics and traditional media. O’Connor, a filmmaker and journalist, is the author of Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media. Tracing social media’s
Effective use of social media will determine 2012 election, says Rory O’Connor Read More »
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