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October 3, 2012 – “A 61-Million-Person-Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization.” A discussion of the impact of Facebook and other social networks on voter turnout with James Fowler, Professor of Medical Genetics and Political Science, University of California, San Diego. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, is a leading expert in the integration […]

August 28, 2012 – The Shorenstein Center is pleased to announce its 2012 Fall Fellows and Visiting Faculty. “This fall we have an outstanding group of fellows and visiting faculty representing both broad experience and cutting-edge work and scholarship,” said Alex Jones, the Center’s director. Shorenstein Fellows spend the semester researching and writing a paper,

May 20, 2012 – The Shorenstein Center sends congratulations and best wishes to the Kennedy School 2012 gradutes. Watch the slideshow below. Photos by Heather McKinnon and Nancy Palmer.

April 24, 2012 – A Conversation with Gary Ginsberg, the Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Communications at Time Warner Inc.

April 23, 2012 – “Trusting Truth: The Path to Avoiding Gridlock in Public Dialogue.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center.

April 18, 2012 – “HBO in the 21st Century.” A conversation with Richard Plepler, co-president of HBO. Moderated by Alex Jones, Shorenstein Center Director.

April 12, 2012 – Discussion with Francis Ghiles, political scientist, former reporter with The Financial Times, reporting on international capital markets and North Africa. Moderated by Ishac Diwan, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Co-sponsored by the Middle East Initiative. Nye A, Taubman Building, Fifth Floor

A discussion with Alec Ross, Senior Adviser, Innovation in the Office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Moderated by Susan Crawford, Visiting Stanton Professor. Co-sponsored by Tech{for}Change.

April 3, 2012 – President Obama is less comfortable with exercising power publicly than privately, said David Ignatius, associate editor and columnist for The Washington Post, at a Shorenstein Center event. “As covert Commander-in-Chief, [Obama] has been quite effective,” he continued. While he is “reticent, reluctant to use the public political tools of power, in private…he

March 28, 2012 – Featuring panelists Susan Chira, assistant managing editor for news of The New York Times; Charlie Sennott, Vice President, Executive Editor and co-founder of GlobalPost; Phil Bennett, managing editor of Frontline. Moderated by Alex Jones, Director of the Shorenstein Center. Co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy,