October 20, 2015 — Garance Franke-Ruta, editor in chief of Yahoo Politics and former Shorenstein Center Fellow, discussed the current state of women in politics and political media. For the 2016 election cycle, “the picture is mixed” on the campaign trail, said Franke-Ruta. More women are covering political races than ever before, and women are […]
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Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution featuring speakers: Paul Wood, BBC foreign correspondent and Fall 2015 Shorenstein Center fellow Michael Hudson, Seif Ghobash Professor of International Relations and Arab Studies, Emeritus at Georgetown University; former Visiting Scholar at the Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School This series is sponsored by the Weatherhead
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October 13, 2015 — Nikole Hannah-Jones, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, discussed her investigative reporting on segregation and discrimination in education and housing, as well as the media’s broader coverage of racial issues. Rather than reporting on the “racist of the week,” simply pointing out that a disparity exists, or covering a
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October 8, 2015 — Jaron Lanier, computer scientist and author of Who Owns the Future? and You Are Not a Gadget, discussed how the current digital economy, driven by automation and efficiency, is on track to leave large segments of society behind economically. A primary problem, according to Lanier, is that “we’ve created only half
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October 6, 2015 — Kristen Soltis Anderson, co-founder of Echelon Insights, an opinion research, data analysis and digital intelligence firm, discussed the divide between the Millennial generation and the Republican Party, and what the party can do to better resonate with young voters in future elections. While researching her book, The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are
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September 29, 2015 — Peter Hamby, Head of News at Snapchat and a political contributor for CNN, discussed how Snapchat creates news stories, how campaigns are using the platform, and the ever-evolving relationship between social media and journalism. Hamby is known as an early adopter of social media platforms, and as a spring 2013 fellow at the
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Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution featuring speakers: Andrea Bruce, documentary photographer and Nieman Fellow Donna Hicks, Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs The theme of the 2015–2016 Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution is negotiation, conflict, and the news media. It explores the relationship between
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September 22, 2015 — Jonathan Capehart, a member of The Washington Post editorial board, writer for the PostPartisan blog, and MSNBC contributor, discussed the parallels between the Black Lives Matter and marriage equality movements, the role of the media, and the 2016 election. Both the Black Lives Matter and marriage equality movements are “linked in
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September 15, 2015 — Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, veteran CBS reporter and former moderator of “Face the Nation,” discussed the corrosive effects of money in politics and his outlook for the 2016 presidential election. The current gridlocked political environment is “not the problem – it is a symptom of the problem
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Featuring speakers: William English, Research Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and Research Fellow at the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching Vladimir Radomirovic, Serbian Investigative Journalist and 2015 Nieman Fellow More information. About the Herbert C. Kelman Seminar Series: The 2014-2015 Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution
The academic year is drawing to a close at the Kennedy School. Over the summer months, the Shorenstein Center will debut its Media & Politics Podcast featuring highlights from events and fresh content from leading media voices. Meanwhile, as the nation again examines the topic of race in American society, listen to leading journalists discuss
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April 21, 2015 — The Shorenstein Center closed its spring semester event series with a conversation with the Spring 2015 Joan Shorenstein Fellows: William E. Buzenberg, former executive director of The Center for Public Integrity, Jackie Calmes, national correspondent for The New York Times, Michele Norris, NPR host and special correspondent, and David Weinberger, senior
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