Stephen Bates is the author, co-author, or editor of five books, most recently An Aristocracy of Critics: Luce, Hutchins, Niebuhr, and the Committee That Redefined Freedom of the Press (Yale University Press, 2020), which received the Goldsmith Prize from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy. His work has appeared in Journalism and […]
Michael Goldfarb is an American author, journalist and broadcaster. In 2009, he published the book: Emancipation: How Liberating Europe’s Jews From the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance.
William Hammond garnered a laudable reputation as a military historian on behalf of the Vietnam branch of the U.S. Army Center of Military History between 1972 and 2001. During that period, he planned, researched and wrote two volumes on the U.S. Army’s relations with the news media during the Vietnam War. His works on military-media
Xiguang Li had his B.A. in English and American Language and Literature from Nanjing University in 1982. He was an assistant research scientist with the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science (1982-1985). He had his Master of Law in English journalism from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Alina Pippidi-Mungiu is Professor of Democracy Studies at the Hertie School in Berlin. Her research centers on anti-corruption policy and good governance. Mungiu-Pippidi chairs the European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building (ERCAS) where she managed the FP7 research project ANTICORRP and the Horizon 2020 project DIGIWHIST. Her research projects have resulted in resources like
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As a scholar with a research focus on the White House, Martha Kumar is interested in presidential – press relations, White House communications operations, and presidential transitions. Her book, Managing the President’s Message: The White House Communication Operation, won a 2008 Richard E. Neustadt Award from the presidency section of the American Political Science Association.
Jonathan Randal was a foreign correspondent for numerous publications, including the New York Times and the Washington Post (from 1969-1998). His work as a reporter primarily focused on war zones, including reporting from Vietnam, Eritrea, Iran, and Lebanon. Randal is also the author of four books which variously chronicle and apply his journalism to Middle
Jim Sleeper is an American author and journalist. He was a lecturer in political science at Yale University from 1999 to 2020, teaching undergraduate seminars on American national identity and on journalism, liberalism, and democracy.
Charlotte Grimes was a Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University; a visiting professor at the Newhouse School; a fellow at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University; director of the Washington internship program for the Scripps Howard Foundation; and head of the journalism program at Hampton University, a
Thomas Keenan received his B.A. from Amherst College and a Master of Philosophy and Ph.D. from Yale University. His research interests revolve around media and conflict; literary and political theory; humanitarianism and human rights; violence and politics. In the field of human rights, Keenan has worked closely with the Soros Documentary Fund, WITNESS and The
Stephen Ward is founding chair of the Ethics Committee of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) and a co-author of the CAJ’s two codes of ethics. He continues to work as a consultant for journalism associations from the United States to Guatemala.
Lisa Bennett is an award-winning journalist, author, speaker, facilitator, and coach. She has written or contributed to 11 books, including Ecoliterate with emotional intelligence expert Daniel Goleman. A former Harvard University fellow and Ashoka Changemakers Thought Leader, she has worked with CEOs, university presidents, and organizations, including the American Psychological Association, Human Rights Campaign, MacArthur
Tim Cooke was responsible for the refurbishment of the Ulster Museum in Belfast which won the Art Fund’s UK Museum of the Year Prize. He is a former senior broadcasting executive with the BBC, and serves as an Honorary Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Alexis Sinduhije is the founder and former director of Radio Publique Africaine, and in 2004 he was awarded the International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists. While running for the Burundian presidency in 2008, Sinduhije was arrested and detained on charges that were widely considered to be politically motivated. He was found
Sara Bentivegna is Professor of Political Communication at the Department of Communication and Social Research (Coris), University of Rome “Sapienza”. Her scientific and research activities have been devoted to (both traditional and digital) communication and its impact from a multidimensional perspective.
Stephen Hutcheon is the Digital Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald. He writes on technology issues.
The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center strives to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars, and between them and the public.
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