International Affairs Publications

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They Wanted Journalists to Say 'Wow': How NGOs Affect U.S. Media Coverage of Africa
January 1, 2011
Karen Rothmyer Shorenstein Center Fellow, Fall 2010 Contributing Editor, The Nation Read the full paper (PDF). Excerpt: Seeing Africa Whole: An introduction And...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
From Natural Disaster and Social Crisis to Great Success of the Olympic Games: Transparent Governance and Foreign Correspondents in China in 2008
January 1, 2011
A paper by Steven Guanpeng Dong, spring 2010 fellow, takes an in‐depth look at the media policy that altered events that happened in China in 2008 and...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Rohde and Mulvihill share two sides of a Taliban kidnapping
December 7, 2010
David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill. December 7, 2010 — Husband and wife co-authors David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill joined the Shorenstein Center to discuss...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Confusion, Contradiction and Irony: The Iraqi Media in 2010
April 25, 2010
Deborah Amos Shorenstein Center Goldsmith Fellow, Spring 2010 Correspondent, National Public Radio Read the full paper (PDF). Excerpt Abstract After the...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
Al Jazeera focused on providing context to western audiences
April 5, 2010
Richard Parker and Ayman Mohyeldin. April 5, 2010 — With notes prepared on his new iPad, Ayman Mohyeldin, Gaza correspondent for Al Jazeera English, spoke...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, War, Defense & Security,
AFP's Daphne Benoit says military and media need mutual trust
March 9, 2010
Daphne Benoit and Shorenstein Center Director Alex S. Jones. March 9, 2010 — The military and the media have a “complex relationship,” said...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Iraq is 'shedding its diversity,' says NPR's Deborah Amos
February 16, 2010
Deborah Amos and Shorenstein Center director Alex S. Jones. February 16, 2010 — Deborah Amos, Goldsmith Fellow at the Shorenstein Center and foreign correspondent...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
David Rohde says security is needed for progress in Pakistan
February 5, 2010
David Rohde and Shorenstein Center director Alex S. Jones. February 5, 2010 — David Rohde, two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for The New York Times...
International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
The Power of TV News: An Insider's Perspective on the Launch of BBC Persian TV in the Year of the Iranian Uprising
February 1, 2010
Stephen Williams Shorenstein Center Fellow, Fall 2009 Executive Editor, Asia Pacific Region, BBC Read the full paper (PDF). Excerpt Introduction “Well,...
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Mugabe’s Media War: How New Media Help Zimbabwean Journalists Tell Their Story
February 1, 2009
A paper by Sandra Nyaira, fall 2008 fellow, analyzes efforts to keep Zimbabweans informed in the wake of the collapse of the country’s media landscape...