Policy & Issues Publications

Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Bloomberg’s Exec. Editor Focused on Transparency in Financial Reporting
October 1, 2013
Laurie Hays and Alex S. Jones October 1, 2013 – Financial reporting is crucial to a fair and functioning democracy, said Laurie Hays, Senior Executive...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
David Rohde of Reuters describes Sec. Kerry as ‘activist’ who takes risks
September 24, 2013
September 24, 2013 – A few hours after President Obama’s speech to the UN General Assembly, the Shorenstein Center welcomed David Rohde, investigative...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender,
Salon’s Joan Walsh suggests a way to eliminate racial and political polarization
September 17, 2013
September 17, 2013 – Joan Walsh, editor-at-large of Salon.com and a political analyst for MSNBC, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about racial change and...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Media Coverage of the Drone Program
May 2, 2013
In her Shorenstein Center paper, Fall 2012 Fellow Tara McKelvey examines the media coverage of the U.S. drone program in five major news outlets.
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Growing safety net and increased workforce are keys to reducing deficit, says Economist’s Greg Ip
March 12, 2013
Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor for The Economist. March 12, 2013 – At a Shorenstein Center event on Tuesday, Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor for The Economist...
Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Environment, Health & Science, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Nature’s Prophet: Bill McKibben as Journalist, Public Intellectual and Activist
March 7, 2013
A paper by Fall 2012 Fellow Matthew C. Nisbet examines the impact of "knowledge journalism" on the climate change debate.
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Podium Wars: President Hamid Karzai, the Foreign Press, and the Afghan War
January 14, 2013
A paper by Fall Fellow Joshua Partlow, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, looks at press coverage of President Karzai and his criticism of...
Audio & Video, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
WaPo's Dana Priest examines increase of secrecy after 9/11
September 11, 2012
Dana Priest, The Washington Post, and Alex S. Jones, Shorenstein Center Director. September 11, 2012 – On the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks,...
Business & Economics, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Rebelling Against the Rich: Lessons from the media’s coverage of the 1% divide
September 10, 2012
A paper by former Fellow Nina Easton looks at how the media has covered wealth, as well as recent reporting on the one percent and Occupy Wall Street.
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
Dispatches From an Unfinished Uprising: The Role of Technology in the 2009 Iranian Protest Movement
August 9, 2012
A new paper by Spring 2012 Fellow Nazila Fathi describes her experience as a journalist on the ground during the Iranian protests in June 2009.
Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Anatomy of a Secret
June 21, 2012
A paper by Spring 2012 Fellow H.D.S. Greenway on <i>The New York Times</i>' decision to publish the "Stellar Wind" story.
Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
NPR's Hinojosa sees conflict of objectivity and agenda in journalism
April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012 – Maria Hinojosa, anchor and managing editor of NPR's <em>Latino USA</em>, and anchor of <em>Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One</em> (WGBX-TV),...