Policy & Issues Publications

Environment, Health & Science, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Covering Controversial Science: Improving Reporting on Science and Public Policy
January 1, 2006
A paper by Cristine Russell, spring 2006 fellow, surveys the state of science journalism, and finds that as the pace of new developments in science and...
Domestic Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
Covering Crime in Washington, D.C.
January 1, 2006
A paper by Kimberly Gross, spring 2006 fellow, examines the nature of local television news coverage of crime and its effects on emotional response. Gross...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Soft Power and Hard Views: How American Commentators are Spreading over the World’s Opinion Pages
January 1, 2006
A paper by Julia Baird, spring 2005 fellow, examines the export of American thought by documenting the presence of American columnists on newspaper opinion...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Publications,
The Role of Georgia’s Media — and Western Aid — in the Rose Revolution
January 1, 2006
A paper by David Anable, fall 2005 fellow, examines the role of the Georgian media in the country’s Rose Revolution and the impact that Western media development...
International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Death in Wartime: Photographs and the “Other War” in Afghanistan
January 1, 2005
A paper by Barbie Zelizer, spring 2004 fellow, addresses the formulaic dependence of the news media on images of people facing impending death. Considering...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
“All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech”: American Efforts to Create a Vibrant Free Press in Iraq and Afghanistan
January 1, 2005
A paper by David Rohde, spring 2005 fellow, examines American efforts to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan. A $200 million project in...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Are America and “Old Europe” Reconciled after the War in Iraq, and Does It Matter? An Examination of U.S. and European Reporting of the Outcome of the Presidential Election
January 1, 2005
A paper by Jacqueline Jones, fall 2004 fellow, examines whether the reelection of President George W. Bush left the alliance between the U.S. and Europe...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Different Stories: How the Newspapers in the United States, Britain and South Asia Covered the Iraq War
January 1, 2004
A paper by Narasimhan Ravi, spring 2004 fellow, argues that the Iraq war was an unequal conflict not just in terms of the overwhelming superiority of the...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Exploring the Transatlantic Media Divide Over Iraq: How and Why U.S and German Media Differed in Reporting on U.N. Weapons Inspections in Iraq: 2002–2003
January 1, 2004
A paper by Ingrid A. Lehmann, spring 2004 fellow, explores the role of the media in the weakening bond between the United States and Western European countries...
Environment, Health & Science, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Framing Obesity: The Evolution of News Discourse on a Public Health Issue
January 1, 2004
A paper by Regina G. Lawrence, fall 2003 fellow, assesses the framing of obesity in news coverage since 1985 to determine whether obesity is being reframed...