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Politico’s Nancy Scola: Reporting on and Regulating the Tech Industry

Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Domestic Affairs, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology / By Nilagia McCoy

October 24, 2017 — Nancy Scola, senior technology reporter for Politico, discussed the regulation of tech platforms, their role in the 2016 election, cyber security, and more during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. Below are some highlights from her conversation with Nicco Mele, Shorenstein Center Director, as well as the full audio. The Shorenstein Center’s […]

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Using Data Science Tools for Email Audience Analysis: A Research Guide

Media Business, News Business & Practice, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology / By Nilagia McCoy

A Report from the Shorenstein Center’s Single Subject News Engagement Project Executive Summary Email is a crucial vehicle for media companies to generate reader revenue, yet the ways we talk about and measure email have not changed for almost two decades. Flawed, static measures can distract from success and lead to misguided strategies, crippling the

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Bob Schieffer: Finding the Truth in Today’s Deluge of News

Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government, Publications / By Nilagia McCoy

October 10, 2017—Bob Schieffer, CBS News contributor, former Face the Nation host, and 2015-2016 Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow, discussed his new book, Overload: Finding the Truth in Today’s Deluge of News, during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. He also shared his thoughts on the 2016 election, media coverage of the White House,

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E.J. Dionne, Jr. on One Nation After Trump, Media, the Economy, and Progressivism

Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government, Publications / By Nilagia McCoy

September 12, 2017—E.J. Dionne, Jr., political writer for The Washington Post, and William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor, discussed his forthcoming book, One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported, co-authored by Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann. During his talk at the Shorenstein Center, Dionne

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Report on Network Sunday Morning Talk Show Content and Ratings, Comparing 1983, 1999, and 2015

Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Nilagia McCoy

Executive Summary We studied the content and Nielsen ratings for interviews on the three network Sunday morning talk shows—Meet the Press (henceforth MTP), Face the Nation (FTN), and This Week (TW). We compared three time periods—1983 (MTP, FTN), 1999 (all three shows), and 2015 (all three shows). In order to insure apples-to-apples comparisons, for over

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Sarah Smarsh: Reporting on Rural America and Class

Business & Economics, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Nilagia McCoy

April 18, 2017—Sarah Smarsh, a reporter on socioeconomic class, politics, and policy for The New Yorker, The Guardian, Harper’s online, and other publications, discussed media coverage of class in the U.S. Below are some highlights from her conversation with Shorenstein Center Director Nicco Mele, as well as the full audio recording. The Construct of the “White

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Bhaskar Sunkara: The Future of the American Left

Business & Economics, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications / By Nilagia McCoy

April 4, 2017—Bhaskar Sunkara, editor and publisher of Jacobin magazine, discussed his views on leftist politics in the United States during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. Below are some highlights from the conversation. Sunkara also discussed the intersection of race and class, work and automation, the decline of unions, and other topics, available in

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Dafna Linzer of NBC, MSNBC: Reporting on Trump from the Campaign Trail to the White House

Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government / By Nilagia McCoy

February 21, 2017—Dafna Linzer, managing editor of politics for NBC News and MSNBC, shared insights about covering the 2016 campaign and the Trump administration. Below are some highlights from the conversation, as well as the full audio recording. President Trump’s media viewing habits “We never got the sense that anyone who occupied the Oval Office was

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David Fahrenthold: Reporting on President Trump

Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government / By Nilagia McCoy

February 7, 2017—David Fahrenthold, a political reporter for The Washington Post, discussed his investigations of President Trump’s charitable giving during the 2016 campaign season, and provided insight about how to cover the president and his administration during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. Fahrenthold recently won acclaim for his coverage of the 2016 United States

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Sissela Bok: Secrets and Lies in Politics and Elections

Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government, Publications / By Bailey

November 1, 2016—Sissela Bok, writer, philosopher, and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, provided a nuanced view on how lies and secrets in politics have impacted public trust and the 2016 election. Below are some highlights from the conversation, as well as the full audio recording. Also available on

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