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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.
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Government Institutions, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Hyperpartisanship will impact Obama’s legacy, says Daily Beast’s Tomasky
February 26, 2013
Michael Tomasky and Alex S. Jones February 26, 2013 – Political analyst Michael Tomasky, who writes for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, spoke to the Shorenstein...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government, Prizes & Lectures,
Theodore H. White Lecture with David Brooks
November 15, 2012
November 15, 2012 – Theodore H. White Lecture with <strong>David Brooks</strong>, columnist, <em>The New York Times</em>. The David Nyhan Prize for Political...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government, Technology,
Politico's Mike Allen: The Role of New Media in Election Coverage
November 13, 2012
November 13, 2012 – Discussion with Mike Allen, chief political reporter for Politico, and writes the daily Playbook. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government,
The Presidential Election 2012: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
November 6, 2012
Mark McKinnon and Alex S. Jones November 6, 2012 &#8212; Speaker Series with Mark McKinnon, weekly columnist for The Daily Beast and The London Telegraph,...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures, Technology,
Salant Lecture delivered by Anne-Marie Slaughter
October 10, 2012
Anne-Marie Slaughter delivers the Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press. October 10, 2012 – &#8220;Open v. Closed: Media, Government and Social...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government, Technology,
Effective use of social media will determine 2012 election, says Rory O'Connor
October 9, 2012
Rory O&#8217;Connor and Alex S. Jones October 9, 2012 &#8211; Former Fellow Rory O&#8217;Connor joined the Shorenstein Center for a discussion about how...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Politics as Theater: A lively conversation preceding the first 2012 Presidential Debate
October 3, 2012
October 3, 2012 &#8211; A conversation on how politics has become theater, featuring Aaron Sorkin, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Sen. Alan Simpson and Chuck...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Obama and Romney both running small campaigns in big election, says Alex Castellanos
September 25, 2012
Alex Castellanos and Alex S. Jones September 25, 2012 – With 42 days to go before the 2012 presidential election, the Shorenstein Center welcomed Alex...
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.