Press Freedom Publications

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Jeffrey Rosen—The Deciders: The Future of Free Speech in a Digital World
October 21, 2016
2016 Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO of the National Constitution Center, Professor of Law at The...
Audio & Video, Events, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom,
Philip Bennett - News and Democracy: The Missing Pieces
March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016 — Philip Bennett, former managing editor for The Washington Post and PBS’s FRONTLINE, explored how the promise of the digital revolution...
International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Exporting the First Amendment: Strengthening U.S. Soft Power through Journalism
December 14, 2015
A paper by David Ensor, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2015) and former director of the Voice of America (VOA), makes the case for protecting and strengthening...
Audio & Video, Domestic Affairs, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures,
Nadine Strossen: “Free Expression: An Endangered Species on Campus?”
October 19, 2015
2015 Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press October 7, 2015 – Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School...
News Business & Practice, Papers, Press Freedom, Publications,
The Newsroom as an Open Air Prison: Corruption and Self-Censorship in Turkish Journalism
March 7, 2015
A paper by Yavuz Baydar, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 2014), and columnist, blogger, and co-founder of the Platform for Independent Journalism (P24),...
Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom,
The Health of Democracy: The Role of the Media with Alex S. Jones
January 22, 2015
A free press and public access to information and a broad range of ideas and opinions were considered so essential for a healthy democratic republic that...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures,
Margaret H. Marshall: "Democracy v. the First Amendment? New Tensions in a New Age"
November 13, 2014
Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press with Margaret H. Marshall November 13, 2014 – Margaret Marshall, former chief justice of the Supreme...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom,
Slate's Dahlia Lithwick: Supreme Court increasingly wary of the media and Internet
October 28, 2014
October 28, 2014 — Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate and a prominent legal analyst, expressed deep concerns about the relationship between...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Everyone Lies: The Ukraine Conflict and Russia’s Media Transformation
August 20, 2014
A new paper by Jill Dougherty, Spring 2014 Fellow and former CNN Moscow bureau chief, traces the shift in Russia’s ideology and its effect on media...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Technology,
Internet has made Chinese government more accountable, public opinion more valuable, says Richburg
April 9, 2013
April 9, 2013 – Keith Richburg, Fellow at the Institute of Politics and former China correspondent for The Washington Post, said that in China, "the Internet...