January 1, 1999
A paper by Jim Sleeper, fall 1998 fellow, asks if by offering a bilingual product, newspapers are undermining a united sense of citizenship. The Miami...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
Race & Gender,
January 1, 1999
A paper by Sean Jacobs, fall 1998 fellow, examines changes in South Africa’s news media in the 1990s. Television and radio, long dominated by the state,...
January 1, 1999
A paper by Charlotte Grimes, spring 1998 fellow, asks whether citizen journalism is living up to its promises. Grimes provides a history of the rise of...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
War, Defense & Security,
January 1, 1998
Alexis Sinduhije, fall 1997 fellow, writes about the harrowing experience of practicing journalism in central Africa during the Rwandan Genocide. From...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
January 1, 1998
A paper by Moshe Negbi, fall 1997 fellow, explores the rise of “commercially-motivated censorship” in Israel’s media. Negbi argues that powerful private...
January 1, 1998
A paper by Marvin Kalb, former Shorenstein Center director and veteran reporter, analyzes the press coverage in the first few weeks of the Monica Lewinsky...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
January 1, 1998
A paper by Stephen J. Hutcheon, fall 1997 fellow, traces the history of press freedom in Hong Kong under British rule up to the aftermath of China’s takeover...
January 1, 1998
A paper by Connie Chung, spring 1997 fellow, provides an insider’s account of a driving force in modern television news: the celebrity interview. Securing...
January 1, 1997
A paper by William John Fox, spring 1995 fellow, argues that Canada’s public broadcasting network has declined in quality after succumbing to commercial...
Journalistic Practice,
Media Business,
News Business & Practice,
Policy & Issues,
Publications,
Race & Gender,
January 1, 1996
Racial and ethnic diversity in the American press is a long standing concern. This Shorenstein Center report concludes that while much research has been...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
August 1, 1995
A paper by Bernard Margueritte, fall 1993 fellow, surveys the state of the press in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain. With weak training...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
May 1, 1995
A paper by Adeyinka Adeyemi, fall 1993 fellow, analyzes Nigeria’s media landscape and finds that despite outward signs of a modern and vibrant press/government...