International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
August 1, 1991
A paper by Alexander Merkushev, fall 1990 fellow, traces the history of press freedom in Russia from the rule of the Czars in the 17th century to the end...
July 1, 1991
A paper by Glyn Davis, fall 1988 fellow, compares the United States’ decentralized public broadcasting system to its Australian counterpart, which was...
Government Institutions,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Politics & Government,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
June 1, 1991
A paper by Lewis W. Wolfson, spring 1990 fellow, explores the implications when government officials change careers to become journalists. What is the...
Government Institutions,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Politics & Government,
Publications,
May 1, 1991
A paper by James McEnteer, spring 1990 fellow, evaluates the phenomenon of the revolving door between journalism and politics or government. McEnteer challenges...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Politics & Government,
Publications,
January 1, 1991
This Shorenstein Center report by John Ellis provides recommendations for improving election coverage during the nine Sundays between Labor Day and Election...
Government Institutions,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Politics & Government,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
December 1, 1990
A paper by John J. Watkins, spring 1990 fellow, explores a question often confronted by the lower courts: whether the First Amendment right of access extends...
Citizen Action & Interest Groups,
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Politics & Government,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
August 1, 1990
A paper by Linda Jakobson, spring 1990 fellow, focuses on Chinese press coverage of the student-led Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. For this paper,...
Citizen Action & Interest Groups,
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Politics & Government,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
July 1, 1990
A paper by Dieter Buhl, spring 1990 fellow, examines how television from West Germany influenced political developments in East Germany in the 1980s. Buhl’s...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Politics & Government,
Publications,
June 1, 1990
A paper by Kiku Adatto, fall 1989 fellow, analyzes how televised news coverage of presidential campaigns has changed, and finds that sound bites have been...
Government Institutions,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Politics & Government,
Publications,
March 1, 1990
A speech delivered by author and philosopher Sissela Bok, on March 29, 1990, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, as part of the Shorenstein Center’s...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Politics & Government,
Publications,
January 1, 1990
A paper by Lawrence K. Grossman, Visiting Stanton Lecturer, 1987-1988, explores why, despite a high volume of campaign coverage, voter turnout for the...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Politics & Government,
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October 11, 1989
A paper by Judith Lichtenberg, visiting assistant professor, spring 1988, asks why “the character question” has assumed such a central role in presidential...