Press Freedom Publications

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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 – “Open v. Closed: Media, Government and Social...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom,
Turkish journalist predicts totalitarian regime by 2014
November 8, 2011
Cüneyt Ülsever and Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy November 8, 2011 — Cüneyt Ülsever, a freelance journalist in Turkey, said at a Shorenstein...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures,
NYU's Clay Shirky Gives Lecture on Press Freedom
October 14, 2011
October 14, 2011 – Clay Shirky, NYU professor of new media, delivers the 2011 Richard Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press for the Shorenstein Center’s...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, War, Defense & Security,
David Sanger defends Times' decision to publish WikiLeaks
March 8, 2011
David Sanger (left) and Alex S. Jones. March 8, 2011 — David Sanger said he would “hardly argue that WikiLeaks was the cause of the uprisings”...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom,
CPJ's Joel Simon: 'Future of press freedom is online'
February 22, 2011
Joel Simon (left) and Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy. February 22, 2011 — At a Shorenstein Center event, “From the Front Lines to Online,”...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
From Natural Disaster and Social Crisis to Great Success of the Olympic Games: Transparent Governance and Foreign Correspondents in China in 2008
January 1, 2011
A paper by Steven Guanpeng Dong, spring 2010 fellow, takes an in‐depth look at the media policy that altered events that happened in China in 2008 and...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Confusion, Contradiction and Irony: The Iraqi Media in 2010
April 25, 2010
Deborah Amos Shorenstein Center Goldsmith Fellow, Spring 2010 Correspondent, National Public Radio Read the full paper (PDF). Excerpt Abstract After the...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, War, Defense & Security,
AFP's Daphne Benoit says military and media need mutual trust
March 9, 2010
Daphne Benoit and Shorenstein Center Director Alex S. Jones. March 9, 2010 — The military and the media have a “complex relationship,” said...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures,
Jonathan Zittrain delivers 2009 Richard S. Salant Lecture
October 22, 2009
Jonathan Zittrain and Alex S. Jones. October 22, 2009 — Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and co-director of the Berkman Center...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Mugabe’s Media War: How New Media Help Zimbabwean Journalists Tell Their Story
February 1, 2009
A paper by Sandra Nyaira, fall 2008 fellow, analyzes efforts to keep Zimbabweans informed in the wake of the collapse of the country’s media landscape...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Press Freedom, Publications,
From VietNet to VietNam Net: Ten Years of Electronic Media in Vietnam
January 1, 2008
A paper by Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, fall 2007 fellow, tells the story VietNamNet, Vietnam’s most popular online media outlet and one of the country’s most respected...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Mainstream Newspaper Coverage: A Barometer of Government Tolerance for Anti-Regime Expression in Authoritarian Brazil
October 1, 2007
A paper by Elizabeth A. Stein, spring 2007 fellow, evaluates the theory that in authoritarian regimes, leaders of civil society follow the mainstream press...
News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Secrets about Secrets: The Backstage Conversations between Press and Government
March 1, 2007
A paper by Allan M. Siegal, fall 2006 fellow, argues that while mainstream journalists almost uniformly advocate self-restraint on sensitive intelligence...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Publications,
The Role of Georgia’s Media — and Western Aid — in the Rose Revolution
January 1, 2006
A paper by David Anable, fall 2005 fellow, examines the role of the Georgian media in the country’s Rose Revolution and the impact that Western media development...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
“All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech”: American Efforts to Create a Vibrant Free Press in Iraq and Afghanistan
January 1, 2005
A paper by David Rohde, spring 2005 fellow, examines American efforts to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan. A $200 million project in...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
New Europe’s Civil Society, Democracy and the Media Thirteen Years After: The Story of the Czech Republic
January 1, 2004
A paper by Tomáš P. Klvaňa, fall 2003 fellow, argues that the Czech Republic’s democracy is underperforming, and Czech media are a significant contributor...
News Business & Practice, Papers, Press Freedom, Publications,
The Reporter’s Privilege, Then and Now
January 1, 2000
A paper by Stephen Bates, fall 1999 fellow, explores how prosecutors and journalists see the issue of press subpoenas. Bates first looks at how the issue...
International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
State into Public: The Failed Reform of State TV in East Central Europe
January 1, 2000
A paper by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, spring 1999 fellow, examines Eastern European state television and its difficult or sometimes failed transition from ownership...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
The New York Times Rule on the Net or in the World “…without uncertainty, compromise and fear,” or Should the New York Times Rule Be Introduced in Hungary?
January 1, 2000
A paper by Peter Molnar, spring 2000 fellow, examines Hungary’s lack of press freedom and possible paths forward. Freedom of speech was less valued in...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Getting the Story in China: American Reporters Since 1972
January 1, 2000
A paper by Jonathan Mirsky, fall 1999 fellow, follows the history of modern American reporting on China. Beginning with the 1972 post-Nixon euphoria of...
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