The Shorenstein Center publishes reports and papers written by fellows, affiliated researchers, and faculty that examine themes associated with our core research initiatives. Papers by former fellows have added significantly to the body of research on the intersections of media, politics, and public policy.
The Shorenstein Center has had more than 300 Fellows since 1986, and nearly all of the papers they wrote at the Center can be found in our Research Archives.
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June 12, 2018
This playbook was written as part of a policy analysis exercise (PAE), an academic project where Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) students develop solutions...
June 12, 2018
This playbook was written as part of a policy analysis exercise (PAE), an academic project where Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) students develop solutions...
Environment, Health & Science,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Publications,
May 29, 2018
Photo credits: Diane Haeker and Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC)
Introduction
In July of 2008, as a national broadcast correspondent, I reported...
Journalistic Practice,
Media Business,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Publications,
Race & Gender,
May 22, 2018
Introduction
The staffing of the American news media has never fully reflected the diversity of the nation. For most of the country’s history, Latino and...
May 21, 2018
A case study presented by the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) and the Single Subject News Project at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public...
May 21, 2018
A case study presented by the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) and the Single Subject News Project at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public...
May 17, 2018
Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.
Though some warnings about online “echo chambers”...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties,
Discussion Papers,
Papers,
Politics & Government,
Publications,
Technology,
May 7, 2018
A new paper by Donna Brazile, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2017) and former Democratic National Committee interim chair, examines whether political campaigns...
Audio & Video,
Campaigns, Elections & Parties,
Past Events,
Policy & Issues,
Politics & Government,
Race & Gender,
April 18, 2018
April 17—Jelani Cobb, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center and staff writer for The New Yorker, discussed the influence of history...
April 12, 2018
Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.
Many of the ideas for sifting truth from fiction...
Audio & Video,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Past Events,
Policy & Issues,
Race & Gender,
Technology,
April 10, 2018
A panel discussion featuring Koa Beck, editor-in-chief of Jezebel; Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate; Zerlina Maxwell, senior director of Progressive...
April 5, 2018
Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.
This talk highlights current research at the MIT...
April 4, 2018
A panel featuring:
Julie Rovner
Julie Rovner is Chief Washington Correspondent at Kaiser Health News. She joined KHN after 16 years as health policy correspondent...
April 4, 2018
A panel featuring:
Julie Rovner
Julie Rovner is Chief Washington Correspondent at Kaiser Health News. She joined KHN after 16 years as health policy correspondent...
April 3, 2018
April 3, 2018—Talia Buford, reporter for ProPublica, discussed environmental justice, the complexities of covering the environment, how environmental policy...
April 3, 2018
April 3, 2018—Talia Buford, reporter for ProPublica, discussed environmental justice, the complexities of covering the environment, how environmental policy...
Audio & Video,
Business & Economics,
Domestic Affairs,
Journalistic Practice,
News Business & Practice,
Past Events,
Policy & Issues,
Race & Gender,
March 27, 2018
March 27, 2018—Adam Serwer, senior editor at The Atlantic, discussed the role of race and class in U.S. politics, and its media coverage, during a visit...
March 27, 2018
Introduction: Social Media between Utopia and Dystopia
“The Internet is the largest experimentation involving anarchy in history. […] Never before...
March 21, 2018
A new paper by Markus Prior, fall 2016 Joan Shorenstein Fellow and Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and Lori D. Bougher...
March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018—Heather Ann Thompson, a historian at the University of Michigan and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, discussed the Attica Prison uprising...
