Papers

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Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism
October 2, 2013
October 2, 2013 – A new book by Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard Kennedy School, is a frank look at...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
Mapping the New World: Lessons from the Obama Campaigns
September 10, 2013
A new paper from Spring 2013 Fellow Michael Slaby, former Chief Integration and Innovation Officer on the 2012 Obama for America campaign and CTO in 2008.
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
RIPTIDE: What Really Happened to the News Business
September 8, 2013
Riptide, an important new website and paper by Shorenstein Center Fellows John Huey, Martin Nisenholtz and Paul Sagan, chronicles the digital disruption...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
Did Twitter Kill the Boys on the Bus?
Searching for a better way to cover a campaign
August 28, 2013
In a new paper released by the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University, Spring 2013 Fellow Peter Hamby, who covered the 2008 and 2012 presidential races...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications,
Mom’s Best Advice: How Candidates Who Didn’t Run as Themselves Lost the Message War
July 23, 2013
A paper by Spring 2013 Fellow Melinda Henneberger examines the importance of a candidate's authenticity in presidential elections.
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Media Coverage of the Drone Program
May 2, 2013
In her Shorenstein Center paper, Fall 2012 Fellow Tara McKelvey examines the media coverage of the U.S. drone program in five major news outlets.
Papers,
Spring 2013 Newsletter
April 23, 2013
The most recent issue, published in April 2013, reported on the Goldsmith Awards, a discussion with Chris Hughes, the Spring Speaker Series, Spring Fellows,...
Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Environment, Health & Science, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Nature’s Prophet: Bill McKibben as Journalist, Public Intellectual and Activist
March 7, 2013
A paper by Fall 2012 Fellow Matthew C. Nisbet examines the impact of "knowledge journalism" on the climate change debate.
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Podium Wars: President Hamid Karzai, the Foreign Press, and the Afghan War
January 14, 2013
A paper by Fall Fellow Joshua Partlow, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, looks at press coverage of President Karzai and his criticism of...
Papers,
Fall 2012 Newsletter
January 2, 2013
The most recent issue, published in December 2012, reported on the Politics as Theater event, the T.H. White Lecture with David Brooks, the Salant Lecture...