Papers

International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
The Media in Europe After 1992: A Case Study of La Repubblica
September 1, 1991
A paper by Sylvia Poggioli, fall 1990 fellow, focuses on media consolidation in Italy in the early 1990s. For most of its history the Italian press was...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
The Russian and Soviet Press: A Long Journey from Suppression to Freedom via Suppression and Glasnost
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...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
Different Strokes: Public Broadcasting in America and Australia
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,
Through the Revolving Door: Blurring the Line between the Press and Government
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,
Changing Lanes on the Inside Track: The Career Shuttle Between Journalism, Politics and Government
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...
Government Institutions, News Business & Practice, Papers, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Publications,
Expanding the Public’s Right to Know: Access to Settlement Records under the First Amendment
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,
Lies in Ink, Truth in Blood: The Role and Impact of the Chinese Media During the Beijing Spring of ‘89
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,
Window to the West: How Television from the Federal Republic Influenced Events in East Germany
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,
Sound Bite Democracy: Network Evening News Presidential Campaign Coverage, 1968 and 1988
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...
Environment, Health & Science, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Tritium and the Times: How the Nuclear Weapons-Production Scandal Became a National Story
May 1, 1990
A paper by William Lanouette, spring-fall 1988 fellow, provides a case study on the role of the press in nuclear weapons policy. For more than a decade,...