International Affairs,
Media Business,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Publications,
January 1, 2000
A paper by Jonathan Randal, fall 1998 fellow, argues that the decline in international affairs news can be attributed to a combination of factors, including...
International Affairs,
Media Business,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
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...
Government Institutions,
International Affairs,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Politics & Government,
Publications,
Race & Gender,
January 1, 2000
A paper by Richard Morin, fall 1999 fellow, considers South Africans’ sense of optimism and uncertainty regarding future democratic progress. Do they expect...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
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,
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...
January 1, 2000
A paper by Lynette Lithgow, spring 2000 fellow (deceased), attempts to explain why Asia has consistently produced more women heads of government than any...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
January 1, 2000
A paper by Xiguang Li, spring 1999 fellow, argues that along with a free market economy, China has begun to embrace a new kind of journalism, even if it...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
January 1, 2000
A paper by Katsiaryna Ivanova, fall 1998 fellow, compares media coverage of events in Belarus by the government, independent press, and international press,...
January 1, 2000
A paper by William M. Hammond, spring 1999 fellow, investigates the mystery of the Saigon correspondents. Opinions about who the correspondents were have...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Politics & Government,
Publications,
Race & Gender,
January 1, 2000
A paper by Elisabeth Gidengil, spring 2000 fellow, and Joanna Everitt from the Department of History and Politics, University of New Brunswick – St. John,...
March 1, 1999
In March 1999, the Shorenstein Center convened a conference of journalists, financial industry leaders, and policymakers to discuss the press’s coverage...
January 1, 1999
A paper by Jim Sleeper, fall 1998 fellow, asks if by offering a bilingual product, newspapers are undermining a united sense of citizenship. The Miami...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
Race & Gender,
January 1, 1999
A paper by Sean Jacobs, fall 1998 fellow, examines changes in South Africa’s news media in the 1990s. Television and radio, long dominated by the state,...
January 1, 1998
Richard Sobel, fall 1996 fellow, compares the disparity between public support for intervention in Bosnia as expressed in polls, and the limited reporting...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
War, Defense & Security,
January 1, 1998
Alexis Sinduhije, fall 1997 fellow, writes about the harrowing experience of practicing journalism in central Africa during the Rwandan Genocide. From...
January 1, 1998
A paper by Nachman Shai, fall 1996 fellow, builds a case for the proposition that “truth” rather than “spin” is the basis of effective public information...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
January 1, 1998
A paper by Moshe Negbi, fall 1997 fellow, explores the rise of “commercially-motivated censorship” in Israel’s media. Negbi argues that powerful private...
International Affairs,
News Business & Practice,
Papers,
Policy & Issues,
Press Freedom,
Publications,
January 1, 1998
A paper by Stephen J. Hutcheon, fall 1997 fellow, traces the history of press freedom in Hong Kong under British rule up to the aftermath of China’s takeover...
January 1, 1998
A paper by Tim Cooke, spring 1998 fellow, examines the role of the news media in societies affected by violent conflict, in particular, Northern Ireland....
January 1, 1998
A paper by Lisa Bennett, spring 1998 fellow, argues that although media coverage of gays and lesbians has improved in recent decades, coverage in the 1990s...
