Policy & Issues Publications

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Digital Divas: Women, Politics and the Social Network
April 25, 2011
Alexis Gelber Shorenstein Center Goldsmith Fellow, Spring 2011 Formerly, Newsweek magazine Read the full paper (PDF). Excerpt: In the 2008 presidential...
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Morgenson: With Dodd-Frank, next crisis will come sooner, not later
April 12, 2011
Gretchen Morgenson and Alex Jones April 12, 2011 — Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times assistant business and financial editor and columnist, has some...
Audio & Video, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender, Technology,
Tolbert traces digital inequality to lack of skills and money
April 5, 2011
Alex Jones and Caroline Tolbert April 5, 2011 — Caroline Tolbert has been researching and tracking digital literacy in the United States. As professor...
Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
The Root's Donna Byrd: How to grow online communities
March 22, 2011
Alex Jones and Donna Byrd March 22, 2011 — At a Shorenstein Center event, Donna Byrd, publisher of The Root, shared her experience in growing and engaging...
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”...
Environment, Health & Science, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Modern Citizenship or Policy Dead End? Evaluating the Need for Public Participation in Science Policy Making, and Why Public Meetings May Not Be the Answer
January 3, 2011
A paper by Dietram A. Scheufele, fall 2010 fellow, analyzes the recent renaissance that consensus conferences and public meetings have experienced regarding...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
They Wanted Journalists to Say 'Wow': How NGOs Affect U.S. Media Coverage of Africa
January 1, 2011
Karen Rothmyer Shorenstein Center Fellow, Fall 2010 Contributing Editor, The Nation Read the full paper (PDF). Excerpt: Seeing Africa Whole: An introduction And...
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...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Rohde and Mulvihill share two sides of a Taliban kidnapping
December 7, 2010
David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill. December 7, 2010 — Husband and wife co-authors David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill joined the Shorenstein Center to discuss...
Audio & Video, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender, Technology,
Cheryl Contee describes 'Harlem Renaissance 2.0'
November 30, 2010
Cheryl Contee and Alex S. Jones, Shorenstein Center director. November 30, 2010 — At a Shorenstein Center event, Cheryl Contee, partner at Fission Strategy...
Audio & Video, Environment, Health & Science, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Pooley: States, corporations can lead the way on U.S. climate action
October 20, 2010
Eric Pooley and Professor Thomas Patterson. October 21, 2010 — When Eric Pooley started writing The Climate War three years ago, he didn’t think...
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Huffington: Economic crisis is a threat to our democracy
September 14, 2010
Thomas Patterson and Arianna Huffington. September 14, 2010 — Arianna Huffington‘s talk, “The New Media Landscape,” was a tour through...
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