Policy & Issues Publications

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Leaders of "The Resistance"
February 28, 2017
A panel discussion with: Meighan Stone (moderator), Entrepreneurship Fellow, Spring 2017, The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government,
Rick Stengel: Government and the Media
February 28, 2017
February 28, 2017—Rick Stengel, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, discussed the differences between working in media and government, the Trump...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government,
Helen Boaden and Ann Marie Lipinski: Media in the Age of Brexit and Trump
February 28, 2017
February 27, 2017— Helen Boaden, spring 2017 Joan Shorenstein Fellow and director of BBC Radio, and Ann Marie Lipinski, curator of the Nieman Foundation...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender,
Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with Larry Wilmore
November 15, 2016
This year’s Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics was delivered by comedian, producer and writer Larry Wilmore. The David Nyhan Prize for Political...
Domestic Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
Define American: Humanizing the Immigration Debate with Jose Antonio Vargas
October 25, 2016
Jose Antonio Vargas is a journalist and filmmaker, and serves as the CEO of Define American and #EmergingUS. Jose was part of The Washington Post team...
Audio & Video, Domestic Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
Define American: Humanizing the Immigration Debate with Jose Antonio Vargas
October 24, 2016
Jose Antonio Vargas is a journalist and filmmaker, and serves as the CEO of Define American and #EmergingUS. Jose was part of The Washington Post team...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Race & Gender,
Joy-Ann Reid: How Race Impacts the 2016 Election
October 11, 2016
October 11, 2016 — Joy-Ann Reid, host of MSNBC’s “AM Joy” discussed the role of race within the Republican and Democratic parties, the Black Lives Matter...
International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
Zeynep Tufekci: Technology in Global Activism, Uprisings and Social Movements
October 4, 2016
October 4, 2016 — Zeynep Tufekci, a New York Times opinion writer who focuses on the social impact of technology, discussed the advantages and shortcomings...
Audio & Video, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Technology,
Zeynep Tufekci: Technology in Global Activism, Uprisings and Social Movements
October 4, 2016
October 4, 2016 — Zeynep Tufekci, a New York Times opinion writer who focuses on the social impact of technology, discussed the advantages and shortcomings...
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Domestic Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Technology,
Cathy O’Neil—Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
October 4, 2016
October 4, 2016—Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of the new book Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy,...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
Rape Culture in India: The Role of the English-Language Press
July 20, 2016
A new paper by Joanna Jolly, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2016) and former BBC South Asia editor, examines the increased coverage of rape in India’s...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
The Pen and the Sword: Reporting ISIS
July 5, 2016
A new paper by Paul Wood, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2015) and BBC world affairs correspondent, tells the harrowing story of a kidnapping by ISIS, and...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
The United States and the European Refugee Crisis: Standing with Allies
May 4, 2016
Executive Summary The US-European relationship remains a cornerstone of American security and prosperity. It is never in America’s interest to remain...
Audio & Video, Domestic Affairs, Events, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
Beyond Ideology: A Conversation on Race, Violence and Justice
April 27, 2016
Jelani Cobb, Professor of History and Director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut, contributor to The New Yorker,...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Events, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender,
Media and Politics: What’s Next? A Conversation with the Spring 2016 Joan Shorenstein Fellows
April 19, 2016
April 19, 2016 — The Shorenstein Center hosted a conversation with its Spring 2016 Joan Shorenstein Fellows: Johanna Dunaway, associate professor of communication,...
Audio & Video, Events, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
Jo Becker: Hillary Clinton, Foreign Policy and the Question of U.S. Military Intervention
April 5, 2016
April 5, 2016 — Jo Becker, a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, discussed Hillary Clinton’s role in the U.S. intervention...
Audio & Video, Events, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
Humanitarian Intervention in Syria
March 30, 2016
A panel discussion with: Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of Politics and the Press, Shorenstein Center Peter Maurer, President,...
Audio & Video, Environment, Health & Science, Events, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Sarah Kliff: Health Care Policy in the Media
March 29, 2016
March 29, 2016 — Sarah Kliff, deputy managing editor for visuals at Vox, discussed media coverage of the Affordable Care Act, what’s next for health care...
Audio & Video, Events, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
Kelman Seminar - Michael Ignatieff: "The Destruction of Syria and the Crisis of Universal Values"
March 7, 2016
Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution featuring speaker Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics...
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Prizes & Lectures, Race & Gender,
2016 Goldsmith Seminar on Investigative Reporting
March 4, 2016
A panel discussion with the winner and finalists of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting: Robin McDowell, The Associated Press; Kimberly Kindy,...
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