Policy & Issues Publications

Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender, Technology,
Media and Politics: What’s Next?
A Conversation with the Joan Shorenstein Fellows
April 21, 2015
April 21, 2015 — The Shorenstein Center closed its spring semester event series with a conversation with the Spring 2015 Joan Shorenstein Fellows: William...
Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
Phillip Martin: Reporting on Race and Poverty
April 7, 2015
April 7, 2015 — Phillip Martin, senior investigative reporter at WGBH, discussed how his reporting on race and poverty has been shaped by his early career...
Audio & Video, Environment, Health & Science, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
Sexism, Science and Science Writing: Promoting Women Leaders in the Lab and Newsroom
Panel Discussion
April 2, 2015
Panel Discussion featuring: Ann Marie Lipinski, Curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism Meg Urry, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Yale University Jennifer...
Audio & Video, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
Juliette Kayyem: Homeland Security - Government Communications and Media Coverage
March 30, 2015
March 31, 2015 — Juliette Kayyem, who has worked in homeland security at the state and federal level, provided advice on communicating about national security...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Farnaz Fassihi: Reporting from the Middle East
March 25, 2015
March 25, 2015 — Farnaz Fassihi, senior Middle East correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and current Nieman Fellow, discussed how the nature of reporting...
Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
Anna Holmes: Emerging Voices in Digital Journalism
March 6, 2015
March 10, 2015 — Anna Holmes, editor at Fusion, columnist for the New York Times Sunday Book Review, and founder of Jezebel, discussed her career, diversity...
Audio & Video, Domestic Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
Wesley Lowery: Reporting on Ferguson and Subsequent Developments
February 16, 2015
February 17, 2015 — Wesley Lowery, Washington Post reporter, discussed his extensive coverage of Ferguson, Missouri, and its lessons for the media. When...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
The Sanctions Against Russia: What Did the West and the Media Expect?
January 26, 2015
A paper by Celestine Bohlen, Fall 2014 Fellow and columnist at The International New York Times, explores the nature of the 2014 sanctions against Russia,...
Business & Economics, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Reporting on the 2008 Financial Crisis, and the Next One
December 15, 2014
A new paper by Robert Lenzner, Spring 2014 Fellow and contributor to Forbes Media, examines why the media failed to detect the warning signs of the 2008...
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Jeff Madrick: “Seven Bad Economic Ideas and How They’ve Hurt Us All”
November 20, 2014
November 20, 2014 — Jeff Madrick, editor of Challenge magazine, contributing editor at Harper’ s, and former Shorenstein fellow, discussed the widely-adopted...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic: The Challenges of Reporting on the Middle East
November 18, 2014
November 18, 2014 — Jeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent for the Atlantic, discussed the increasing dangers of reporting on the Middle East and provided...
Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
Charles M. Blow of The New York Times: "Equality for everyone is not only right but is a moral imperative"
October 21, 2014
October 21, 2014 — Journalist Charles M. Blow, author of the new memoir Fire Shut Up in My Bones, discussed his early career in journalism and the...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Michael Crowley of Time magazine: Traveling the globe and witnessing America’s changing role
October 7, 2014
October 7, 2014 — Michael Crowley, chief foreign affairs correspondent for Time magazine, gave a sweeping tour of a life spent covering stories from...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
BuzzFeed’s Miriam Elder: Thinking of New Ways to Cover the World
September 23, 2014
September 23, 2014 — Putting the “new” back in “news” is the goal of BuzzFeed’s growing coverage of global affairs, said Miriam Elder, foreign editor...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Everyone Lies: The Ukraine Conflict and Russia’s Media Transformation
August 20, 2014
A new paper by Jill Dougherty, Spring 2014 Fellow and former CNN Moscow bureau chief, traces the shift in Russia’s ideology and its effect on media coverage of the U...
Business & Economics, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
The Media and Markets: How Systematic Misreporting Inflates Bubbles, Deepens Downturns and Distorts Economic Reality
August 11, 2014
A paper by Fall 2013 Fellow Stefan Theil looks at the systematic mistakes that editors and reporters repeatedly make when they cover the economy....
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Facts and Propaganda at War in Syria's Chaotic Media Landscape, says NPR's Deborah Amos
April 15, 2014
April 15, 2014 – Deborah Amos, Middle East correspondent for NPR, said that in Syria, “there are at least five different wars” going on simultaneously....
Audio & Video, Environment, Health & Science, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Digital Tools Can Help Journalists Cover Complexity of Climate Change, Says Andrew Revkin
April 9, 2014
April 9, 2014 – Reporting on the issue of climate change has posed many challenges to journalists such as Andrew Revkin, who writes the Dot Earth...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Media plays large role in shift from hard to soft power, says Knesset member Nachman Shai
April 1, 2014
April 1, 2014 – Nachman Shai, a former journalist who currently serves as a member of the Knesset, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about the rise of “soft...
Audio & Video, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
In Six Words, The Race Card Project Has Begun a Different Conversation about Race
March 11, 2014
March 11, 2014 – What started as an experiment with 200 postcards turned into a life-changing project for Michele Norris, host and special correspondent...
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