Policy & Issues Publications

Past Events, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
The Atlantic’s Vann R. Newkirk II on Race and Media in 2017
September 19, 2017
September 19, 2017— Vann R. Newkirk II, staff writer for The Atlantic, discussed Charlottesville, Jemele Hill’s remarks about President Trump, and the...
Audio & Video, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
The Atlantic’s Vann R. Newkirk II on Race and Media in 2017
September 19, 2017
September 19, 2017— Vann R. Newkirk II, staff writer for The Atlantic, discussed Charlottesville, Jemele Hill’s remarks about President Trump, and the...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Report on Network Sunday Morning Talk Show Content and Ratings, Comparing 1983, 1999, and 2015
September 6, 2017
Executive Summary We studied the content and Nielsen ratings for interviews on the three network Sunday morning talk shows—Meet the Press (henceforth MTP),...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Report on Network Sunday Morning Talk Show Content and Ratings, Comparing 1983, 1999, and 2015
September 6, 2017
Executive Summary We studied the content and Nielsen ratings for interviews on the three network Sunday morning talk shows—Meet the Press (henceforth MTP),...
Discussion Papers, Environment, Health & Science, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
Environmental Justice? Unjust Coverage of the Flint Water Crisis
July 11, 2017
A new paper by Derrick Z. Jackson, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2016), Boston Globe essayist, and a climate and energy writer for the Union of Concerned...
Discussion Papers, International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Snake and Stranger: Media Coverage of Muslims and Refugee Policy
June 22, 2017
Photo: Dulles International Airport travel ban protest, Geoff Livingston. A new paper by Meighan Stone, Entrepreneurship Fellow (spring 2017) and former...
Discussion Papers, International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender, War, Defense & Security,
How Women Journalists Are Silenced in a Man's World: The Double-Edged Sword of Reporting from Muslim Countries
June 19, 2017
Photo: Shifa Gardi, a journalist for an Iraqi Kurdish television station, was killed by a roadside bomb while reporting.  A new paper by Yeganeh Rezaian,...
Business & Economics, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Sarah Smarsh: Reporting on Rural America and Class
April 18, 2017
April 18, 2017—Sarah Smarsh, a reporter on socioeconomic class, politics, and policy for The New Yorker, The Guardian, Harper’s online, and other publications,...
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government,
Sarah Smarsh: Reporting on Rural America and Class
April 18, 2017
April 18, 2017—Sarah Smarsh, a reporter on socioeconomic class, politics, and policy for The New Yorker, The Guardian, Harper’s online, and other publications,...
Business & Economics, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Bhaskar Sunkara: The Future of the American Left
April 4, 2017
April 4, 2017—Bhaskar Sunkara, editor and publisher of Jacobin magazine, discussed his views on leftist politics in the United States during a visit to...
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government,
Bhaskar Sunkara: The Future of the American Left
April 4, 2017
April 4, 2017—Bhaskar Sunkara, editor and publisher of Jacobin magazine, discussed his views on leftist politics in the United States during a visit to...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Masha Gessen on Russia and Trump, Media Coverage, and Conspiracies
March 28, 2017
March 28, 2017— Masha Gessen, author and New York Times contributing opinion writer, shared her views on Presidents Trump and Putin, and words of caution...