Policy & Issues Publications

Domestic Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
A Letter to Journalists from a Former FCC Commissioner
February 20, 2014
Fall 2013 Fellow Michael Copps, former Federal Communications Commissioner, shares concerns and offers advice regarding government regulation of corporate...
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
Media Narratives Paint a False Picture of Gender Equality, Argue Authors Rivers and Barnett
February 18, 2014
Caryl Rivers Rosalind Barnett February 18, 2014 – In their book, The New Soft War on Women: How the Myth of Female Ascendance Is Hurting Women, Men—and...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Covering Foreign Affairs While Keeping the Facts Straight
February 12, 2014
February 12, 2014 – Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and host of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports,” discussed the challenges...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
Marvin Kalb warns against military strategy that inconsistently seeks approval of Congress
November 12, 2013
November 12, 2013 – The founding director of the Shorenstein Center and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School,...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender,
CNN’s Ana Navarro: “Something snapped” in Republican Party after government shutdown
November 5, 2013
November 5, 2013 – Ana Navarro, Institute of Politics Fellow and political contributor at CNN and CNN en Español, describes herself as a “Republican without...
Audio & Video, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
RAND’s Linda Robinson unveils the secret world of special operations forces
October 17, 2013
Linda Robinson and Alex S. Jones October 17, 2013 – To shed some light on the secret world of special operations forces, the Shorenstein Center invited...
Audio & Video, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
Snowden is a ‘polarizing force,’ says Post’s Barton Gellman
October 15, 2013
Barton Gellman and Alex S. Jones October 15, 2013 – As one of only three people with direct contact to Edward Snowden, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist...
Audio & Video, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
Ta-Nehisi Coates points to a history of systemic racism that has led to today’s dual society
October 8, 2013
Ta-Nehisis Coates and Alex S. Jones October 8, 2013 – Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor, writer and blogger for The Atlantic, shared with the Shorenstein...
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Bloomberg’s Exec. Editor Focused on Transparency in Financial Reporting
October 1, 2013
Laurie Hays and Alex S. Jones October 1, 2013 – Financial reporting is crucial to a fair and functioning democracy, said Laurie Hays, Senior Executive...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
David Rohde of Reuters describes Sec. Kerry as ‘activist’ who takes risks
September 24, 2013
September 24, 2013 – A few hours after President Obama’s speech to the UN General Assembly, the Shorenstein Center welcomed David Rohde, investigative...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender,
Salon’s Joan Walsh suggests a way to eliminate racial and political polarization
September 17, 2013
September 17, 2013 – Joan Walsh, editor-at-large of Salon.com and a political analyst for MSNBC, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about racial change and...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Media Coverage of the Drone Program
May 2, 2013
In her Shorenstein Center paper, Fall 2012 Fellow Tara McKelvey examines the media coverage of the U.S. drone program in five major news outlets.
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Past Events, Policy & Issues,
Growing safety net and increased workforce are keys to reducing deficit, says Economist’s Greg Ip
March 12, 2013
Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor for The Economist. March 12, 2013 – At a Shorenstein Center event on Tuesday, Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor for The Economist...
Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Environment, Health & Science, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Nature’s Prophet: Bill McKibben as Journalist, Public Intellectual and Activist
March 7, 2013
A paper by Fall 2012 Fellow Matthew C. Nisbet examines the impact of "knowledge journalism" on the climate change debate.
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Podium Wars: President Hamid Karzai, the Foreign Press, and the Afghan War
January 14, 2013
A paper by Fall Fellow Joshua Partlow, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, looks at press coverage of President Karzai and his criticism of...
Audio & Video, Past Events, Policy & Issues, War, Defense & Security,
WaPo's Dana Priest examines increase of secrecy after 9/11
September 11, 2012
Dana Priest, The Washington Post, and Alex S. Jones, Shorenstein Center Director. September 11, 2012 – On the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks,...
Business & Economics, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Rebelling Against the Rich: Lessons from the media’s coverage of the 1% divide
September 10, 2012
A paper by former Fellow Nina Easton looks at how the media has covered wealth, as well as recent reporting on the one percent and Occupy Wall Street.
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
Dispatches From an Unfinished Uprising: The Role of Technology in the 2009 Iranian Protest Movement
August 9, 2012
A new paper by Spring 2012 Fellow Nazila Fathi describes her experience as a journalist on the ground during the Iranian protests in June 2009.
Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Anatomy of a Secret
June 21, 2012
A paper by Spring 2012 Fellow H.D.S. Greenway on <i>The New York Times</i>' decision to publish the "Stellar Wind" story.
Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
NPR's Hinojosa sees conflict of objectivity and agenda in journalism
April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012 – Maria Hinojosa, anchor and managing editor of NPR's <em>Latino USA</em>, and anchor of <em>Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One</em> (WGBX-TV), spoke to the Shor...
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