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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”...
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Al Jazeera focused on providing context to western audiences
April 5, 2010
Richard Parker and Ayman Mohyeldin. April 5, 2010 — With notes prepared on his new iPad, Ayman Mohyeldin, Gaza correspondent for Al Jazeera English, spoke...
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AFP's Daphne Benoit says military and media need mutual trust
March 9, 2010
Daphne Benoit and Shorenstein Center Director Alex S. Jones. March 9, 2010 — The military and the media have a “complex relationship,” said...
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David Rohde says security is needed for progress in Pakistan
February 5, 2010
David Rohde and Shorenstein Center director Alex S. Jones. February 5, 2010 — David Rohde, two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for The New York Times...
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Secrets about Secrets: The Backstage Conversations between Press and Government
March 1, 2007
A paper by Allan M. Siegal, fall 2006 fellow, argues that while mainstream journalists almost uniformly advocate self-restraint on sensitive intelligence...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media as a Weapon in Asymmetrical Conflict
February 1, 2007
A paper by Marvin Kalb, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice Emeritus, follows the trajectory of the media from objective observer to fiery advocate...
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Army Manpower and the War on Terror
January 1, 2006
A paper by Kevin Ryan, fall 2005 fellow, argues that Army manpower is a subject that is often misunderstood and misreported. How does the status of Army...
International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Death in Wartime: Photographs and the “Other War” in Afghanistan
January 1, 2005
A paper by Barbie Zelizer, spring 2004 fellow, addresses the formulaic dependence of the news media on images of people facing impending death. Considering...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Different Stories: How the Newspapers in the United States, Britain and South Asia Covered the Iraq War
January 1, 2004
A paper by Narasimhan Ravi, spring 2004 fellow, argues that the Iraq war was an unequal conflict not just in terms of the overwhelming superiority of the...
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Exploring the Transatlantic Media Divide Over Iraq: How and Why U.S and German Media Differed in Reporting on U.N. Weapons Inspections in Iraq: 2002–2003
January 1, 2004
A paper by Ingrid A. Lehmann, spring 2004 fellow, explores the role of the media in the weakening bond between the United States and Western European countries...