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The Pen vs the AK-47: the Future of Afghan Media Under the Taliban
September 8, 2021
Written just prior to the Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan, this new report from Shorenstein Center Fellow Samiullah Mahdi provides an overview...
Discussion Papers, Journalistic Practice, Local News, News Business & Practice, Press Freedom, Public Interest Journalism, Publications,
The National Trust for Local News
October 4, 2020
Proposing a new framework for newspaper ownership and governance that leverages national capital markets and supports accountability and decision-making...
Discussion Papers, Environment, Health & Science, International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Public Interest Journalism, Publications,
Conveying Truth: Independent Media in Putin’s Russia
August 10, 2020
A new report from Shorenstein Center Fellow Ann Cooper describes the origins and evolution of independent media in Russia from the late Soviet era to...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom, Publications,
South China Morning Post’s Gary Liu on Digital News and Transforming a Legacy Media Company
October 5, 2017
October 3, 2017— Gary Liu, CEO of the South China Morning Post, discussed the Hong Kong-based news outlet and its audience, and how he thinks about organizational...
Audio & Video, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom,
South China Morning Post’s Gary Liu on Digital News and Transforming a Legacy Media Company
October 5, 2017
October 3, 2017— Gary Liu, CEO of the South China Morning Post, discussed the Hong Kong-based news outlet and its audience, and how he thinks about organizational...
News Business & Practice, Press Freedom, Publications,
Marvin Kalb on Current Challenges to the Freedom of the Press
April 5, 2017
On March 30, 2017, Marvin Kalb, former Shorenstein Center director, delivered commentary on the threats to U.S. democracy posed by the Trump administration....
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Press Freedom,
Marvin Kalb on Current Challenges to the Freedom of the Press
April 5, 2017
On March 30, 2017, Marvin Kalb, former Shorenstein Center director, delivered commentary on the threats to U.S. democracy posed by the Trump administration....
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...
Audio & Video, International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom,
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...
News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures, Publications,
Jeffrey Rosen—The Deciders: The Future of Free Speech in a Digital World
October 21, 2016
2016 Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO of the National Constitution Center, Professor of Law at The...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures,
Jeffrey Rosen—The Deciders: The Future of Free Speech in a Digital World
October 21, 2016
2016 Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO of the National Constitution Center, Professor of Law at The...
Audio & Video, Events, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom,
Philip Bennett - News and Democracy: The Missing Pieces
March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016 — Philip Bennett, former managing editor for The Washington Post and PBS’s FRONTLINE, explored how the promise of the digital revolution...
International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
Exporting the First Amendment: Strengthening U.S. Soft Power through Journalism
December 14, 2015
A paper by David Ensor, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2015) and former director of the Voice of America (VOA), makes the case for protecting and strengthening...
Audio & Video, Domestic Affairs, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures,
Nadine Strossen: “Free Expression: An Endangered Species on Campus?”
October 19, 2015
2015 Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press October 7, 2015 – Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School...
News Business & Practice, Papers, Press Freedom, Publications,
The Newsroom as an Open Air Prison: Corruption and Self-Censorship in Turkish Journalism
March 7, 2015
A paper by Yavuz Baydar, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 2014), and columnist, blogger, and co-founder of the Platform for Independent Journalism (P24),...
Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom,
The Health of Democracy: The Role of the Media with Alex S. Jones
January 22, 2015
A free press and public access to information and a broad range of ideas and opinions were considered so essential for a healthy democratic republic that...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom, Prizes & Lectures,
Margaret H. Marshall: "Democracy v. the First Amendment? New Tensions in a New Age"
November 13, 2014
Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press with Margaret H. Marshall November 13, 2014 – Margaret Marshall, former chief justice of the Supreme...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Press Freedom,
Slate's Dahlia Lithwick: Supreme Court increasingly wary of the media and Internet
October 28, 2014
October 28, 2014 — Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate and a prominent legal analyst, expressed deep concerns about the relationship between...
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...
Audio & Video, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Technology,
Internet has made Chinese government more accountable, public opinion more valuable, says Richburg
April 9, 2013
April 9, 2013 – Keith Richburg, Fellow at the Institute of Politics and former China correspondent for The Washington Post, said that in China, "the Internet...
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