Citizen Action & Interest Groups Publications

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The Washington Post's Elizabeth Bruenig on Religion, Politics, and the Left
February 20, 2018
February 20, 2018—Elizabeth Bruenig, Washington Post columnist, discussed the role of Christianity in U.S. politics with Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
“Alt-Lite” Bloggers and the Conservative Ecosystem
February 20, 2018
Introduction This research paper examines the important role that “alt-lite” bloggers play in promoting, amplifying, and fortifying Donald Trump’s anti-establishment...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Discussion Papers, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications,
Political Journalism in a Populist Age
December 11, 2017
A new paper by Claes H. de Vreese, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2017) and Professor and Chair of Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam,...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Domestic Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Prizes & Lectures,
2017 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with Nancy Gibbs: “The Divided States of America”
November 16, 2017
November 15, 2017 — Nancy Gibbs, editorial director of Time Inc. News Group and former editor of Time Magazine, delivered a thought-provoking speech on...
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,...
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...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender, Technology,
Leaders of "The Resistance"
February 28, 2017
A panel discussion with: Meighan Stone (moderator), Entrepreneurship Fellow, Spring 2017, The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy...
Audio & Video, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Technology,
Zeynep Tufekci: Technology in Global Activism, Uprisings and Social Movements
October 4, 2016
October 4, 2016 — Zeynep Tufekci, a New York Times opinion writer who focuses on the social impact of technology, discussed the advantages and shortcomings...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications,
The Dream is Dead: Can Taxpayer Money Save Presidential Campaigns?
May 27, 2016
A new paper by Marilyn W. Thompson, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2016) and former deputy editor of POLITICO, chronicles the rise and fall of the Presidential...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Bob Schieffer Discusses Money in Politics and the 2016 Presidential Candidates
September 15, 2015
September 15, 2015 — Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, veteran CBS reporter and former moderator of “Face the Nation,” discussed...
Audio & Video, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Frederick W. Mayer: Narrative Politics: The Medium is the Story
November 19, 2014
November 19, 2014 — Frederick W. Mayer, professor of public policy, political science and environment at Duke University, discussed how storytelling plays...
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.
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