Politics & Government Publications

Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Peter Hart: Trends and Demographics in the 2016 Election
October 19, 2016
October 19, 2016 — Peter D. Hart, chairman of Hart Research Associates, a public opinion research firm that provides polls for NBC News and The Wall Street...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Amy Walter: The Current State of the Campaign
October 18, 2016
October 18, 2016 — Amy Walter, national editor of The Cook Political Report, discussed possible outcomes of the 2016 presidential and down-ballot races,...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government, Race & Gender,
Joy-Ann Reid: How Race Impacts the 2016 Election
October 11, 2016
October 11, 2016 — Joy-Ann Reid, host of MSNBC’s “AM Joy” discussed the role of race within the Republican and Democratic parties, the Black Lives Matter...
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...
Audio & Video, Business & Economics, Domestic Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Technology,
Cathy O’Neil—Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
October 4, 2016
October 4, 2016—Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of the new book Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy,...
Events, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government, Technology,
FOIA in the Digital Age
September 30, 2016
9:00-10:00 a.m.  Networking Breakfast 10:00-11:30 a.m.  Panel discussion Email and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is in the national news—and has...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Carnegie-Knight Forum: Who Makes the News? Journalism and the State of Our Democracy
September 28, 2016
A Facebook Live presentation of the Shorenstein Center’s reports on the role of the media in the 2016 election and a panel discussion. Watch the...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Patrick Ruffini: Trump and the Future of the Republican Party
September 27, 2016
September 27, 2016 — Patrick Ruffini, co-founder and partner of Echelon Insights, a political research and analytics firm, discussed the September 26 presidential...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications,
News Coverage of the 2016 National Conventions: Negative News, Lacking Context
September 21, 2016
A new report from Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzes news coverage of the 2016 Republican and Democratic...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Media, Politics and Power: Trump, Clinton and the 2016 Election, with Bob Schieffer, Ann Compton and Nicco Mele
September 20, 2016
A conversation on the state of the 2016 presidential campaign and its coverage in the media, with Bob Schieffer, Ann Compton and Nicco Mele (moderator)....