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Garrett Graff on Trump, Mueller, Russia, and Cybersecurity
February 14, 2018
February 13, 2018— Garrett Graff, journalist, author, and director of the Aspen Institute’s cybersecurity and technology program, discussed Robert Mueller’s...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications, Technology,
#DigitalDeceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda on the Internet
January 23, 2018
Over the past year, there has been rising pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter to account for how bad actors are exploiting their platforms. The catalyst...
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, Past Events, Politics & Government, Prizes & Lectures, Technology,
Jameel Jaffer: Government Secrecy in the Age of Information Overload
November 6, 2017
Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and former Deputy Legal Director for the ACLU, delivered...
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Politico’s Nancy Scola: Reporting on and Regulating the Tech Industry
October 24, 2017
October 24, 2017 — Nancy Scola, senior technology reporter for Politico, discussed the regulation of tech platforms, their role in the 2016 election, cyber...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Publications, Technology,
Using Data Science Tools for Email Audience Analysis: A Research Guide
October 18, 2017
A Report from the Shorenstein Center’s Single Subject News Engagement Project Executive Summary Email is a crucial vehicle for media companies to generate...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Bob Schieffer: Finding the Truth in Today’s Deluge of News
October 12, 2017
October 10, 2017—Bob Schieffer, CBS News contributor, former Face the Nation host, and 2015-2016 Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow, discussed...
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E.J. Dionne, Jr. on One Nation After Trump, Media, the Economy, and Progressivism
September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017—E.J. Dionne, Jr., political writer for The Washington Post, and William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor, discussed his forthcoming book,...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Report on Network Sunday Morning Talk Show Content and Ratings, Comparing 1983, 1999, and 2015
September 6, 2017
Executive Summary We studied the content and Nielsen ratings for interviews on the three network Sunday morning talk shows—Meet the Press (henceforth MTP),...
News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications, Technology,
Exploring the Role of Algorithms in Online Harmful Speech
August 10, 2017
Reflections from a recent workshop hosted by the Berkman Klein Center in collaboration with the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy...
Discussion Papers, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
Black Pigeon Speaks: The Anatomy of the Worldview of an Alt-Right YouTuber
June 28, 2017
Disclaimer: This paper contains offensive content. “Alt-right” views quoted in this paper are not endorsed by the Shorenstein Center. A new paper by Zack...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Discussion Papers, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications,
In Search of Unbiased Reporting in Light of Brexit, Trump and Other Reporting Challenges in the UK and US
June 13, 2017
A new paper by Helen Boaden, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2017), and former BBC News and BBC Radio director, compares the BBC’s value of impartiality...
Government Institutions, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications,
News Coverage of Donald Trump’s First 100 Days
May 18, 2017
A new report from Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzes news coverage of President Trump’s first 100...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications, Technology,
Combating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and Action
May 2, 2017
Conference held February 17–18, 2017 Organized by Matthew Baum, David Lazer, and Nicco Mele Sponsored by         Final report written...
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, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government, Technology,
Yochai Benkler: The Right-Wing Media Ecosystem
April 7, 2017
April 5, 2017—Yochai Benkler, professor at Harvard Law School and co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, discussed...
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, Business & Economics, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Domestic Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender,
Farai Chideya and Zack Exley: Understanding the Electorate
March 7, 2017
March 7, 2017— Farai Chideya, Joan Shorenstein Fellow and senior writer at FiveThirtyEight, and Zack Exley, Joan Shorenstein Fellow and senior advisor...
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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...
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