Politics & Government Publications

Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government,
Rick Stengel: Government and the Media
February 28, 2017
February 28, 2017—Rick Stengel, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, discussed the differences between working in media and government, the Trump...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government,
Helen Boaden and Ann Marie Lipinski: Media in the Age of Brexit and Trump
February 28, 2017
February 27, 2017— Helen Boaden, spring 2017 Joan Shorenstein Fellow and director of BBC Radio, and Ann Marie Lipinski, curator of the Nieman Foundation...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Dafna Linzer of NBC, MSNBC: Reporting on Trump from the Campaign Trail to the White House
February 22, 2017
February 21, 2017—Dafna Linzer, managing editor of politics for NBC News and MSNBC, shared insights about covering the 2016 campaign and the Trump administration....
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Politics & Government,
David Fahrenthold: Reporting on President Trump
February 7, 2017
February 7, 2017—David Fahrenthold, a political reporter for The Washington Post, discussed his investigations of President Trump’s charitable giving during...
Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government,
The Future of News: Journalism in a Post-Truth Era
January 31, 2017
Featuring William Kristol, editor at large, The Weekly Standard; Kathleen Kingsbury, managing editor, digital, The Boston Globe; Gerard Baker, editor in...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Faculty Research, Journalistic Practice, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications,
News Coverage of the 2016 General Election: How the Press Failed the Voters
December 7, 2016
A new report from Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzes news coverage during the 2016 general election,...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government,
2016 Theodore H. White Seminar on Press and Politics
November 16, 2016
A panel discussion about the 2016 election and news coverage featuring: Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow; political contributor...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender,
Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with Larry Wilmore
November 15, 2016
This year’s Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics was delivered by comedian, producer and writer Larry Wilmore. The David Nyhan Prize for Political...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Sissela Bok: Secrets and Lies in Politics and Elections
November 1, 2016
November 1, 2016—Sissela Bok, writer, philosopher, and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, provided a nuanced view...
Audio & Video, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Technology,
Tim Wu: The Battle for Our Attention
October 25, 2016
October 25, 2016—Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch and professor at Columbia Law School, discussed his new book, The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble...