Events

March 4, 2014 – Exercising patience in the midst of a 24/7 news cycle is crucial in building and maintaining an audience, said Dafna Linzer, managing editor for MSNBC.com. She spoke to the Shorenstein Center on Tuesday about how difficult but crucial it is not to get swept up in the Twitter mindset of “instant gratification.” Instead, she argued, the focus of good journalism should be to stick with stories and develop them over time.

March 3, 2014 – “Afghanistan  2014:  The Way Forward.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Katherine Hunter, Weatherhead Center Fellow and  former Senior Deputy Country Representative, Asia Foundation in Afghanistan; and Sangar Rahimi, Afghan journalist and a 2014 Nieman Fellow. Co-sponsored by the Program on Negotiation; the Nieman Foundation for Journalism; the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics […]

February 28, 2014 – The Shorenstein Center hosts a weekly speaker series throughout the academic year. The events feature a wide variety of journalists and media thinkers — from David Carr and Bart Gellman to Andrea Mitchell and Ben Smith. Topics of discussion have ranged from the nature of new platforms and cutting-edge digital approaches to […]

February 25, 2014 – Speaker Series with Anne Gearan, Diplomatic Correspondent at The Washington Post. Co-sponsored with the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Women and Public Policy Program.

February 25, 2014 – The Shorenstein Center welcomed Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, to share his insights on news models, and what works in today’s media ecosystem. Smith emphasized the value of shared content over number of clicks, and how crucial editors are in any newsroom. Investigative reporting is alive and well on the Internet, he added.

February 18, 2014 – In their book, The New Soft War on Women: How the Myth of Female Ascendance Is Hurting Women, Men—and Our Economy, authors Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett argue that while strides have been made over the years in the area of gender equality, there is still more work to be done. At the Shorenstein Center speaker series […]

February 12, 2014 – Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and host of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” discussed the challenges of reporting on global issues in an ever-changing media environment.

February 11, 2014 – David Carr, media and culture columnist for The New York Times, shared his thoughts on changing media models, and how old and new media “are marching toward each other.”

February 10, 2013 – “The Influence of Mandela in Today’s South Africa.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Greg Marinovich, a Nieman Fellow and a South African Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and co-author of The Bang Bang Club, a nonfiction account of South Africa¹s transition to democracy. Co-sponsored by the Program on Negotiation, the Nieman […]

February 7, 2013 – “National Security Reporting from Both Sides of the Podium: Balancing Secrets with the Public’s Right to Know.” Jim Miklaszewski, chief Pentagon correspondent for NBC News, and George Little, former Pentagon press secretary and former CIA spokesman. Moderated by Tammy Thorp, National Security Fellow and former Chief of Public Affairs for the National Counterterrorism Center […]