Shorenstein Center fellow Sylvia Chou will discuss the challenges facing health misinformation research, including pressures on federal funding and scientific inquiry, and identify priorities for advancing the field. This event is part of The Misinformation Speaker Series.
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Zoom & Northeastern University, 216 Massachusetts Ave, 3rd floor
12:00 PM ET
Olivier Sylvain will discuss how decades of communications policy shaped today’s internet, drawing on his new book, Reclaiming the Internet, to explore what this history means for online platforms and AI. This event is part of The Misinformation Speaker Series.
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Zoom & Northeastern University, 216 Massachusetts Ave, 3rd floor
4:00 PM ET
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April 15, 2014 – Deborah Amos, Middle East correspondent for NPR, said that in Syria, “there are at least five different wars” going on simultaneously. “It is the most complicated of all the conflicts in the Middle East,” yet the media is criticized for not getting it right.
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April 10, 2014 – “Partisanship in the Non-Partisan Press: The Implications of Media Bias for Democracy.” Partisan Media Seminar Series with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania; and Jesse Shapiro, Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. Moderator: Thomas Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government […]
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April 9, 2014 – Reporting on the issue of climate change has posed many challenges to journalists such as Andrew Revkin, who writes the Dot Earth blog for The New York Times. At the Shorenstein Center on Wednesday, Revkin explained why the complexity of the issue and the limits of news models make for a difficult job, and how digital tools can provide answers.
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April 8, 2014 – What is the future of the newspaper industry? Brian McGrory, editor of The Boston Globe, offered key insights and predictions at the Shorenstein Center on Tuesday. While the news business has changed dramatically in recent years, there are positive signs for the future, he said.
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April 1, 2014 – Nachman Shai, a former journalist who currently serves as a member of the Knesset, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about the rise of “soft power” as the dominant force in “asymmetric confrontations” between strong and weak powers.
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March 6, 2014 – Partisan Media Seminar Series with Kevin Arceneaux, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Temple University; and Talia Stroud, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin. Moderator: Matthew Baum, Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communications, Harvard Kennedy School.
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March 6, 2014 – Goldsmith Seminar panel discussion with the winners and finalists of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Read the transcript (PDF). Watch the video: If the story below doesn’t load properly, click here to view in Storify. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/2014goldsmith-seminar-on-investigative-reporting
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March 5, 2014 – The Goldsmith Awards honored the best in investigative journalism and awarded the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, the Book Prize and the Career Award for Excellence in Journalism. The keynote address was delivered by Candy Crowley of CNN.
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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.
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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 […]
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Inaugurated in 1989, the Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics is delivered annually by a prominent journalist, politician or historian on a topic at the intersection of media and politics. Past lecturers include Jill Lepore, John Lewis, William Safire, and Walter Cronkite.
Theodore H. White Lecture
The Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press is delivered annually by a prominent journalist, scholar or practitioner on a topic related to press freedom or freedom of speech.
Salant Lecture
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