Events

January 31, 2012 – Six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, which carries a cash award of $25,000, will be announced at an […]

January 24, 2014 – The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, located at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is pleased to announce its 2013 Spring Fellows. “We have an all-star group of fellows from the heights of journalism and politics and the pinnacle of digital technology, and it promises […]

December 3, 2012 – “Unilateral Initiatives in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Yaakov Katz, military correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and the Israel Correspondent for Jane’s Defense Weekly; and Robert Mnookin, Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, chair of the Executive Committee at the […]

November 27, 2012 – The Shorenstein Center welcomed Cheryl Contee, co-founder of Jack and Jill Politics; co-founder and partner of Fission Strategy, to discuss the “End of the Digital Divide” and the impact it has on the U.S.

November 16, 2012 – Theodore H. White Seminar with T.H. White Lecturer David Brooks; Cynthia Tucker, winner of the 2012 David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism; Amy Walter, ABC News Political Director; Jennifer Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government at Harvard University, Professor of African and African American Studies; and John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate magazine and political director of CBS News.

November 13, 2012 – Discussion with Mike Allen, chief political reporter for Politico, and writes the daily Playbook. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/the-role-of-new-media-in-election-coverage

November 6, 2012 — Speaker Series with Mark McKinnon, weekly columnist for The Daily Beast and The London Telegraph, and is a co-founder of the bipartisan group No Labels which is dedicated to more civil discourse in politics. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute of Politics. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/the-presidential-election-2012-the-good-the-bad-an

November 5, 2012 – “Under Fire: Journalists in Combat.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Finbarr O’Reilly, Nieman Fellow and Reuters photographer; and trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk M.D., medical director at the Boston Trauma Center. Co-sponsored with the Nieman Foundation, the Weatherhead Center and the Program on Negotiation […]

October 25, 2012 – Discussion with David Ensor, Director of Voice of America and former CNN National Security Correspondent. Co-Sponsored with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.