Events

March 3, 2009 — Judging from his Shorenstein Center brown-bag talk, “Fallen Sky: Finding a Way Forward After the Media Shakeout,” New York Times media columnist David Carr is equal parts pessimist and optimist. What did Carr think of the recently announced cancellation of the 2009 newspaper editors’ convention? “An extinction event,” he said in […]

February 24, 2009 — Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of Slate, looked at web media and the future of journalism at the Shorenstein Center’s brown-bag lunch. Director Alex S. Jones launched the discussion with the observation that in today’s online environment, there is “gigantic success without profitability,” citing examples such as YouTube and Facebook. The challenge facing the media […]

February 19, 2009 — The Harvard Club of New York was the site of a briefing for journalists on the economy and New York, sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. The guests of honor at the event were the Honorable Jon S. Corzine, governor of New Jersey, and […]

February 17, 2009 — The speaker at today’s brown-bag lunch, Norman Orstein, was introduced by Shorenstein Center director Alex S. Jones as “one of the most familiar commentators and analysts in American politics.” Jones noted that Ornstein was the most frequent guest on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, as well as the first person to make two […]

February 12, 2009 — The 2009 recipient of the Shorenstein Prize for Reporting on Asia is Seth Mydans, who covers Southeast Asia for the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune from his base in Bangkok, Thailand. Since taking up the post in 1996 he has covered the fall of Suharto and rise of democracy […]

February 11, 2009 – A conversation about the current economic situation with Richard Parker, senior fellow of the Shorenstein Center. Moderated by Thomas Patterson.

February 10, 2009 — At the Shorenstein Center’s brown-bag lunch, Ken Auletta, “Annals of Communications” columnist for the New Yorker, addressed the impact of the new media world on the old-media landscape. Newspapers have been struggling to find the way forward, Auletta said. While they could significantly reduce their expenses by going online only — […]

February 3, 2009 — At the first Shorenstein Center brown-bag lunch of the semester, Joe Nocera, business columnist for the New York Times, gave his thoughts on where the economy is headed. Beyond the layoffs, business failures, and stock-market upheaval, for Nocera the most discouraging side of the economic crisis is that no one has […]

January 29, 2009 — The Shorenstein Center announced that six entries were chosen as finalists for the 2009 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. The winner of the $25,000 prize will be named at an awards ceremony on March 17 at the Harvard Kennedy School. The prize honors journalism that promotes more effective and ethical conduct […]

January 26, 2009 – Shorenstein Center announces fellows and visiting faculty for spring 2009. The fellows are veteran journalists James O’Shea and Maralee Schwartz, NYU’s Mitchell Stephens and Michael Traugott of the University of Michigan. Nicco Mele, with the IOP last semester, is Visiting Murrow Lecturer. Learn more; press release