A celebration of journalism and storytelling that impact public policy and the functioning of government.
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JFK Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
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April 14, 2008 – “Covering the Global Rise of Organised Crime.” Brown-bag lunch with Misha Glenny, author and BBC correspondent.
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April 11, 2008 – “Media Tenor of the Presidential Campaign.” Brown-bag lunch with Roland Schatz, president of Media Tenor Ltd, a provider of international media-content analysis.
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April 9, 2008 – The Shorenstein Center hosted a discussion for reporters on the state of the economy in New York City.
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April 7, 2008 – “The Arab and American Media: Communication Tool or Weapon of War?” Brown-bag lunch with Rami Khouri, editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper and an internationally syndicated political columnist.
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April 3, 2008 – “Why We’re Financially Illiterate, and What Business Journalism, Especially on TV, Has to Do With It.” Brown-bag lunch with Paul Solman, business and economics correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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April 1, 2008 – “Press Coverage of Global Warming.” Brown-bag lunch with Ira Flatow, host of NPR’s Science Friday.
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March 19, 2008 – Goldsmith Awards Seminar: “The Present and Future of Investigative Reporting.” A panel discussion with Paul Steiger, winner of the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism, the finalists and winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting: Joshua Kors, The Nation; Walt Bogdanich, the New York Times; Tom Dubocq, the Palm Beach Post; Loretta Tofani, […]
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March 18, 2008 — The $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded to Barton Gellman and Jo Becker of the Washington Post for their investigative report “Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency” The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy administers the award. Watch the Video Read the Ceremony transcript Read the […]
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March 18, 2008 – “In Defense of Negativity in Politics.” Brown-bag lunch with John Geer, winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Best Academic Book and professor of political science and public policy, Vanderbilt University.
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March 13, 2008 – “Kosovo at a Crossroads: Security, Politics, Development and the Media.” Brown-bag lunch with Major General William Nash, U.S. Army (Ret.); Adjunct senior fellow for conflict prevention and director of the Military Fellows Program at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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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.
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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.
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