International Affairs Publications
They Wanted Journalists to Say ‘Wow’: How NGOs Affect U.S. Media Coverage of Africa
January 1, 2011, 3:01 pmBy Karen Rothmyer
Karen Rothmyer Shorenstein Center Fellow, Fall 2010 Contributing Editor, The Nation Read the full paper (PDF). Excerpt: Seeing Africa Whole: An introduction And now for some good news out of Africa. Since 1995, the rate of poverty throughout the continent…
From Natural Disaster and Social Crisis to Great Success of the Olympic Games: Transparent Governance and Foreign Correspondents in China in 2008
January 1, 2011, 2:10 pmBy Steven Guanpeng Dong
A paper by Steven Guanpeng Dong, spring 2010 fellow, takes an in‐depth look at the media policy that altered events that happened in China in 2008 and the impact these events had on the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist…
Confusion, Contradiction and Irony: The Iraqi Media in 2010
April 25, 2010, 3:48 pmBy Deborah Amos
Deborah Amos Shorenstein Center Goldsmith Fellow, Spring 2010 Correspondent, National Public Radio Read the full paper (PDF). Excerpt Abstract After the fall of Baghdad on April 9, 2003, Iraq’s news media environment transformed almost overnight from the tightly controlled propaganda…
The Power of TV News: An Insider’s Perspective on the Launch of BBC Persian TV in the Year of the Iranian Uprising
February 1, 2010, 4:07 pmBy Stephen Williams
Stephen Williams Shorenstein Center Fellow, Fall 2009 Executive Editor, Asia Pacific Region, BBC Read the full paper (PDF). Excerpt Introduction “Well, of course you’re from MI6. You’re a spy.” … “Pass the pomegranate juice, please.” The accusation was made to…
Mugabe’s Media War: How New Media Help Zimbabwean Journalists Tell Their Story
February 1, 2009, 2:40 pmBy Sandra Nyaira
A paper by Sandra Nyaira, fall 2008 fellow, analyzes efforts to keep Zimbabweans informed in the wake of the collapse of the country’s media landscape – a part of the ZANU‐PF government’s violent campaign to remain in office. Without private…
Lost in the Travel Pages: The Global Industry Hiding Inside the Sunday Newspaper
June 1, 2008, 3:32 pmBy Elizabeth Becker
A paper by Elizabeth Becker, spring 2008 fellow, explores why the business side of travel is so seldom covered by journalists – and the implications. Despite being a fast-growing, $7 trillion international industry that impacts cities and wilderness, sometimes quite negatively,…
Mainstream Newspaper Coverage: A Barometer of Government Tolerance for Anti-Regime Expression in Authoritarian Brazil
October 1, 2007, 4:34 pmBy Elizabeth A. Stein
A paper by Elizabeth A. Stein, spring 2007 fellow, evaluates the theory that in authoritarian regimes, leaders of civil society follow the mainstream press not so much for the specific information it provides, but rather as a barometer for the…
Foreign News Coverage: The U.S. Media’s Undervalued Asset
March 1, 2007, 4:33 pmBy Jill Carroll
A paper by Jill Carroll, fall 2006 fellow, argues that media companies that cut back on foreign bureaus and correspondents are making a financial miscalculation and missing an opportunity to capitalize on an undervalued asset. High-quality foreign news coverage is…
The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media as a Weapon in Asymmetrical Conflict
February 1, 2007, 4:33 pmBy Marvin Kalb
A paper by Marvin Kalb, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice Emeritus, follows the trajectory of the media from objective observer to fiery advocate in the Israeli-Hezbollah War, based on content analysis of global media and interviews with many diplomats…
Soft Power and Hard Views: How American Commentators are Spreading over the World’s Opinion Pages
January 1, 2006, 3:23 pmBy Julia Baird
A paper by Julia Baird, spring 2005 fellow, examines the export of American thought by documenting the presence of American columnists on newspaper opinion pages around the world in the 2000s. Baird assesses what impact, if any, 9/11 and the…
