A paper by Kevin G. Barnhurst, fall 2001 fellow, argues that moving newspaper content onto the Internet has not, in itself, changed what journalists write. In many ways, the who, what, when, where, why, and how of news stories continue to evolve in ways that enhance the professional authority of journalists. Stories are longer and […]
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November 1, 2001 — Ever since those horrifying moments when two passenger jetliners smashed into the World Trade Center towers seven weeks ago, Americans have been glued to their television sets with a seemingly insatiable appetite for information. And the TV networks have responded with a steady stream of around-the-clock coverage that has usurped the
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On June 28, 2001, the Shorenstein Center sponsored a conference in Washington, DC on race and the press. The objective of the conference was to examine the complicated entwining of race and media from both local and national perspectives. Former President Bill Clinton chose this occasion to make his first public address in Washington since
June 28, 2001 — In an effort to stimulate discussion about the way important racial-related news stories are reported in the American media, the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy sponsored a Conference on Race and the Press on Thursday, June 28, in Washington, D.C.
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March 13, 2001 — The $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded to Karen Dillon off the Kansas City Star for “To Protect and Collect,” which examined a controversial police practice of keeping money seized during drug raids. Watch the Video The finalists for the prize were: – Ken Armstrong and Steve Mills
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February 26, 2001 — Tom Brokaw, anchor of the NBC Nightly News since 1983, delivered the 11th Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics tonight. The journalist’s subject was “So Much Information, So Little Time.” Speaking to a Forum crowd of 800 people, Brokaw discussed the pressures on broadcast journalists today, commenting pointedly that
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A paper by Stanley Renshon, spring 2000 fellow, considers the role of character in the 2000 presidential campaign. Renshon states that “character issues” tell citizens something important about prospective leaders. Honesty, integrity and trustworthiness may well be virtues in themselves, but they are important for the nation’s political life. This is primarily so because they
A paper by Deborah Mathis, fall 2000-spring 2001 fellow, examines racial diversity in the media coverage after the Bush-Gore election in 2000. Between November 7, when voters reported to the polls, and December 13, when Gore finally conceded to Bush, television talk shows booked hundreds of guests. Some commentators participated in several shows a day,
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A paper by Jeff Madrick, spring 2001 fellow, argues that the media, entranced with the economic idea of “the new economy” in the 1990s, missed other important trends detrimental to the economy overall. The broad faith in a new economy ultimately did a great deal of damage, states Madrick: It encouraged investors to pay prices
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August 13, 2000 — The day before the Democratic National Convention, Los Angeles’s Regal Biltmore Hotel was the site of a panel on the impact of the Internet on democracy, hosted by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. During the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, much attention was paid to
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The Shorenstein Center asked Michael Cornfield, an expert on the Internet and politics, to give a quick appraisal of the performance of online media at the 2000 Republican National Convention. Cornfield prepared the following paper for a panel discussion held on August 13, 2000. The paper looks at a key moment in the campaign to
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July 30, 2000 — On the occasion of the 2000 Republican National Convention, the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy hosted a panel on convention television coverage. The event took place at Philadelphia City Hall, and featured numerous news-organization and political leaders. Shorenstein Center report, Is There a Future for On-the-Air
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