J. David McShane and Andrew Chavez of the Dallas Morning News won the prize for their story “Pain and Profit,” on problems with medicaid patients receiving adequate care in Texas.
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Internet access is coming to the other half of the planet through rapid expansion of broadband technologies. Media organizations that recognize the speed and reach of this expansion will enjoy major new and positive opportunities. In this paper, Shorenstein Fellow Jim Cashel reviews the expanding network of broadband access, and makes recommendations for media companies adapting to this new global reality.
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The Shorenstein Center’s podcast is dedicated this week to a series of interviews with the finalists for the 2019 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Journalism. Shorenstein Center Special Projects Director Heidi Legg, an accomplished journalist herself, spoke with each of the reporting teams to learn how they found, investigated, and reported their stories, and about the
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Justin Tinsley is a culture and sports writer for The Undefeated, a sports and pop culture website owned and operated by ESPN. He spoke at the Shorenstein Center on February 12, 2019. He and Center Director Nicco Mele had a wide-ranging conversation about covering sports and pop culture through the lens of celebrity activism. Watch the
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Join us for a film screening and Q&A with Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman, director and producer of A Private War. In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike) is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Colvin is an utterly fearless and
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Adam Berinsky is the Mitsui Professor of Political Science at MIT and serves as the director of the MIT Political Experiments Research Lab (PERL). He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). Berinsky received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 2000. He is the author of
Adam Berinsky: Political Misinformation in the Modern Day Read More »
The growing crisis in U.S. local news is making it increasingly urgent that local television outlets both improve the quality of news produced and chart a path toward a sustainable future in which new audiences are recruited. In this research report, John Wihbey and Mike Beaudet show how local broadcasters might rethink story segments to create a more engaging news product for younger audiences, particularly with regard to hard news stories.
Reinventing Local TV News Read More »
Shorenstein Center Announces Seven Finalists for 2019 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting; Marty Baron to Receive Career Award Finalists include: Alabama Media Group; The Dallas Morning News; The Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism with FRONTLINE; The Philadelphia Inquirer; ProPublica; The South Bend Tribune with ProPublica; and The Wall Street
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Please join the Belfer Center’s Environment and Natural Resources Program for a lively discussion with The Washington Post’s national environmental reporter Brady Dennis and The Guardian’s Emily Holden on Tuesday, February 12 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4thFloor. Moderated by Cristine Russell, the event is cosponsored by the Shorenstein Center
Panel exploring the role of big technology companies on our democracy, including issues of privacy, competition, infrastructure, online abuse, and more. Featuring: Susan Crawford, John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Special Assistant for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy to President Barack Obama (2009) Dipayan Ghosh, Spring 2018 Pozen Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics
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A panel discussion with the finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Finalists include: Alabama Media Group; The Dallas Morning News; The Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism with FRONTLINE; The Philadelphia Inquirer; ProPublica; The South Bend Tribune with ProPublica; and The Wall Street Journal The winner will be announced
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Since 1993 the Goldsmith Prize has been awarded to the very best investigative journalism of the year that holds power accountable by having a direct impact on government, politics and policy, at the state, national and local levels. The ceremony will be preceded by a panel discussion, from 3:30-5:00 pm, in which finalists and special citation awardees
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