Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. This Week at the Shorenstein Center Linda Greenhouse: The Post-Scalia Supreme Court. Linda Greenhouse, long time New York Times Supreme Court reporter, discussed the current polarization of the court, the nomination […]
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March 24, 2016 — Michele Norris, spring 2015 fellow, discusses taking her Race Card Project, which explores race and identity in the U.S., to college campuses on WXXI’s “Need to Know.” Watch the episode.
March 24, 2016 — Matthew Nisbet, associate professor at Northeastern University and fall 2012 fellow, was named the new editor of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Communication. He also spoke with public radio’s Marketplace about strategies for motivating greater public concern over climate change. Read more about the journal and listen to the Marketplace segment.
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March 24, 2016 — Two former fellows, Judy Woodruff and David Rohde, discuss the conviction of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who was recently charged for genocide and crimes against humanity by a UN tribunal for his role in atrocities during the Bosnian civil war. Watch on “PBS Newshour.”
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March 22, 2016 — Linda Greenhouse, longtime New York Times Supreme Court reporter, discussed the current polarization of the court, the nomination of Merrick Garland, and the legacy of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Today’s politically divided Supreme Court is anomalous in U.S. history, said Greenhouse, who currently teaches at Yale Law School. She used
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March 22, 2016 — Tara McKelvey, BBC News White House Reporter in Havana and fall 2012 fellow, writes about activist protests during President Obama’s visit to Cuba, and the administration’s approach to human rights. Read more.
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March 16, 2016 — Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, discussed Republican efforts to block Trump as the nominee – and predicted a Ryan-Kasich ticket coming out of the convention. Watch the video.
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March 11, 2016 — Renée Loth, Boston Globe columnist and fall 2011 fellow, considers the impact of recent and past films on presidential races. Read more in The Boston Globe.
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Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. This Week at the Shorenstein Center 2016 Goldsmith Seminar on Investigative Reporting. Learn what went into the making of the Goldsmith Award-winning “Seafood from Slaves” by The Associated Press, as well
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Janine di Giovanni, conflict reporter and Middle East editor for Newsweek, will discuss her new book, Dispatches From Syria: The Morning They Came for Us, with Future of Diplomacy Project Executive Director, Cathryn Cluver. She will reflect on her experiences covering some of the world’s most harrowing conflicts, including the war in Bosnia. This event is part of the
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March 8, 2016 — Philip Bennett, former managing editor for The Washington Post and PBS’s FRONTLINE, explored how the promise of the digital revolution has fallen short for some aspects of media and civic engagement, and why news outlets should have an interest in improving the situation. Bennett, who is currently the Patterson Professor of
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March 8, 2016 — Yavuz Baydar, journalist and fall 2014 fellow, writes about the recent seizure of Zaman, Turkey’s largest daily newspaper, by the government. Zaman’s closure is the latest in a series of government actions against the press in Turkey – and should be a wakeup call to the EU about the state of
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Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution featuring speaker Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. This series is sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; the Nieman Foundation for Journalism; Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School; and Shorenstein Center on Media,
March 6, 2016 — Marilyn Thompson, current Joan Shorenstein Fellow and deputy editor at Politico, looks at an advice column supposedly authored by Donald Trump for Trump University, and interviews Richard Tarrant, who ran against Bernie Sanders in Vermont, about the candidate’s debate style, in two articles in Politico.
March 4, 2016 — Matthew Baum, Kalb Professor of Global Communication at the Shorenstein Center, analyzes how Senate Republicans are in a difficult position when it comes to rejecting President Obama’s nomination for a Supreme Court justice. If Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee, he will likely lose to the Democratic nominee, meaning Senate Republicans
A panel discussion with the winner and finalists of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting: Robin McDowell, The Associated Press; Kimberly Kindy, The Washington Post; Michael LaForgia, Tampa Bay Times; Jessica Silver-Greenberg, The New York Times; Lisa Song, InsideClimate News; Jon Swaine, Guardian US; and Thomas Patterson, Shorenstein Center interim director (moderator). Read the transcript. The use of slave labor by fishing fleets in Southeast Asia
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Mr. Patterson: Good morning everyone. I’m Tom Patterson, the interim director of the Shorenstein Center, and this is the follow-up to last evening’s Goldsmith Awards program. I love this part of the event where we have the finalists for the Goldsmith Investigative Reporting Award take us behind the story, how they came to it, and
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March 3, 2016, Cambridge, MA – The $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting from the Shorenstein Center has been awarded to Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Martha Mendoza and Esther Htusan of The Associated Press for their investigative report “Seafood from Slaves.” Additionally, the Shorenstein Center awarded the Career Award for Excellence in Journalism to Walter
Mr. Patterson: On behalf of The Shorenstein Center, I’d like to welcome you to the Goldsmith Awards, the highlight of our year. I’m Tom Patterson, the Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press and the Shorenstein Center’s interim director. I’d like to reiterate, please, join us tonight in tweeting the event. Our handle is @ShorensteinCtr,
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