This event is restricted to students. Attendance capacity is 30 people. If we exceed capacity, we will take people on a first-come first-served basis. We will notify you either way by November 3 if you can attend. Please click here to register. David Ignatius writes a twice-a-week foreign affairs column for The Washington Post and […]
November 4, 2015 — Marvin Kalb, Shorenstein Center founding director and former moderator of “Meet the Press,” discussed the current relationship between Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S., placing the situation within a larger historical context. Kalb was inspired to write his latest book, Imperial Gamble: Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War, after Russia’s 2014
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November 3, 2015 — Maria Sacchetti, who covers immigration for The Boston Globe, shared her experiences reporting on the international refugee crisis in Europe, and discussed the importance of local coverage of international stories. Without a foreign desk, the Globe had limited resources for international news coverage, said Sacchetti, but still decided to make covering
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November 3, 2015 — Jackie Calmes, spring 2015 fellow and national correspondent for The New York Times, profiles talk radio host Steve Deace and examines his influence on the 2016 election. Read more in The New York Times Magazine. The article is an extension of the paper she wrote while at the Shorenstein Center, “They Don’t Give a Damn
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November 1, 2015 — Hendrik Hertzberg, former fellow (1987-1988) and senior editor and staff writer for The New Yorker, analyzes the performances of Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio in the October 28 Republican debate. Read more in The New Yorker.
Hendrik Hertzberg: That G.O.P. Debate: Two Footnotes Read More »
October 30, 2015 — Yavuz Baydar, journalist and fall 2014 fellow, writes about Turkey’s deteriorating press freedom, including the recent government seizure of TV stations and newspapers. Read more in the Huffington Post.
Yavuz Baydar: Strangling of Turkish Journalism – Televised Live Read More »
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 Bob Schieffer Discusses the 2016 Debates, Candidates, and Role of the Media. Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, veteran CBS reporter, and former
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October 28, 2015 — Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, veteran CBS reporter, and former moderator of “Face the Nation,” discussed the nature of the presidential debates, the current field of presidential candidates, and political media in the second event in a series focusing on the 2016 election. Tom Patterson, Shorenstein Center acting
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Film screening of Dateline – Saigon, followed by Q&A with Thomas D. Herman, film director; Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, former CBS News anchor and host of “Face the Nation”, and first reporter from a Texas newspaper to visit Vietnam; and Tom Patterson, Acting Director of the Shorenstein Center and a Vietnam Veteran.
October 26, 2015 — Renée Loth, Boston Globe columnist and fall 2011 fellow, argues that the Republican Party’s current turmoil is caused in part by years of anti-government rhetoric. Read more in The Boston Globe.
Renée Loth: Republicans Reap What They Sow Read More »
Panelists: Brent Colburn, Fellow, Institute of Politics; former Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs); Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of Homeland Security Kimber Dowsett, Security Architect, 18F; Mission Information Specialist, NASA Jen Ellis, Vice President of Community and Public Affairs, Rapid7 Ari Schwartz, former Senior Director for Cybersecurity, U.S. National Security Council
Cybersecurity and Privacy in a Connected World Read More »
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 Garance Franke-Ruta: Women, the Media and Campaign 2016. Garance Franke-Ruta, editor in chief of Yahoo Politics and former Shorenstein Center Fellow, discussed the current state
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October 21, 2015 — Zephyr Teachout, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Shorenstein Center in 2010, writes about a new study backed by big business that argues that political lobbying is harming the American economy. Read more in The Guardian.
October 21, 2015 — Trudy Lieberman, spring 2001 fellow, health journalist, and press critic for Columbia Journalism Review, writes about an international panel of journalists with a goal of encouraging more inter-country dialogue about health care and policy. Read more in Columbia Journalism Review.
October 21, 2015 — Robert Lenzner, spring 2014 fellow and contributing editor at Forbes, reviews a new book by British economist John Kay that argues that the global finance sector is still “terribly risky,” with little changing in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Read more in The Atlantic.
Robert Lenzner: The Dangerous Opacity of Modern Banking Read More »
October 21, 2015 — Melinda Henneberger, spring 2013 fellow, has been named the next editor in chief of Roll Call. She joins Roll Call from Bloomberg Politics, where she covered the 2016 presidential campaign as a senior writer. Read more on Roll Call’s website.
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October 20, 2015 — Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy, writes in the Financial Times that Justin Trudeau triumphed in Canada’s general election because voters wanted not only “a change of regime but also because Canadians wanted a change of politics” – a prime minister willing to work with adversaries. Read more in
Michael Ignatieff: Trudeau Trounces the Politics of Enmity Read More »
October 20, 2015 — Garance Franke-Ruta, editor in chief of Yahoo Politics and former Shorenstein Center Fellow, discussed the current state of women in politics and political media. For the 2016 election cycle, “the picture is mixed” on the campaign trail, said Franke-Ruta. More women are covering political races than ever before, and women are
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October 20, 2015 — “Gasps from the audience filled the room during a Kennedy School of Government seminar Monday afternoon as BBC foreign correspondent Paul Wood played video of himself and his news crew under attack in Syria in 2014. Images of assault rifles and dusty streets flashed across the bouncing camera lens as Wood and
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Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution featuring speakers: Paul Wood, BBC foreign correspondent and Fall 2015 Shorenstein Center fellow Michael Hudson, Seif Ghobash Professor of International Relations and Arab Studies, Emeritus at Georgetown University; former Visiting Scholar at the Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School This series is sponsored by the Weatherhead
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