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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2015 Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press October 7, 2015 – Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School and former ACLU president, delivered the eighth annual Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press, where she expressed her concerns that the over-regulation of sexual expression on
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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 Nikole Hannah-Jones: Investigating Racial Injustice. Nikole Hannah-Jones, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, discussed her investigative reporting on segregation and discrimination in education
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October 14, 2015 — Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast special correspondent and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2003), writes about the diverging views held by the media and the public regarding who won the first Democratic debate. Read more on The Daily Beast.
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October 13, 2015 — Nikole Hannah-Jones, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, discussed her investigative reporting on segregation and discrimination in education and housing, as well as the media’s broader coverage of racial issues. Rather than reporting on the “racist of the week,” simply pointing out that a disparity exists, or covering a
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October 12, 2015 — Yavuz Baydar, journalist and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2014), writes about Turkey’s deteriorating democracy, including recent increases in threats to the press. Read more in Today’s Zaman.
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The #Tech4Democracy Showcase and Challenge welcomes all civic tech start-ups and anyone interested in learning more about civic tech. Hosted by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center, the spirit of the event is collaborative and celebratory, as students, entrepreneurs and community members showcase their ideas for new apps, web platforms,
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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 Can Republicans Win Millennials in 2016? Kristen Soltis Anderson, co-founder of Echelon Insights, an opinion research, data analysis and digital intelligence firm, discussed the divide
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October 8, 2015 — Jaron Lanier, computer scientist and author of Who Owns the Future? and You Are Not a Gadget, discussed how the current digital economy, driven by automation and efficiency, is on track to leave large segments of society behind economically. A primary problem, according to Lanier, is that “we’ve created only half
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October 8, 2015 — Jill Dougherty, foreign affairs correspondent for CNN and former Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2014), analyzes the timing and possible motivation behind Putin’s recent military actions in Syria. Read more.
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An evening of storytelling presented by HUBweek and The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, with support from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and The Boston Globe. Join us and Boston’s best chroniclers of innovation for an evening of unforgettable storytelling at historic Faneuil Hall. This signature HUBweek event will feature
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October 6, 2015 — Kristen Soltis Anderson, co-founder of Echelon Insights, an opinion research, data analysis and digital intelligence firm, discussed the divide between the Millennial generation and the Republican Party, and what the party can do to better resonate with young voters in future elections. While researching her book, The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are
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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 Peter Hamby Discusses News at Snapchat, Social Media on the Campaign Trail. Peter Hamby, Head of News at Snapchat and a political contributor for CNN,
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September 29, 2015 — Steve Jarding, Lecturer in Public Policy, and former State Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei discuss presidential politics and Trump’s new tax plan on WGBH’s “Greater Boston.”
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September 29, 2015 — Diane Frances, editor at large with the National Post in Canada and fall 2005 fellow, writes that Russia’s occupation of 9 percent of Ukraine has already displaced 1.4 million people internally, and without intervention, continuing military incursions will result in the dislocation of millions more. Read more on The World Post.
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September 29, 2015 — Peter Hamby, Head of News at Snapchat and a political contributor for CNN, discussed how Snapchat creates news stories, how campaigns are using the platform, and the ever-evolving relationship between social media and journalism. Hamby is known as an early adopter of social media platforms, and as a spring 2013 fellow at the
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Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution featuring speakers: Andrea Bruce, documentary photographer and Nieman Fellow Donna Hicks, Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs The theme of the 2015–2016 Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution is negotiation, conflict, and the news media. It explores the relationship between
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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 Jonathan Capehart Discusses Civil Rights, Partisan Values and the Media. Jonathan Capehart, a member of The Washington Post editorial board, writer for the PostPartisan blog,
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September 24, 2015 — Kasey Windels, assistant professor in the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU, and Kim Sheehan, professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon, write about how they use the research and syllabi provided by the Shorenstein Center’s Journalist’s Resource in their graduate and undergraduate journalism courses.
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