They Don't Give a Damn about Governing

“They Don’t Give a Damn about Governing”
Conservative Media’s Influence on the Republican Party

A paper by Jackie Calmes, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015) and national correspondent for The New York Times, examines the increasing influence of conservative media on the Republican Party’s agenda. Calmes traces the history of conservative media, from its founding after World War II to the present-day proliferation of talk radio and Internet personalities. She

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What Happens “Before the Oath?” Martha Joynt Kumar on Meet the Press

July 26, 2015 — Martha Joynt Kumar, professor of political science at Towson University and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 1998), joins Chuck Todd on Meet the Press to discuss the often complicated transition of power from one president to the next, as detailed in her new book, Before the Oath: How George W. Bush and Barack

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Denise-Marie Ordway

Welcome Denise-Marie Ordway!

July 22, 2015 — The Shorenstein Center is pleased to announce that Denise-Marie Ordway has joined the Center as research reporter/editor for Journalist’s Resource. Ordway has been a reporter for the Orlando Sentinel and The Philadelphia Inquirer and also wrote news for two radio stations and a newspaper in Central America. She was named as a

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Columbia Journalism Review Interview with William Buzenberg

July 21, 2015 — The Columbia Journalism Review published an interview with William Buzenberg , Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2015) and former Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity, about his new Shorenstein Center paper, which details how the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists investigated “some of the world’s most powerful players—big tobacco, the World Bank, and high-ranking government

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Michael Tomasky

Michael Tomasky: Is The Iran Deal ‘Liberal’?

July 16, 2015 — Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast special correspondent and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2003), argues in an op-ed that although the Iran nuclear deal is not without it’s risks, “it’s clearly a good thing that Obama is trying to shift the reigning Washington foreign-policy paradigm from war-making to deal-making.” Read more on The Daily

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David Weinberger

The Rise, Fall, and Possible Rise of Open News Platforms: The Twisty Path towards a Net Ecosystem That Makes News More Discoverable, Reusable, and Relevant

A paper by David Weinberger, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015) and senior researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Center, explores the successes, challenges and opportunities for news organizations using APIs. An API (application programming interface) enables websites and applications to talk to each other and efficiently share data and functionality across sites and platforms. In 2008 The

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Anatomy of a Global Investigation

Media & Politics Must Reads, July 10, 2015

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. News from Our Faculty & Fellows Anatomy of a Global Investigation: Collaborative, Data-Driven, Without Borders. A new paper by William E. Buzenberg, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015) and former Executive Director of

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Jackie Calmes

Jackie Calmes: Treasury Sticks to Plans for a Woman on the $10 Bill, Despite Hillary Clinton’s Displeasure

July 8, 2015 —  Jackie Calmes, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015) and National Correspondent for The New York Times writes about Clinton’s objections to having a woman share the $10 dollar bill, rather than replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Read more in The New York Times. 

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Linda Douglass

Linda Douglass to Join Bloomberg Media as Global Head of Communications

July 7, 2015 — Linda Douglas, Kalb Fellow (Spring 2007), will be joining Bloomberg Media Group as Global Head of Communications in September. Douglass will oversee communications strategy and press relations for Bloomberg Media’s global multi-platform products, including digital, print, television, video, radio, and live events. Read more on Bloomberg. 

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Anatomy of a Global Investigation: Collaborative, Data-Driven, Without Borders

A paper by William E. Buzenberg, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015) and former Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity, explores the need for and impact of international collaborations among news outlets. Buzenberg argues that although our world – and its resulting news stories – have become increasingly more globalized in nature, from finance to

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Matthew A. Baum

Matthew Baum: No one talks about democratization any more. Is there a better policy?

July 5, 2015 — Matthew Baum, Kalb Professor of Global Communication, and Philip B. K. Potter, assistant professor in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics at the University of Virginia, make the case for the importance of institutions other than elections in maintaining a functioning democracy – including information access. “When it flows freely, citizens can

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