Jeff Madrick: “Seven Bad Economic Ideas and How They’ve Hurt Us All”

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November 20, 2014 — Jeff Madrick, editor of Challenge magazine, contributing editor at Harper’ s, and former Shorenstein fellow, discussed the widely-adopted yet, in his view, faulty ideas that have dominated U.S. economic policy in recent decades. Drawing on his recent book, Seven Bad Economic Ideas and How They’ve Hurt Us All, Madrick argued that […]

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Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic: The Challenges of Reporting on the Middle East

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November 18, 2014 — Jeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent for the Atlantic, discussed the increasing dangers of reporting on the Middle East and provided candid guidance for those who aspire to cover the region.

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Margaret H. Marshall: “Democracy v. the First Amendment? New Tensions in a New Age”

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Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press with Margaret H. Marshall November 13, 2014 – Margaret Marshall, former chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, delivered the annual Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press, where she expressed her concerns about the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the First Amendment, and its

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Aneesh Chopra and Nick Sinai announced as the inaugural Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellows

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November 3, 2014 — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is pleased to announce the appointment of two distinguished technological leaders, Aneesh Chopra and Nick Sinai, as the inaugural recipients of the newly established Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellowship. Chopra and Sinai will work in partnership as

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Dahlia Lithwick and Alex S. Jones (Shorenstein Center)

Slate‘s Dahlia Lithwick: Supreme Court increasingly wary of the media and Internet

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October 28, 2014 — Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate and a prominent legal analyst, expressed deep concerns about the relationship between the press and the U.S. Supreme Court, noting that the Justices have become “increasingly mistrustful” of news media. “They think we are a bunch of gossips,” Lithwick told a Shorenstein Center audience. “Universally,

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Charles M. Blow and Alex S. Jones

Charles M. Blow of The New York Times: “Equality for everyone is not only right but is a moral imperative”

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October 21, 2014 — Journalist Charles M. Blow, author of the new memoir Fire Shut Up in My Bones, discussed his early career in journalism and the development of his distinctive, data-driven columns for The New York Times, which he said are motivated by “passion.” “I’m writing to make the case that equality for everyone

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Mark Halperin and John Heilemann to deliver 2014 Theodore H. White Lecture at the Shorenstein Center

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October 23, 2014 — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, located at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), announced that this year’s Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics will be jointly delivered by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, managing editors of Bloomberg Politics. The lecture will take place Monday, December 1,

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Thomas E. Patterson (HKS)

Thomas E. Patterson: Why trustworthy and relevant information has become a scarce commodity

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October 27, 2014 — Thomas E. Patterson of the Shorenstein Center explores why misinformation is on the rise and what can be done. Part of a series of  essays marking the launch of the U.S. edition of The Conversation website, which features scholarly perspectives on news topics. Read more…

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Charles Lewis speaks at the Shorenstein Center

Investigative journalist Charles Lewis: Media-university partnerships needed to boost journalism — and civic integrity

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October 14, 2014 — Charles Lewis, a pioneering journalist who founded the Center for Public Integrity and who now serves as a faculty member at American University, said part of the future of investigative news involves  new “hybrid” models that pair universities and media outlets. “These worlds are merging, and we need to acknowledge it

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Michael Crowley, chief foreign affairs correspondent for Time magazine

Michael Crowley of Time magazine: Traveling the globe and witnessing America’s changing role

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October 7, 2014 — Michael Crowley, chief foreign affairs correspondent for Time magazine, gave a sweeping tour of a life spent covering stories from the Middle East to Mexico, revealing the tensions inherent in trips with government officials as well as the challenges that America is facing globally. Most recently Crowley traveled with John Kerry to Iraq, Saudi

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Amy Walter, Cook Political Report, and Alex Jones, Shorenstein Center

Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report: Republicans likely to take U.S. Senate in 2014

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September 30, 2014 — Amy Walter, National Editor of the Cook Political Report, said that the outcomes of the 2014 midterm elections have the potential not only to shift control of the Senate, but also to give a strong indication of where the country is headed into the 2016 presidential election. Democrats knew they were

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The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center strives to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars, and between them and the public.

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