March 27, 2013 – Discussion with Jim O’Sullivan, The Boston Globe’s online politics editor. Co-sponsored by the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, the Institute of Politics, and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. Jim O’Sullivan is the Boston Globe’s incoming online politics editor and writes the Political Intelligence blog. He is the […]
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March 26, 2013 – Paul E. Steiger, executive chairman of ProPublica’s board of directors, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about the past and present of the journalism industry, and ProPublica’s role in its future.
ProPublica’s Paul Steiger says smaller news outlets have advantage in changing industry Read More »
Featuring Thomas E. Patterson, Acting Director and Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press. The Internet, Globalization and the Media Future Media Problems and the Public Interest The Media-Information Future: Refocusing the Press on Knowledge
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March 12, 2013 – At a Shorenstein Center event on Tuesday, Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor for The Economist and author of The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World, made the “liberal case for deficit reduction.” He explained that “deficit hawks” are “made, not born” as a result of
March 11, 2013 – “Women and Negotiation: A Place at the Table in the U.S. and Abroad.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Katrin Bennhold, Nieman Fellow and staff writer for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times; and Paula Gutlove, Professor of Practice in Negotiation and Conflict Management, Simmons College School
Women and Negotiation: A Place at the Table in the U.S. and Abroad Read More »
A paper by Fall 2012 Fellow Matthew C. Nisbet examines the impact of “knowledge journalism” on the climate change debate.
Nature’s Prophet: Bill McKibben as Journalist, Public Intellectual and Activist Read More »
March 6, 2013 – “Congo’s Invisible War: An exploration through the work of war correspondent Finbarr O’Reilly.” The event will feature a panel discussion with Finbarr O’Reiley; Dr. Jennifer Leaning, who has worked in the Congo with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; and Roger Liwanga, a Congolese lawyer whose work focuses on trafficked children especially in the
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March 6, 2013 – Panel discussion with the winners and finalists of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Recap of Goldsmith Awards Ceremony with keynote address by Nicholas D. Kristof Transcript of the Goldsmith Awards Ceremony (PDF) Transcript of the Goldsmith Seminar (PDF) Press Release announcing Investigative Reporting Prize Winners Media Buzz about the
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Goldsmith Awards Ceremony with the presentation of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, the Book Prize, and the Career Award for Excellence in Journalism. Keynote address by Nicholas D. Kristof.
Tuesday, March 5, 6 p.m., John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School.
Chicago Tribune reporters win Goldsmith Prize, Nicholas D. Kristof delivers keynote Read More »
March 5, 2013 – There isn’t a single “path to profit” for newspapers and magazines, said Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel at Tuesday’s Shorenstein Center event. However, Tyrangiel noted that the future of journalism will rely on many different styles and models integrated with each other. Historically, Tyrangiel said, Time magazine and other publishers operated under the
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February 26, 2013 – Political analyst Michael Tomasky, who writes for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about President Obama’s legacy, and how it compares to Reagan’s. There is not a clear comparison yet, Tomasky said, but he acknowledged that as Reagan shifted the “political gravity” to the right, Obama has shifted
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February 19, 2013 – Julia Angwin, senior technology editor for The Wall Street Journal, discussed the implications of surveillance and privacy online. What is the definition of privacy, how has that definition changed, and what is the legal side? Below is the complete recap. Click here to view in Storify. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/julia-angwin-privacy-in-the-digital-age
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February 14, 2013 – Amid news of Time Warner possibly selling off most of its print magazines, Nancy Gibbs, deputy managing editor of Time magazine, told the Shorenstein Center that she is “enormously optimistic” about the future of the publication, and the journalism industry as a whole. Gibbs began by looking back at Time‘s history, with
February 12, 2013 – Margaret Sullivan, Public Editor of The New York Times, outlined two opposing sides on the issue of how social media is changing traditional reporting and objectivity. To illustrate the distinction, Sullivan used examples written by two thought-leaders in journalism: Tom Kent, standards editor for the Associated Press, Jay Rosen, a journalism professor
February 5, 2013 – “A Close Look at the Loss of Freedom of the Press and Deterioration of Human Rights in Turkey.” A discussion with Ferai Tinc, Former foreign news editor of Hürriyet, one of Turkey’s leading daily newspapers.
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Tuesday, February 5, 12 p.m. Speaker Series with Chris Hughes, publisher and editor-in-chief, The New Republic; co-founded and served as spokesman for Facebook.
Social mission and profit: Chris Hughes looks to blend cultures of journalism, new media Read More »
January 31, 2012 – Six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, which carries a cash award of $25,000, will be announced at an
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January 24, 2014 – The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, located at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is pleased to announce its 2013 Spring Fellows. “We have an all-star group of fellows from the heights of journalism and politics and the pinnacle of digital technology, and it promises
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A paper by Fall Fellow Joshua Partlow, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, looks at press coverage of President Karzai and his criticism of it.
Podium Wars: President Hamid Karzai, the Foreign Press, and the Afghan War Read More »
The most recent issue, published in December 2012, reported on the Politics as Theater event, the T.H. White Lecture with David Brooks, the Salant Lecture with Anne-Marie Slaughter, the Fall Speaker Series, Fall Fellows, support for students, and more.
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