Julia Angwin: Privacy in the Digital Age

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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Time’s Nancy Gibbs says demand has never been greater for ‘responsible, authoritative reporting’

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

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NYT Public Editor Sees Social Media as ‘Double-Edged Sword’ That Is Changing Objective Journalism

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

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Six Finalists for 2013 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting Announced

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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Shorenstein Center Welcomes Leaders in Journalism and Digital Media for Spring 2013

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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Unilateral Initiatives in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

December 3, 2012 – “Unilateral Initiatives in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict.” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Yaakov Katz, military correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and the Israel Correspondent for Jane’s Defense Weekly; and Robert Mnookin, Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, chair of the Executive Committee at the

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Theodore H. White Seminar

November 16, 2012 – Theodore H. White Seminar with T.H. White Lecturer David Brooks; Cynthia Tucker, winner of the 2012 David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism; Amy Walter, ABC News Political Director; Jennifer Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government at Harvard University, Professor of African and African American Studies; and John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate magazine and political director of CBS News.

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Politico’s Mike Allen: The Role of New Media in Election Coverage

November 13, 2012 – Discussion with Mike Allen, chief political reporter for Politico, and writes the daily Playbook. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/the-role-of-new-media-in-election-coverage

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The Presidential Election 2012: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

November 6, 2012 — Speaker Series with Mark McKinnon, weekly columnist for The Daily Beast and The London Telegraph, and is a co-founder of the bipartisan group No Labels which is dedicated to more civil discourse in politics. He is currently a Fellow at the Institute of Politics. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/the-presidential-election-2012-the-good-the-bad-an

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Google’s products reflect its character, says Wired‘s Steven Levy

October 23, 2012 –  Steve Levy, senior writer at Wired magazine, spent two years immersed in the “Googleplex,” researching how the company works, how it makes money, and what it values. He shared with the Shorenstein Center three key takeaways that he learned from Google, which are featured in his book, In the Plex: How

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Europe at a Crossroads: The story of Greece and what it reveals about structural problems in the Eurozone

October 17, 2012 – “Europe at a Crossroads: The story of Greece and what it reveals about structural problems in the Eurozone. ” Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with George Papandreou, former prime minister of Greece, and Richard Parker, economist, political consultant, and Harvard Kennedy School lecturer. Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead

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