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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Social media used by regime and activists in Syrian revolution, says NPR’s Deborah Amos

October 17, 2012 – More than any other uprising in the Middle East, the Syrian uprising has made use of social media to shape and influence the narrative on both sides, said Deborah Amos, Middle East correspondent for National Public Radio. In 18 months of covering the Syrian revolution, she said that “young social media

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Salant Lecture delivered by Anne-Marie Slaughter

October 10, 2012 – “Open v. Closed: Media, Government and Social Organization in the Information Age.” Fifth annual Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press delivered by Anne‑Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Watch the video or read the transcript. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/salant-lecture-with-anne-marie-slaughter

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Effective use of social media will determine 2012 election, says Rory O’Connor

October 9, 2012 – Former Fellow Rory O’Connor joined the Shorenstein Center for a discussion about how social media has influenced politics and traditional media. O’Connor, a filmmaker and journalist, is the author of Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media. Tracing social media’s

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A 61-Million-Person-Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization

October 3, 2012 – “A 61-Million-Person-Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization.” A discussion of the impact of Facebook and other social networks on voter turnout with James Fowler, Professor of Medical Genetics and Political Science, University of California, San Diego. Moderated by Nicco Mele, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, is a leading expert in the integration

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Politics as Theater: A lively conversation preceding the first 2012 Presidential Debate

October 3, 2012 – A conversation on how politics has become theater, featuring Aaron Sorkin, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Sen. Alan Simpson and Chuck Todd. Moderated by Alex S. Jones. Watch the video. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/politics-as-theater

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Obama and Romney both running small campaigns in big election, says Alex Castellanos

September 25, 2012 – With 42 days to go before the 2012 presidential election, the Shorenstein Center welcomed Alex Castellanos, a Republican political media consultant, to share his perspective on the Obama and Romney campaigns. Castellanos described the map of this election as a bell curve: In contrast with other election seasons when “we always

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Sklar argues for more gender diversity in tech and media industries

September 18, 2012 – Rachel Sklar, Founder of Change The Ratio and TheLi.st, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about gender disparity in the tech and media industries, and how the ratio of men to women could be shifted toward more equality. The event was co-sponsored by the Women and Public Policy Program. Sklar, who is a

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WaPo’s Dana Priest examines increase of secrecy after 9/11

September 11, 2012 – On the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Shorenstein Center welcomed Dana Priest, national security reporter for The Washington Post, to discuss the cost of secrecy and how it affects the relationship between media and government. In his introduction, Shorenstein Center Director Alex Jones mentioned the New York Times

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