Media & Politics Must Reads, January 15, 2016

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. This Week at the Shorenstein Center Spring 2016 Joan Shorenstein Fellows. The Shorenstein Center announced the appointment of its spring 2016 fellows: Johanna Dunaway, associate professor of communication at Texas A&M

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Fred Wertheimer

Fred Wertheimer: Citizens United and Its Disastrous Consequences: The Decision

January 14, 2016 — Fred Wertheimer, fall 1996 fellow and president of Democracy 21, reflects on the 6th anniversary of the Citizens United ruling, arguing that it has corrupted the electoral process, with “500 million in secret contributions” having been injected into federal elections since the decision. Read more on Huffington Post.

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Media & Politics Must Reads, January 8, 2016

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. This Week at the Shorenstein Center Are Women Underrepresented in News Coverage? From Journalist’s Resource. How Using Search Engines Impacts Voter Decisions, from Journalist’s Resource. Household Surveys: Problems, Usefulness in Collecting

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Marie Sanz

The Persistent Advocate: The New York Times’ Editorials and the Normalization of U.S. Ties with Cuba

A paper by Marie Sanz, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2015) and senior correspondent for Agence France Presse, examines The New York Times’ editorials on U.S.-Cuba relations over the past five decades, and the role of the press in the restoration of relations between the two countries. Since 1961, The New York Times editorial board consistently

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