December 14, 2015 — Deborah Amos, former fellow and NPR international correspondent, covers this past weekend’s elections in Saudi Arabia. Listen on NPR.
For the First Time, Women Elected to Municipal Councils in Saudi Arabia Read More »
A paper by David Ensor, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2015) and former director of the Voice of America (VOA), makes the case for protecting and strengthening VOA as an independent journalistic voice in order to increase American soft power. VOA’s news programming, which is funded by the U.S. government but remains by law editorially independent,
Exporting the First Amendment: Strengthening U.S. Soft Power through Journalism Read More »
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 Affirmative Action in University Admissions: Research Roundup, from Journalist’s Resource. Terrorism Sentencing: Challenges for Criminal Prosecutors in the U.S. and Abroad, from Journalist’s Resource. News
Media & Politics Must Reads, December 11, 2015 Read More »
December 10, 2015 — Zachary Karabell, former fellow, contributing editor at Politico, and head of global strategy at Envestnet, writes about how the shrinking of the middle class has fueled anger that is being channeled into support for Donald Trump. Read more on Politico.
Zachary Karabell: How the Economy Helps Trump Read More »
Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution featuring speakers: Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Photographer; 2016 Ruth Cowan Nash Nieman Fellow Susan Hackley, Managing Director, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School; Project Founder, A Child’s Guide to War This series is sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; the Nieman Foundation for Journalism; Program
Kelman Seminar: War Changes Everyone Read More »
The Shorenstein Center hosts a weekly speaker series during the academic year, as well as other special events. With the semester coming to a close, we look back at the perspectives shared by our visiting speakers and fellows, who discussed some of today’s most pressing topics. Find audio and video for more events in our
December 5, 2015 — Tara McKelvey, former Shorenstein Center fellow and White House reporter for BBC News, writes about “people who’ve become radicalised under the radar,” such as Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook, who committed the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Read more on BBC.com.
Tara McKelvey: Becoming radicalised – and keeping a secret Read More »
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 Criminal Justice in the Age of Big Data. How can technology and big data improve the U.S. criminal justice system? Read a summary and listen
Media & Politics Must Reads, December 4, 2015 Read More »
December 2, 2015 — John Geddes, former fellow and former New York Times managing editor, is joining Bloomberg to oversee U.S. political coverage. Read more on Folio.
John Geddes to Join Bloomberg Read More »
December 1, 2015 — Cristine Russell, former Shorenstein Center fellow and current advisory board member, journalist, and senior fellow at the HKS Belfer Center, writes about the range of coverage coming out of the United Nations Climate Summit – from the pessimistic, to live blogs, to a comic book format. Read more in Columbia Journalism Review.
Cristine Russell: At the Paris climate talks, media coverage takes a turn Read More »
November 25, 2015 — Marie Sanz, current Joan Shorenstein Fellow and Lima, Peru bureau chief for AFP, discussed why the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba came as such a surprise to everyone, including the press, on HKS’s PolicyCast. Read more and listen to audio.
Marie Sanz: How a surprise thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations could mean more freedom Read More »
November 24, 2015 — Douglas Shorenstein, a long-time supporter of the Shorenstein Center and advisory board co-chair, has passed away at the age of 60. He had a vision for the Center that was realized through his ideas and generosity. In his passing, the Center has lost a great friend, adviser, and benefactor. The Center extends it
Douglas Shorenstein
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