April 3, 2008 – “Why We’re Financially Illiterate, and What Business Journalism, Especially on TV, Has to Do With It.” Brown-bag lunch with Paul Solman, business and economics correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
April 1, 2008 – “Press Coverage of Global Warming.” Brown-bag lunch with Ira Flatow, host of NPR’s Science Friday.
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March 19, 2008 – Goldsmith Awards Seminar: “The Present and Future of Investigative Reporting.” A panel discussion with Paul Steiger, winner of the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism, the finalists and winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting: Joshua Kors, The Nation; Walt Bogdanich, the New York Times; Tom Dubocq, the Palm Beach Post; Loretta Tofani,
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March 18, 2008 — The $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded to Barton Gellman and Jo Becker of the Washington Post for their investigative report “Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency” The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy administers the award. Watch the Video Read the Ceremony transcript Read the
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March 18, 2008 – “In Defense of Negativity in Politics.” Brown-bag lunch with John Geer, winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Best Academic Book and professor of political science and public policy, Vanderbilt University.
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March 13, 2008 – “Kosovo at a Crossroads: Security, Politics, Development and the Media.” Brown-bag lunch with Major General William Nash, U.S. Army (Ret.); Adjunct senior fellow for conflict prevention and director of the Military Fellows Program at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Kosovo at a Crossroads: Security, Politics, Development and the Media Read More »
March 11, 2008 – “Newspapers in the Digital Age.” Brown-bag lunch with Steve Coll, staff writer at the New Yorker and president and CEO of New America Foundation.
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March 6, 2008 – “The Presidential Nominating Process: Is the System Broken?” Brown-bag lunch with Tom Fiedler, Visiting Murrow Lecturer of the Practice of Press and Politics, and James Roosevelt, Jr., co-chair of the Rules and By-laws Committee of the Democratic National Committee. Video
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March 4, 2008 – “The Israel Defense Forces PR War.” Brown-bag lunch with Jacob Dallal, formerly with the International Press Office for Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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March 3, 2008 – “Politics 2008 — New Media, New Politics.” Brown-bag lunch with Bill Kristol, the Weekly Standard; the New York Times; Fox News Channel and adjunct lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School.
Politics 2008 — New Media, New Politics Read More »
February 21, 2008 — The 2008 receipient of the Shorenstein Prize for Reporting on Asia is journalist, author, and professor Ian Buruma. Buruma was born in the Netherlands, and educated at Leyden University and Nihon University, Tokyo. He is a journalist, author, and Luce Professor at Bard College, New York. He is a frequent contributor
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February 20, 2008 – “The 2008 Election: A Look at the Hispanic Vote.” Brown-bag lunch with Sergio Bendixen, political pollster and analyst.
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February 15, 2008 – “Second-Guessing the New York Times.” Brown-bag lunch with Clark Hoyt, the New York Times.
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A paper by Geoffrey Cowan, fall 2007 fellow, argues that although many of the major news organizations that dominated the landscape a generation ago have lost ground during the disruption of the news industry, leadership is key to a path forward. The motives of a publication’s owners – profits, influence, or personal prestige – each present
February 12, 2008 – “Supreme Changes: Is the Media Changing the Supreme Court or Vice Versa?” Brown-bag lunch with Dhalia Lithwick, Slate.com.
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February 7, 2008 – Shorenstein Center announces fellows and visiting faculty for spring 2008. Press release
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February 6, 2008 – Brown-bag lunch with Steve Simmons, Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Reaching the Masses: Public Diplomacy Through U.S. International Communication Read More »
February 5, 2008 – “The ‘HawkEye’ View of Campaign 2008.” Brown-bag lunch with David Yepsen, Des Moines Register and Institute of Politics Fellow.
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February 1, 2008 – Finalists announced for the 2008 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Press release
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A paper by Robin Sproul, fall 2007 fellow, details the growing problems with exit polls. Sproul writes that “the six news organizations that jointly conduct exit polls, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, NBC, and the Associated Press have been on a roller coaster ride since Election Day 2000, with a great many successes, some spectacular failures,
Exit Polls: Better or Worse Since the 2000 Election? Read More »
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