September 16, 2015 — Nicco Mele, Shorenstein Center advisory board member and former lecturer at the Center, has been named a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy. Read more…
September 15, 2015 — Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, veteran CBS reporter and former moderator of “Face the Nation,” discussed the corrosive effects of money in politics and his outlook for the 2016 presidential election. The current gridlocked political environment is “not the problem – it is a symptom of the problem
Bob Schieffer Discusses Money in Politics and the 2016 Presidential Candidates Read More »
September 14, 2015 — Yavuz Baydar, journalist and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2014), received Italy’s Caravella Meditterraneo/Mare Nostrum award, for his work on press freedom and media independence in Turkey. The Caravella awards are given to important academic and diplomatic figures and to journalists in the Mediterranean region. He reflects on the award ceremony, the challenges facing the Mediterranean
Yavuz Baydar: Caravella Awards – Discussing Human Ordeal and Journalism in Otranto Read More »
A conversation about remaking government with simpler, user-centric digital services. Panelists: Tim O’Reilly, Founder, O’Reilly Media Haley Van Dyck, Co-founder, U.S. Digital Service Marina Martin, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nick Sinai, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS, former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer (moderator) Schedule: 9:30am – 10:00am: Casual breakfast and networking 10:00am – 12:00pm:
Bringing Silicon Valley to Government? 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 Migration Patterns: Are More People Immigrating? From Journalist’s Resource. News from Our Faculty & Fellows The Refugee Crisis Isn’t a “European Problem.” Michael Ignatieff, Edward
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September 10, 2015 — Melinda Henneberger, spring 2013 fellow and senior writer for Bloomberg Politics, writes about Vice President Biden’s recent and emotional “Late Show” appearance. Read more on Bloomberg Politics…
September 9, 2015 — Micah L. Sifry, former Visiting Murrow Lecturer of the Practice of Press and Public Policy, writes in a New York Times op-ed that third parties have historically “pushed new ideas into the mainstream,” and that American voters would be better off with more choices. Read more…
Micah L. Sifry: America’s Political Duopoly Stifles the Competition of Ideas Read More »
September 9, 2015 — Steve Jarding, Lecturer in Public Policy and David Gergen, Public Service Professor of Public Leadership and Co-Director of the Center for Public Leadership, discuss the art of apology, on the heels of Hillary Clinton’s, on WGBH’s “Greater Boston.”
Steve Jarding: The Art Of The Political Apology Read More »
September 5, 2015 — Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy, argues in The New York Times that the United States, Canada, and rich nations in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia, need to do far more to aid refugees, as the crisis requires a “global response.” Read more…
Michael Ignatieff: The Refugee Crisis Isn’t a “European Problem” 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 The Center welcomed new and returning Harvard Kennedy School students at its Open House. With the start of the new semester, our event series also
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September 3, 2015 — Thomas Patterson, acting director of the Shorenstein Center and Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, is teaching a HarvardX online course, “American Government,” which is free and open to the public. The class is a comprehensive introduction to American government and politics – its foundations, institutions, organizations, and policies –
Online American Government Course with Thomas Patterson Begins September 8, 2015 Read More »
The Shorenstein Center lost two of its favorite people over the summer. Wolfgang Donsbach, Visiting Lombard Professor in Spring 1999, died at the age of 65 on July 26, 2015. John S. Carroll, Knight Visiting Lecturer in 2005-2006, died at the age of 73 on June 14, 2015. Both men made a large impact on
In Memory of Wolfgang Donsbach and John Carroll Read More »
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