April 4, 2007 — Through an interactive multimedia presentation at the Shorenstein Center’s brown-bag lunch, George Caudill, former director of advance for President Clinton, and Greg Jenkins, former director of advance for President George W. Bush, recalled their experiences of stage managing events for the world’s most powerful people. Calling himself “the man behind the […]

April 3, 2007 — At the Shorenstein Center’s brown bag-lunch, Matt Baum, visiting associate professor of public policy at the Kennedy School, addressed the central question of what drives public opinion in times of foreign crises and wars. Baum asserted that public opinion tends to reflect elite rhetoric — whether of politicians themselves or the

March 19, 2007 — Michael Gerson, former policy adviser and speechwriter for President George W. Bush, spoke at the Shorenstein Center’s brown-bag lunch about the moral trajectory of the Republican Party during Bush’s term of office. Gerson, who will become an op/ed writer for the Washington Post in May 2007, recounted that his first self-described

March 14, 2007 – Goldsmith Seminar, “The Present and Future of Investigative Reporting,” with the finalists for the Goldsmith Prize on Investigative Reporting and representatives from the Center for Public Integrity: Walter V. Robinson, Michael Rezendes, Beth Healy, the Boston Globe; Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, the Los Angeles Times; Debbie Cenziper, the Miami Herald; Ken

March 13, 2007 — Marvin Kalb, founding director of the Center and a former reporter for CBS and NBC News, spoke at the Shorenstein Center’s brown-bag lunch on his recent discussion paper The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media as a Weapon in Asymmetrical Conflict. Kalb illuminated the stark contrasts of how the respective governments

March 6, 2007 — At the Shorenstein Center’s brown-bag lunch, Chris Isham, Chief of Investigative Projects for ABC News, described his unit as a “full service operation” that produces investigative-based programming “from soup to nuts” for the network’s entire news division. Isham expressed strong opinions about the issue of journalist-source confidentiality. He said that developing

February 27, 2007 — Adam Nagourney, national political reporter for the New York Times, addressed a full house on the topic of the media and the 2008 presidential campaign at the Shorenstein Center’s brown-bag lunch. The talk was cosponsored with the Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics. Nagourney debunked several misconceptions about the upcoming primary and

February 21, 2007 — Eric Klinenberg, at the Shorenstein Center’s brown-bag lunch, discussed his book Fighting For Air: The Battle to Control America’s Media. A sociologist at New York University, Klinenberg described the book as a “sociological ethnographic study” that addresses a central question on the minds of many media scholars, news consumers, and particularly

February 20, 2007 — At the Shorenstein Center brown-bag lunch, Renee Ferguson inspired lively conversation and debate over the justification of breaking journalistic taboos — in this case, naming and visually identifying a rape victim — under the auspices of telling a good story. Ferguson, a current Nieman Fellow with more than 30 years of

February 14, 2007 — At his Shorenstein Center brown-bag lunch, Floyd Abrams, an attorney specializing in freedom of speech and press issues, spoke about the intersection of law and journalism. Co-counsel for the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case, Abrams was also one of Judith Miller’s attorneys in the recent CIA leak investigation.

February 13, 2007 — Paul Barrett, assistant managing editor at BusinessWeek and author of American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion, discussed the trends of news coverage of American Muslims across print and broadcast media, addressing the biases and stereotypes reinforced therein. In terms of print media, Barrett said that news coverage

February 12, 2007 — Samantha Power, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government took part in the first brown-bag lunch hosted by the Shorenstein Center of 2007. At the event Power spoke about the nexus of human rights, U.S. foreign policy,

February 5, 2007 – The Kalb Report: “Arab Journalists: Another Perspective.” Panel discussion on the differing perceptions and coverage of major news from the Middle East and around the world, including the war in Iraq and the Arab-Israeli peace process. Panelists include Mohamad Alami, Al Jazeera chief correspondent, Raghida Dergham, Al Hayat columnist and senior diplomatic

January 31, 2007 – Finalists announced for the 2007 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Press release

January 29, 2007 – Shorenstein Center announces fellows and visiting faculty for spring 2007. Learn more; Press release