June 24, 2015 — Richard Parker, lecturer in public policy, discussed Greece’s economic crisis, possible deals and the future of the Eurozone on Minnesota Public Radio News. Listen to the story.
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June 23, 2015 — Susan Crawford, former Shorenstein Center visiting professor and current Harvard Law School professor, encourages New Hampshire voters to make last-mile Internet connectivity a campaign issue, as the state’s economic future depends on it. Read more on Backchannel.
Susan Crawford: Battle Cry of New Hampshire: No Fiber, No Votes Read More »
June 23, 2015 — Staff, faculty, fellows and friends gathered to bid farewell to Alex S. Jones, director of the Shorenstein Center for 15 years. Jones is the Center’s longest serving director (2000-2015), and will leave his post on July 1. Bradlee Professor Thomas E. Patterson will serve as acting director, and will co-chair a
June 22, 2015 — David Weinberger, senior researcher at the Berkman Center and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015), writes about how large platforms such as Facebook have changed the values of the Web. Read more in The Atlantic.
David Weinberger: The Internet That Was (and Still Could Be) Read More »
June 22, 2015 — Matthew Baum, Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communication, is quoted in The Boston Globe about opportunities for conservative media in Massachusetts. Read more…
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June 15, 2015 — Celestine Bohlen, columnist at The International New York Times and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 2014), writes about the plight of Eritreans who migrate to Europe to escape conflict at home, and the role of Radio Erena, a radio program founded by an Eritrean journalist in exile. Read more in The New York Times.
Celestine Bohlen: Horrors of Eritrea Met With a Shrug Read More »
June 9, 2015 — The 12th Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) reunited public servants, scholars, activists, developers, journalists, and students in New York, NY on June 4 and 5, 2015. Organized by Micah Sifry (2012 visiting lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School) and Andrew Rasiej, this year’s theme was “Imagine All the People: The Future of
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June 8, 2015 — Yavuz Baydar, journalist and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 2014), writes about the implications of Turkey’s recent election, which ended a 13-year long rule by a single party, the AKP. Read more on Today’s Zaman.
Yavuz Baydar: “Know your place,” Turkish voters tell Erdoğan Read More »
June 4, 2015 — Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour anchor and visiting faculty member at the Shorenstein Center in 2005, speaks to Robert Rubin and Henry Paulson, both former secretaries of the Treasury, about U.S.- China relations. Watch the video on The Atlantic’s website.
Judy Woodruff: How Should the U.S. Engage With China? 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 Bob Schieffer Named Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow. The renowned journalist’s fellowship will focus on the 2016 presidential election and extend over three semesters,
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June 3, 2015 — On this installment of the Shorenstein Center’s Media and Politics Podcast, Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic and Farnaz Fassihi, a senior writer at The Wall Street Journal, discuss the changing nature of reporting on conflict and terrorism in the Middle East. Goldberg, who spoke in November 2014, and Fassihi, who spoke in March 2015,
Cambridge, MA — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is pleased to announce the appointment of renowned journalist Bob Schieffer as the newest recipient of the Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellowship. Schieffer’s fellowship will focus on the 2016 presidential election and extend over three semesters, beginning
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