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Media and Politics: What’s Next?
A Conversation with the Joan Shorenstein Fellows

Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender, Technology / By Bailey

April 21, 2015 — The Shorenstein Center closed its spring semester event series with a conversation with the Spring 2015 Joan Shorenstein Fellows: William E. Buzenberg, former executive director of The Center for Public Integrity, Jackie Calmes, national correspondent for The New York Times, Michele Norris, NPR host and special correspondent, and David Weinberger, senior […]

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William Powers: The Incredible Jun: A Town that Runs on Social Media

News / By Nilagia McCoy

April 20, 2015 — William Powers, Joan Shorenstein Fellow, Fall 2006, writes about the Spanish town of Jun, which has been using Twitter as its principal medium for citizen-government communication. Read more on the Huffington Post.

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Robert Lenzner: Hidden dangers that banking regulators fail to chart

News / By Nilagia McCoy

April 20, 2015 — Robert Lenzner, Joan Shorenstein Fellow, Spring 2014, writes in Financial Times that seven years after the financial crisis, regulators still know very little about the true level of risk that big banks are exposed to. Read more…

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Renée Loth: Rand Paul, Bitcoin And A New Frontier In Campaign Finance Loopholes

News / By Nilagia McCoy

April 16, 2015 — Renée Loth, Joan Shorenstein Fellow, Fall 2011, writes about Rand Paul being the first presidential candidate to accept Bitcoin donations — and why use of the currency is raising concerns among some federal elections officials. Read more on WBUR…

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Study Group: “Stereotypes like stains can still linger”— Examining the power of cultural stereotypes

Past Events / By Nilagia McCoy

This session is part of the five-week study group series, How Shifts in Race and Cultural Identity Influence Politics, Policy and Pop Culture, led by Michele Norris. Seminars are for Harvard students only (graduate and undergraduate), and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space. Description: Why and how do stereotypes take root? What is the

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Media & Politics Must Reads, April 17, 2015

Newsletters / By Nilagia McCoy

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 David Skok: Managing Digital Disruption in a Traditional Newsroom: Putting Theory into Practice. David Skok, newly-promoted managing editor for digital of The Boston Globe, discussed

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Trudy Lieberman: How to bring clarity and urgency to Social Security reporting

News / By Nilagia McCoy

April 16, 2015 — Trudy Lieberman, Joan Shorenstein Fellow, Spring 2001, provides tips for how the media can better report on the emerging Social Security debate on Columbia Journalism Review. Read more…

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David Skok: Managing Digital Disruption in a Traditional Newsroom: Putting Theory into Practice

Audio & Video, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events / By Bailey

April 14, 2015 — David Skok, newly-promoted managing editor for digital of The Boston Globe, discussed the Globe’s approach to digital strategy and organizational culture. As a Nieman Fellow in 2012, Skok took a class from Harvard Business School’s Clayton Christensen. They later co-authored a report, applying Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation – which says

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Tech Beat: Reporters Covering the Digital Era Assess the News Business’s Struggle to Transform

Audio & Video, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications / By Nilagia McCoy

A paper by John M. Geddes, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 2014) and former managing editor of The New York Times explores the disruption of the news industry through the lens of technology reporters. A transformative wave washed over the world economy this past quarter-century and technology journalists were its chroniclers and front-row witnesses. Many, among

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America 2050: The Future of News & Latinos

Audio & Video, Past Events / By Nilagia McCoy

With Jorge Ramos, journalist, author, and television anchor for Univision and Fusion. Presented by the Harvard Institute of Politics. Co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.

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Regulatory Modernization Seminar

Past Events / By Nilagia McCoy

This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space. Description: From the EPA’s release of the toxic chemicals data to the FCC’s current net neutrality debate, transparency/disclosure can be an

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Media and Politics Must Reads, April 10, 2015

Newsletters / By Nilagia McCoy

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 Phillip Martin: Reporting on Race and Poverty. Phillip Martin, senior investigative reporter at WGBH, discussed how his reporting on race and poverty has been shaped

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