Matthew Hindman

Matthew Hindman is an associate professor of media and public affairs at The George Washington University. His 2009 book, The Myth of Digital Democracy, won the 2010 Goldsmith Book Prize as well as the Donald McGannon Award. He has published on topics including online campaigning, “open source” politics, and the online public sphere. Hindman was a Javits Fellow at Princeton and a Fellow at both the Harvard Department of Government and the Kennedy School. At the Shorenstein Center, he wrote about the future of journalism and the growing audience for online local news.

Dallas Morning News Wins the 2019 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

March 12, 2019

J. David McShane and Andrew Chavez of the Dallas Morning News won the prize for their story “Pain and Profit,” on problems with medicaid patients receiving adequate care in Texas.

Matthew Hindman

Stickier News: What Newspapers Don’t Know about Web Traffic Has Hurt Them Badly – But There is a Better Way

April 3, 2015

A paper by Matthew Hindman, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 2014) and Associate Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, examines why local newspapers are falling behind in online audience growth and how they can fix the problem. Hindman’s research finds that although national news websites have robust traffic,

Investigative journalists share experiences at Goldsmith seminar

March 24, 2010

March 24, 2010 — The winner and five other finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting gathered this morning to share their personal stories of journalistic commitment and determination in the face of skepticism, obstruction and even intimidation. The seminar, titled “The Present and Future of Investigative Reporting,” featured journalists from The Raleigh News

Goldsmith Book Prize winner challenges true online democracy

March 23, 2010

March 23, 2010 — With the Goldsmith Awards Ceremony just a few hours away, Matthew Hindman, winner of the 2010 Goldsmith Book Prize, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about his book, The Myth of Digital Democracy. Hindman, assistant professor at Arizona State University, explained that the book is a response to the claim that the

2010 Goldsmith book prizes, reporting finalists announced

January 29, 2010

January 29, 2010 — Two winners of the Goldsmith Book Prize and six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The winner of the investigative reporting prize, which carries a cash award of

Dallas Morning News Wins the 2019 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

March 12, 2019

J. David McShane and Andrew Chavez of the Dallas Morning News won the prize for their story “Pain and Profit,” on problems with medicaid patients receiving adequate care in Texas.

Matthew Hindman

Stickier News: What Newspapers Don’t Know about Web Traffic Has Hurt Them Badly – But There is a Better Way

April 3, 2015

A paper by Matthew Hindman, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 2014) and Associate Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, examines why local newspapers are falling behind in online audience growth and how they can fix the problem. Hindman’s research finds that although national news websites have robust traffic,

Investigative journalists share experiences at Goldsmith seminar

March 24, 2010

March 24, 2010 — The winner and five other finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting gathered this morning to share their personal stories of journalistic commitment and determination in the face of skepticism, obstruction and even intimidation. The seminar, titled “The Present and Future of Investigative Reporting,” featured journalists from The Raleigh News

Goldsmith Book Prize winner challenges true online democracy

March 23, 2010

March 23, 2010 — With the Goldsmith Awards Ceremony just a few hours away, Matthew Hindman, winner of the 2010 Goldsmith Book Prize, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about his book, The Myth of Digital Democracy. Hindman, assistant professor at Arizona State University, explained that the book is a response to the claim that the

2010 Goldsmith book prizes, reporting finalists announced

January 29, 2010

January 29, 2010 — Two winners of the Goldsmith Book Prize and six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The winner of the investigative reporting prize, which carries a cash award of

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center strives to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars, and between them and the public.

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