Robin Sproul

Robin Sproul

Robin Sproul, vice president and Washington bureau chief of ABC News, was a Kalb Fellow at the Shorenstein Center. Responsible for the editorial supervision and management of the network’s bureau, Sproul oversees news coverage of all Washington beats and serves as the network’s liaison to the federal government on news policy matters. Sproul has earned broadcasting honors for her contributions to the planning and production of local and national news coverage. A member of the Washington, D.C., Newseum Advisory Committee, Sproul has also served as president and vice-president of the board of the National Press Foundation. At the Shorenstein Center, she investigated an economic and editorial model for the future of exit polling.

Journalists, academics discuss ‘The Future of News’

November 2, 2009

November 2, 2009 — At the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, the Shorenstein Center, along with the Institute of Politics, presented “The Future of News,” a panel discussion with Robin Sproul, Washington Bureau Chief for ABC News; Alex S. Jones, director of the Shorenstein Center and author of the new book Losing the News; Jeff Howe,

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Robin Sproul: New administration is tackling a lot, and fast

March 17, 2009

March 17, 2009 — The brown-bag talk by Robin Sproul, Washington bureau chief for ABC News, was titled “The New Administration and Change,” but it could have as easily been “The Next 50 days.” “The biggest change [in Washington] is velocity, the speed of change that’s happening,” said Sproul, a Shorenstein Center fellow in fall

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Exit Polls: Better or Worse Since the 2000 Election?

January 1, 2008

A paper by Robin Sproul, fall 2007 fellow, details the growing problems with exit polls. Sproul writes that “the six news organizations that jointly conduct exit polls, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, NBC, and the Associated Press have been on a roller coaster ride since Election Day 2000, with a great many successes, some spectacular failures,

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Women and News: Expanding the News Audience, Increasing Political Participation, and Informing Citizens

November 30, 2007

November 30, 2007 – “Women and News: Expanding the News Audience, Increasing Political Participation, and Informing Citizens.” Panelists, speakers and moderators include: Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe; Susan Carroll, Rutgers University; Pippa Norris, Harvard University; Kay Schlozman, Boston College; Sidney Verba, Harvard University; Thomas Patterson, Harvard University; Rick Kaplan, CBS News; Andrew Kohut, Pew Research Center for

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Panel: “Traditional News Media: Optimism, Pessimism and Realism.”

October 13, 2006

October 13, 2006 – Panel: “Traditional News Media: Optimism, Pessimism and Realism.” Moderator: Marvin Kalb, Senior Fellow, Shorenstein Center. Panelists: John Carroll, formerly of the Los Angeles Times, Knight Visiting Lecturer; Rick Kaplan, formerly of MSNBC and CNN-US; Bill Marimow, National Public Radio; Robin Sproul, ABC News; Evan Thomas, Newsweek, Visiting Murrow Professor. Audio

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Journalists, academics discuss ‘The Future of News’

November 2, 2009

November 2, 2009 — At the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, the Shorenstein Center, along with the Institute of Politics, presented “The Future of News,” a panel discussion with Robin Sproul, Washington Bureau Chief for ABC News; Alex S. Jones, director of the Shorenstein Center and author of the new book Losing the News; Jeff Howe,

Read More »

Robin Sproul: New administration is tackling a lot, and fast

March 17, 2009

March 17, 2009 — The brown-bag talk by Robin Sproul, Washington bureau chief for ABC News, was titled “The New Administration and Change,” but it could have as easily been “The Next 50 days.” “The biggest change [in Washington] is velocity, the speed of change that’s happening,” said Sproul, a Shorenstein Center fellow in fall

Read More »

Exit Polls: Better or Worse Since the 2000 Election?

January 1, 2008

A paper by Robin Sproul, fall 2007 fellow, details the growing problems with exit polls. Sproul writes that “the six news organizations that jointly conduct exit polls, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, NBC, and the Associated Press have been on a roller coaster ride since Election Day 2000, with a great many successes, some spectacular failures,

Read More »

Women and News: Expanding the News Audience, Increasing Political Participation, and Informing Citizens

November 30, 2007

November 30, 2007 – “Women and News: Expanding the News Audience, Increasing Political Participation, and Informing Citizens.” Panelists, speakers and moderators include: Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe; Susan Carroll, Rutgers University; Pippa Norris, Harvard University; Kay Schlozman, Boston College; Sidney Verba, Harvard University; Thomas Patterson, Harvard University; Rick Kaplan, CBS News; Andrew Kohut, Pew Research Center for

Read More »

Panel: “Traditional News Media: Optimism, Pessimism and Realism.”

October 13, 2006

October 13, 2006 – Panel: “Traditional News Media: Optimism, Pessimism and Realism.” Moderator: Marvin Kalb, Senior Fellow, Shorenstein Center. Panelists: John Carroll, formerly of the Los Angeles Times, Knight Visiting Lecturer; Rick Kaplan, formerly of MSNBC and CNN-US; Bill Marimow, National Public Radio; Robin Sproul, ABC News; Evan Thomas, Newsweek, Visiting Murrow Professor. Audio

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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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