The Media and Markets: How Systematic Misreporting Inflates Bubbles, Deepens...
A paper by Fall 2013 Fellow Stefan Theil looks at the systematic mistakes that editors and reporters repeatedly make when they cover the economy. The post The Media and Markets: How Systematic...
View ArticleThe Rise, Fall, and Possible Rise of Open News Platforms: The Twisty Path...
A new paper by David Weinberger, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015) and senior researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Center, explores the successes, challenges and opportunities for news organizations...
View Article“They Don’t Give a Damn about Governing” Conservative Media’s Influence on...
A new paper by Jackie Calmes, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015) and national correspondent for The New York Times, examines the increasing influence of conservative media on the Republican Party’s...
View ArticleMom’s Best Advice: How Candidates Who Didn’t Run as Themselves Lost the...
A paper by Spring 2013 Fellow Melinda Henneberger examines the importance of a candidate's authenticity in presidential elections. The post Mom’s Best Advice: How Candidates Who Didn’t Run as...
View ArticleThe Newsroom as an Open Air Prison: Corruption and Self-Censorship in Turkish...
A new paper by Yavuz Baydar, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 2014), and columnist, blogger, and co-founder of the Platform for Independent Journalism (P24), examines current threats to freedom of the...
View ArticleModern Citizenship or Policy Dead End? Evaluating the Need for Public...
A paper by Dietram A. Scheufele, fall 2010 fellow, analyzes the recent renaissance that consensus conferences and public meetings have experienced regarding the discussion of controversial emerging...
View ArticleReflections on Public Service
Vivek Kundra, fall 2011 fellow, shares his reflections on public service, which included the positions of the first U.S. Chief Information Officer in President Obama’s administration, Chief Technology...
View ArticleA Generally Bellicose Society’s Antisocial Media: Reporting Murder & Debating...
A paper by Wajahat S. Khan, spring 2011 fellow, examines the media coverage following the assassination of Pakistani politician Salmaan Taseer, from international journalists, oped writers, bloggers,...
View ArticleFrom Natural Disaster and Social Crisis to Great Success of the Olympic...
A paper by Steven Guanpeng Dong, spring 2010 fellow, takes an in‐depth look at the media policy that altered events that happened in China in 2008 and the impact these events had on the Chinese...
View ArticleAnatomy of a Global Investigation: Collaborative, Data-Driven, Without Borders
A new paper by William E. Buzenberg, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015) and former Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity, explores the need for and impact of international...
View ArticleStickier News: What Newspapers Don’t Know about Web Traffic Has Hurt Them...
A new 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...
View ArticleEveryone Lies: The Ukraine Conflict and Russia’s Media Transformation
A new paper by Jill Dougherty, Spring 2014 Fellow and former CNN Moscow bureau chief, traces the shift in Russia’s ideology and its effect on media coverage of the Ukraine conflict. The post Everyone...
View ArticleReporting on the 2008 Financial Crisis, and the Next One
A new paper by Robert Lenzner, Spring 2014 Fellow and contributor to Forbes Media, examines why the media failed to detect the warning signs of the 2008 financial crisis – and how it can avoid missing...
View ArticleThe Sanctions Against Russia: What Did the West and the Media Expect?
A new paper by Celestine Bohlen, Fall 2014 Fellow and columnist at The International New York Times, explores the nature of the 2014 sanctions against Russia, their effects, and the resulting media...
View ArticleThe Press and Edward Kennedy: A Case Study of Journalistic Behavior
A new paper by Neal Gabler, former Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 2011), author and film critic, examines the quantity and nature of media coverage of Edward Kennedy over the course of his political...
View ArticleTech Beat: Reporters Covering the Digital Era Assess the News Business’s...
A new 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...
View ArticleExporting the First Amendment: Strengthening U.S. Soft Power through Journalism
A new paper by David Ensor, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2015) and former director of the Voice of America (VOA), makes the case for protecting and strengthening VOA as an independent journalistic...
View ArticleThe Persistent Advocate: The New York Times’ Editorials and the Normalization...
A new paper by Marie Sanz, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2015) and senior correspondent for Agence France Presse, examines The New York Times’ editorials on U.S.-Cuba relations over the past five...
View ArticleThe United States and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Plan of Action
A new white paper by Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center, and Harvard students, argues that it is in...
View ArticleThe United States and the European Refugee Crisis: Standing with Allies
Executive Summary The US-European relationship remains a cornerstone of American security and prosperity. It is never in America’s interest to remain a bystander when Europe’s cohesion is under threat....
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