Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky, Fall 2010 Visiting Murrow Lecturer

In his new book, Shirky reveals how technology is changing us from consumers to collaborators, unleashing a torrent of creative production.

Hamlet's BlackBerry by William Powers, former Fellow

Based on research Powers conducted as a Shorenstein Center Fellow in 2006, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age.

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent, former Fellow and Visiting Murrow Lecturer

An assiduously researched, eye-opening work on what has actually been a neglected subject. Okrent was a guest on John Stewart's Daily Show. Click here to watch the video.

Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder, Fall 2010 A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence

The Pulitzer Prize–winner returns with the extraordinary true story of a young man and his will to survive.

Eclipse of the Sunnis by Deborah Amos, former Fellow

Gives voice to the experience of exile and the ongoing trauma of the dispossessed and displaced.

The Climate War by Eric Pooley, former Fellow

The deputy editor of Bloomberg Businessweek looks at the fight against global warming. An epic narrative, searing exposé, and essential read.

The War Lovers by Evan Thomas, former Visiting Murrow Professor

The story of six men at the center of a transforming event in U.S. history: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, McKinley, William James, and Thomas Reed.

WikiLeaks Documents Go Public: Where Should Journalists Draw the Line?

Shorenstein Center Director Alex S. Jones discussed the WikiLeaks issue with Judy Woodruff on PBS's NewsHour.

Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy, in The Daily Beast: "A Harvard Economist on Why He Supports The Daily Beast Manifesto"

Alex S. Jones, director of the Shorenstein Center, quoted in The Boston Globe: "How to Figure Out Who's Really a Journalist"

In ProPublica, advisory board member Richard Tofel: "Why WikiLeaks' 'War Logs' Are No Pentagon Papers"

In The Boston Globe, Shorenstein Center associate Jonathan Moore: "The Afghanistan Tightrope"

Incoming Fall 2010 Fellow Karen Rothmyer in The Nation: "Brace Yourself: Good News on Africa"

Shorenstein Center Advisory Board member Douglas Shorenstein selected as chair of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank for 2011. Read more in The Sacramento Business Journal.

HKS graduate and Shorenstein Center scholarship awardee, Ellen Knickmeyer, in The Daily Beast: "We're Training the Next Bin Laden"

In Bloomberg, Advisory Board member Albert Hunt: "Know-Nothings' Ghosts Haunt Immigration Debate"

Clay Shirky, Fall 2010 Visiting Murrow Lecturer, in the Guardian: "Paywall Will Underperform — The Numbers Don't Add Up"

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Torture at Times: Waterboarding in the Media

New paper by Harvard students: Neal Desai, Andre Pineda, Majken Runquist, Mark Fusunyan. The paper was featured in The New York Times, Salon, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Yahoo! News.

2009–2010 Scholarships

Read more about Kennedy School students who have received scholarships from the Shorenstein Center: Paige Austin, MPP, Al Jazeera; Bill Forry, MPA/MC, Reporter Newspapers: Ellen Knickmeyer, MPA/MC, The Washington Post; and Soomin Seo, MPP, The Hankyoreh.

Social Media and Civic Engagement

Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) by HKS students Yasmin Fodil and Anna York: "Using Social Media to Increase Civic Engagement in U.S. Federal Agencies"

WeGovHarvard

Keep up with the Government 2.0 HKS Student Group Blog.