'Balancing act' ahead for Romney and Obama, says ABC's Jake Tapper

For a behind-the-scenes look at the 2012 presidential race, the Shorenstein Center invited Jake Tapper, Senior White House Correspondent for ABC News and a substitute host for ABC's This Week, to speak about what the Obama and Romney campaigns need to do to win the election.

NPR's Hinojosa sees conflict of objectivity and agenda in journalism

Maria Hinojosa, anchor and managing editor of NPR's Latino USA, and anchor of Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One (WGBX-TV), said that she is often accused of having a Latino or feminist "agenda." But she argued that "the core of the work of journalism should be to shine a light," and that core, when misconstrued as an agenda, is "problematic."

Post's Ignatius: Obama is 'idealist learning to be realist'

President Obama is less comfortable with exercising power publicly than privately, said David Ignatius, associate editor and columnist for The Washington Post, at a Shorenstein Center event. "As covert Commander-in-Chief, [Obama] has been quite effective," he continued. While he is "reticent, reluctant to use the public political tools of power, in private...he is quite decisive."

ICA Fellow and past President Barbie Zelizer named Patten Lecturer

Spring 2004 Shorenstein Center Fellow has been named a William T. Patten Lecturer at Indiana University. She will deliver two lectures in Bloomington, IN, in October.

Former Fellow Deborah Amos in NPR News: Largely Unseen, Syria Carries Out Arrest Campaign

In The Atlantic, former Fellow David Rohde: The Lesson of JP Morgan's $2 Billion Loss: Break Up the Big Banks

Micah Sifry, Visiting Murrow Lecturer, featured on NPR's Morning Edition: That New Friend You Made On Facebook? He Might Be Named Mitt Or Barack

Shorenstein Center Fellow Nina Easton writes in CNN Money about what the rich "are doing right": Don't blame the 1% for America's pay gap

In The New York Times, former Fellow Vivek Kundra: Salesforce Moves Into the Government Cloud and Social

Journalist's Resource is curating research studies that provide perspective on the 2012 presidential race. We'll add studies that line up with the calendar and provide context; additionally, we'll spotlight emerging issues in the blogosphere as scholars weigh in.  

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Spring 2012 Newsletter

With reports on spring Fellows, the Goldsmith Awards Ceremony, a discussion with Google executives, a panel on Internet power, and the spring Speaker Series.
 

Stories of Climate Change Competing Narratives, the Media, and U.S. Public Opinion 2001–2010

A new paper by Fall 2011 Fellow Fritz Mayer.
 

What's Black and White and Retweeted All Over? Teaching news literacy in the digital age

A new paper by Fall 2011 Fellow Renée Loth.
 

Israel in The New York Times Over the Decades: A Changed Narrative and Its Impact on Jewish Readers

A new paper by Spring 2011 Fellow Neil Lewis.