Arab Spring not a revolution for women, says NPR journalist

The revolutions during the Arab Spring have yielded disappointing results for women, said NPR foreign correspondent Lourdes Garcia-Navarro at a Shorenstein Center event. While the events of Tahrir Square and across the Middle East provided women with unprecedented opportunities, she said, when the smoke cleared, women once again found themselves underrepresented in government.

Google execs say Internet is powerful tool for data-driven policy

The power of the Internet to influence public policy and economic growth was the topic discussed by a panel of Google policy experts at a special event for Harvard Kennedy School students. Dorothy Chou, Google Policy Analyst, identified Google's objectives as coordinating worldwide efforts.

Covering the Age of Political Uprising: Decentralization of Politics and the Media

Speaker Series with Matt Bai, chief political correspondent, New York Times Magazine.
Tuesday, February 14, 12 p.m. Taubman 275

Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong

Speaker Series with Ray Bonner, former investigative reporter and foreign correspondent for The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune.
Tuesday, February 28, 12 p.m. Taubman 275

For Election News, Voters Still Turn To Old Media

Former Fellow William Powers quoted in an NPR story about cable news versus new media.

Hendrik Hertzberg, former Shorenstein Center Fellow, in The New Yorker: "The Debate Debate"

Fall 2011 Fellow Neal Gabler, in The Boston Globe, looks back at Carter and Kennedy's roles in the 1980 presidential election: "The liberal case against Obama"

HKS Alum Carrie Sheffield writes in The Washington Post about her experience in the Mormon church: "A Mormon church in need of reform"

Jonathan Moore, Shorenstein Center associate, in GlobalPost: "US needs popular support for viable foreign policy"

In Time magazine, former Fellow Mark Halperin: "The Once and Future Front Runner: Why Romney Is Winning in Florida and What Comes Next"

A new book by Rebecca MacKinnon, former Fellow, reviewed on NPR's Morning Edition: "'Consent' Asks: Who Owns The Internet?"

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.  

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.
 

Digital Fuel of the 21st Century: Innovation through Open Data and the Network Effect

The information economy is bringing a shift in power from large institutions to individuals, argues Vivek Kundra in a new Shorenstein Center paper based on interviews and research that Kundra conducted while serving as a Fall 2011 Fellow.
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