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Harold Ford Jr., chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-TN), said that "people don't like opinion unless it's theirs." 
Chrystia Freeland, U.S. managing editor of Financial Times, said at the Shorenstein Center brown-bag lunch that "the end of the oversupply of journalism … might actually be good thing." 
In his Shorenstein Center brown-bag talk, John M. Hamilton, Dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University, traced the historical and current state of foreign journalism. 
The Shorenstein Center announces the release of the fall 2009 newsletter, with features on the fellowship program, research and publications, student activities, and popular events such as our weekly brown-bag talks. 
A new paper by Shorenstein faculty member Robert Blendon looks at public opinion on the debate over health care reform. 
Marion Fremont-Smith's new Shorenstein Center paper evaluates the role of nonprofit organizations in journalism. 
A new book by Shorenstein Center director Alex S. Jones explores the vital role of journalism in democracy. 