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NEWS 2007
January
- Carnegie-Knight Report on Mandatory Testing
- Carnegie-Knight Report on Classroom Internet Use
- Shorenstein Center Announces Fellows and Visiting Faculty for Spring 2007
- Finalists Announced for the 2007 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
February
- Fred Schauer, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, releases new paper about the public's response to official disobedience of the law.
- Samantha Power talks on human rights, foreign policy and the press.
- BusinessWeek's Paul Barrett discusses coverage of American Muslims in the news.
- Attorney Floyd Abrams discusses the intersection of law and journalism.
- Chicago NBC 5's Renee Ferguson discusses pushing the limits of investigative journalism.
- Sociologist Eric Klinenberg discusses the effect of corporate consolidation on local media.
- New York Times political reporter Adam Nagourney discusses the media and the 2008 presidential campaign
March
- ABC News's Chris Isham Addresses Source Confidentiality and the State of Investigative Reporting
- Marvin Kalb on Message Control and the 2006
Israeli-Hezbollah War - Former Bush Speechwriter Michael Gerson on
'Social Justice Republicanism'
April
- Professor Matt Baum on Public Opinion in Wartime
- Former Advance Directors Greg Jenkins and George Caudill on Stage Managing Presidential Events
- Political Analyst Mark Halperin on Press Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election
- The Institute of Politics, Democracy and the Internet's Carol Darr on Web-Based Activism
- Brandeis University's E.J. Graff on Media Mis-Coverage of Working Mothers
- Former Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Need for Communications Reform in the White House
- NPR's Sylvia Poggioli on the European Perspective of American Politics and Public Policies
- New York Times White House Correspondent David Sanger on Covering the Crises of the Bush Presidency
May
- Center Hosts Panel on Global Warming
The Shorenstein Center contributed to the Kennedy School’s annual spring conference on May 5 by hosting a panel discussion titled “The Role of the Media in the Discussion of Global Warming.” Click here for transcript.
July
August
September
- Center announces fall 2007 fellows
- Brown bag: Media critic Bill Powers, National Journal
- Brown bag: political analyst Amy Walter
October
- Liberian journalists visit center
- Brown bag: Peter Kann, formerly, Dow Jones
- Brown bag: contributing editor Linda Robinson , U.S. News & World Report
- Brown bag: Middle East bureau chief Simon Wilson , BBC News
- Brown bag: David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Brown bag: columnist Raghida Dergham
- Center releases new report with Project for Excellence in Journalism.
How have the news media covered the early months of the 2008 presidential election? Which candidate enjoyed the most exposure, which has been the best, and which the worst? With the race starting so early, did the press leap to horse race coverage from the start? A study by PEJ and Harvard’s Shorenstein Center has answers.
• Full report • press release
November
- Brown bag: Mark McKinnon, Public Strategies Inc.
- Brown bag: Norman Pearlstine , The Carlyle Group
- Brown bag: Middle East correspondent Anthony Shadid , The Washington Post
- Brown bag: Bob Drogin , Los Angeles Times
- Shorenstein Center hosts conference on Women and News. Click here for a copy of the key note speeches , research narrative and fact sheets.
December
- Brown bag: political director Chuck Todd , NBC News
- Brown bag: Professor Ted Gup, Case Western Reserve University
- In a December 22, 2007 New York Times op-ed piece, the Carnegie-Knight Task Force -- including Shorenstein Center director Alex Jones -- spoke out about the FCC and broadcast regulations. Click here to read it.
