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2009

9/22: Shorenstein Fellow Bill Mitchell evaluates new ways to fund local news in Poynter Online: "Spot.Us Expansion Raises Basic Question: What Do We Value and Why?"

9/17: Hendrik Hertzberg, 1987 spring fellow, looks at the challenges facing the president in The New Yorker: "Lies"

9/16: Fall 2008 fellow Eric Pooley discusses the U.S. Natural Gas Fund in Bloomberg: "Natural Gas 'Widow Maker' Seduces Unwary Investors"

9/13: Advisory board member Stephen Hess writes about family and political ties in American government in The Washington Post: "America's Top Dynasty?"

9/12: In Newsweek, spring 2005 fellow Julia Baird writes about sharing too much of a child's life: "Stealing Neverland"

9/12: In The New York Times, former fellow Cornelia Dean reports on drinking water: "How Safe Is Your Water?"

9/10: Spring 2005 fellow David Rhode in The New York Times pays tribute to Sultan Munadi, Times reporter in Afghanistan: "Afghan Reporter Recalled as a Man of Many Abilities"

9/10: Former fellow Walter Shapiro reflects on Obama's address to Congress in Politics Daily: "Obama on Health Care: Polishing the Policy"

9/6: Michael Tomasky, former Shorenstein fellow, writes in New York magazine about health care reform: "Obama's Mule Team"

9/3: Former fellow Doug Ahlers to teach course at Harvard on Hurricane Katrina disaster: "Managing Disasters"

9/2: Shorenstein Center director Alex S. Jones quoted in Variety: "Charles Gibson to Leave 'World News'"

8/31: James Carroll, former Shorenstein Center fellow, remembers Senator Kennedy in The Boston Globe: "The Dream Truly Does Live On"

8/31: Advisory board member E.J. Dionne Jr., says in The Washington Post that clarity is needed in health care reform: "Taking the Kennedy Way"

8/30: In The Washington Post, advisory board member David S. Broder looks at the upcoming tasks facing the president: "A Scary Season for Obama"

8/29: Former Visiting Murrow Professor Evan Thomas discusses Senator Kennedy's legacy in Newsweek: "What Teddy Can Teach Us"

8/27: Former fellow Eric Pooley writes about climate change in The Jakarta Globe: "Exxon's New Recipe for Frying the Earth"

8/26: "Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who carried aloft the torch of a Massachusetts dynasty and a liberal ideology to the citadel of Senate power, but whose personal and political failings may have prevented him from realizing the ultimate prize of the presidency, died at his home in Hyannis Port last night after a battle with brain cancer. He was 77."
Continue reading former fellow Martin F. Nolan's tribute in
The Boston Globe
Advisory board member David Broder in RealClearPolics:
"No Other Like Ted Kennedy"
Advisory board member E.J. Dionne in The Washington Post:
"The Great Empathizer"
Advisory board member Daniel Schorr on NPR's All Things Considered:
"Romance with Kennedy Family Draws to Close"
Former Visiting Murrow Professor Evan Thomas in Newsweek:
"His Dream Shall Never Die"
Former fellow Michael Tomasky in The Guardian:
"Ted Kennedy Made the U.S. a Better Place"

8/17: Reviews and discussions of a new book by Shorenstein Center Director Alex S. Jones, Losing the News:

Read reviews in The New York Times and The Boston Globe.
Listen to Jones discuss the book on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Listen to Jones's interview with Terri Gross on NPR's Fresh Air.
Read the reviews in American Journalism Review, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Canada's National Post, The Dallas Morning News and The Newburyport News.
Read an excerpt at Poynter Online.

8/17: Former visiting faculty James T. Hamilton in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution looks to an alternate way of funding watchdog journalism: "Nonprofit Model Makes Sense for Newspapers"

8/17: In The Boston Globe, spring 1997 Fellow James Carroll comments on America's unempathetic approach to justice: "In Search of Empathy"

8/12: Former Fellow Dan Okrent in Fortune reviews the new book that explores the ways scientists and poets have worked together: "The Age of Wonder — Book Review"

8/12: In The New York Times, former Fellow Cornelia Dean reports on changes in mining restrictions: "Bush Mining Rule to Stand"

8/11: Advisory board member Linda Wertheimer looks to the past to understand present-day health care concerns in NPR's Morning Edition: "'80s Tax Bill Has Lessons for Health Care Overhaul"

8/11: Dan Rather, advisory board member, says the declining news industry is a national crisis in The Philadelphia Inquirer: "News Media in Big Trouble"

8/9: Advisory board member David S. Broder in The Washington Post writes about Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation: "A Woman's Place"

8/7: Sandra Nyaira, fall 2008 Fellow, reports on human rights abuses surrounding diamond mining: "Zimbabwe Army Tightens Grip on Diamond Field"

8/4: Spring 2000 Fellow Susan Moeller in The Huffington Post: "Tom Stoppard and Laura, Euna and Atwar"

8/1: Former Fellow Zachary Karabell compares China's stimulus package with the U.S.'s in The New Republic: "They're Winning"

7/20: The Shorenstein Center has created a new program for writers, named in honor of A.M. Rosenthal, former executive editor of The New York Times. The Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence Program provides an opportunity for professional nonfiction writers to conduct research and work on a specific project, and interact with a community of scholars and students. Continue reading at The New York Times and Editor & Publisher | Press Release

7/28: In The New Yorker, spring 1987 Fellow Hendrik Hertzberg writes about health care reform: "Second Opinions"

7/27: Fall 2001 Fellow Andrew Glass reviews Myths, Illusions, & Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East in Politico: "Finding a Path to Middle East Peace"

7/25: Evan Thomas, former Visiting Murrow Professor, discusses Holbrooke's progress under pressure in Newsweek: "Our Man in Afghanistan"

7/24: Former Fellow Michael Tomasky looks at Democrats and the health care bill in New York magazine: "Blue-Dogged"

7/23: Fall 2000 Fellow Jason DeParle reports in The New York Times on delays in unemployment checks due to the recession: "Jobless Checks for Millions Delayed as States Struggle"

7/22: J.H. Snider, spring 2008 Fellow, proposes a new way for information technology to reinvent an economic model for journalism: "Automating Watchdog Reporting"

7/22: Mark Halperin, spring 2007 Fellow, reviews Obama's press conference on health care reform in Time magazine: "Too Vague to Move the Ball"

7/22: In The Washington Post, advisory board member David S. Broder comments on the 'pay-as-you-go' measure: "A 'Pay-Go' Full of Loopholes"

7/21: Spring 1999 Fellow Michael Goldfarb in GlobalPost discusses universal health care systems in Europe: "Where the Health Care Debate Seems Bizarre"

7/20: The Shorenstein Center has created a new program for writers, named in honor of A.M. Rosenthal, former executive editor of The New York Times: "Program to Honor Ex-Editor of Times"

7/20: Remembering Walter Cronkite: Advisory board members Daniel Schorr in the LA Times, "That's the Way He Was" and Dan Rather in USA Today, "Mr. Cronkite — What a Man."

7/20: Advisory board member E.J. Dionne Jr. in The Washington Post compares Obama with Fellow Democrats: "Why Obama Likes His Odds"

7/18: Spring 2003 Fellow Senator Al Franken in The Star Tribune looks at the benefits of service dogs: "A Wounded Veteran's Best Friend"

7/17: In an essay published in The Post on June 17, 1980, former Fellow Ellen Goodman explored Walter Cronkite's signoff during the Iran hostage crisisThe Washington Post: "And That's the Way It Is — Or Is It?"

7/15: Paul Kelly, spring 2002 Fellow, in The Australian, discusses Australia's growing dependence on China: "Mixed Messages on China Leave Kevin Rudd Exposed"

7/14: Lithgow summer intern Carrie Sheffield, participating in the Middle East Journalism Bootcamp, reports on Israel's media struggles: "Protesters Take to the Street to Save Cash-Strapped Channel 10"

7/9: Fall 2008 Fellow Sandra Nyaira in VOA News: "Kimberly Process Team Cites 'Horrific' Violence in Zimbabwe Diamond Field"

7/8: A new paper by spring 2009 Fellow Maralee Schwartz quoted in an article from the Poynter Institute: "Deja Vu Not: Post, Kaiser in Promising New Venture,"

7/8: Fall 1998 Fellow Jim Sleeper in TPM on the importance of quality journalism: "Who Needs the NY Times? We All Do. Still."

7/7: Michael Goldfarb, former Fellow, in GlobalPost on the G8 summit: "Summits, Who Needs Them?"

7/7: Dan Okrent, Shorenstein Center associate, in Fortune magazine: "Book Review: 'Cooperstown Confidential'"

7/6: In Newsweek, former Visiting Murrow Professor Evan Thomas reflects on a key architect of the Vietnam war: The Riddle of Robert McNamara

7/6: Former visiting faculty member James T. Hamilton in The News and Observer: The Low-Profit Newspaper Route

7/4: Fall 1986 Fellow Clark Hoyt writes about the decision of The New York Times to keep the kidnapping of spring 2005 Fellow and Times reporter David Rohde quiet: Journalistic Ideals, Human Values

7/2: Former Fellow Cristine Russell reports on the 6th World Conference of Science Journalists in London in the Columbia Journalism Review: Some Optimism for the Future of Science Journalism

7/2: Cornelia Dean, former Shorenstein Center Fellow, reports on a new study in The New York Times: El Niño Variant Is Linked to Hurricanes in Atlantic

7/2: Advisory board member David Broder in The Washington Post on the question of race in the courts: "For Obama, Court Cases That Matter"

7/1: Fall 2008 Shorenstein Center Fellow Rory O'Connor on emerging media and social networks in OpEdNews: "Personal Democracy"

6/30: Former HKS student and News21 alumnus Karim Bardeesy in The Globe and Mail: "Free File-Sharing at Pirate Bay to End with Sale to Gaming Firm"

6/30: Al Franken, spring 2003 Shorenstein Center Fellow, wins Minnesota Senate race: "Franken's Victory Bolsters Democratic Grip in Senate"

6/29: The Shorenstein Center in an article by the Poynter Institute: "Foundations Invest in Watchdog Reporting as Group Considers National Investigative Network"

6/29: Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy, quoted in Al Jazeera: "Madoff Awaits His Fate"

6/29: In The New Yorker, spring 1987 Fellow Hendrik Hertzberg looks back at the historic riots that sparked a political movement: "Stonewall Plus Forty"

6/27: Former Fellow Zachary Karabell in Newsweek gives five ways the U.S. can strengthen its trade relationships: "How to Save Trade Partners That Are Too Big to Fail"

6/25: Spring 2008 Fellow Elizabeth Becker in The New York Times: "Welcome to Tourism." Becker's research on the impact of global tourism began with a paper she wrote during her Shorenstein Center Fellowship: Lost in the Travel Pages: The Global Industry Hiding Inside the Sunday Newspaper

6/25: Advisory board member E.J. Dionne Jr. writes about the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act in The Washington Post: "Courtly Politics"

6/24: Lithgow summer intern Carrie Sheffield, participating in the MidEast Journalism Boot Camp, in The Washington Times: "Tiny Nation, Global Clout"

6/23: In The Zimbabwe Times, former Fellow Geoffrey Nyarota challenges government notions of a free press: "MDC Now Holding Wrong End of Media Stick"

6/20: Courageous reporter David Rohde escapes from the Taliban after seven months of captivity, as reported in The New York Times: "Times Reporter Held by Taliban Escapes" and "Times Reporter Escapes Taliban After 7 Months." As a Shorenstein Fellow in 2005, Rohde wrote a paper about American efforts to create a free press in Iraq and Afghanistan: "All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech."

6/19: Courageous reporter David Rohde escapes from the Taliban after seven months of captivity, as reported in The New York Times: "Times Reporter Held by Taliban Escapes" and "Times Reporter Escapes Taliban After 7 Months." As a Shorenstein Fellow in 2005, Rohde wrote a paper about American efforts to create a free press in Iraq and Afghanistan: "All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech."

6/19: In New York magazine, former Fellow Michael Tomasky on the politics of U.S. foreign policy: "The Obama World Order"

6/19: Former Fellow Cristine Russell writes in Science magazine about the increasing quality of science journalism in developing countries: "Science Journalism Goes Global" (PDF)

6/19: A paper by former Fellow William Powers quoted a Boston Globe article about reading on paper vs. on screen: "I Screen, You Screen, We All Screen"

6/19: In the Huffington Post, former Fellow Susan Moeller responds to the Iran protests: "'Allah O Akbar!' Has Become a Cry for Freedom" and "Cloak-and-Dagger News"

6/19: Fall 1995 Fellow Barrie Dunsmore on Vermont Public Radio: "Protest in Iran"

6/18: Rebecca MacKinnon, former Shorenstein Center Fellow, in The Wall Street Journal Asia cautions against censorship without transparency: "The Green Dam Phenomenon"

6/16: Shorenstein advisory board member Dan Rather in The Daily Beast on technology and citizen journalism: "Tehran, Twitter, and Tiananmen"

6/16: Fall 2008 Shorenstein Center Fellow Eric Pooley in Bloomberg.com calls for energy executives to invest in the future: "Man Up, Climate Skeptics, or Miss Out on the Money"

6/15: In his Washington Post column, Shorenstein Center advisory board member E. J. Dionne Jr. comments on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's "Campaign for Free Enterprise": "Obama and the Politics of Short Memories"

6/15: In The Boston Globe, former Fellow James Carroll writes about the changing relationship of East and West: "Nuclear Weapons Debate Takes New Form"

6/14: Former Fellow Michael Goldfarb in GlobalPost celebrates the anniversary of London's historic garden: "Kew turns 250"

6/11: Spring 2003 Fellow Michael Tomasky in The Guardian says the battle for universal healthcare will "make or break" Obama's first term as president: "Obama's Healthcare Sales Pitch"

6/11: Shorenstein Center Director Alex S. Jones in The Daily Beast discusses the implications of the labor union dispute: "Suicide at The Globe"

6/11: Stephen Hutcheon, former Shorenstein Fellow, interviews Google executive Marissa Mayer in The Sydney Morning Herald: "Atomic Answers for the Newspaper of the Future"

6/10: Former Fellow Sanjoy Hazarika writes about the political leader who looks beyond politics for the good of the nation in Thaindian News: "The Importance of Purno Sangma: Issues Beyond Party Lines"

6/8: Reflecting on the political significance of Obama's speech for Americans, former Fellow Godfrey Hodgson writes in OpenDemocracy: "The Cairo Speech: Letter to America"

6/6: Former Fellow Clark Hoyt writes about the dangers of overlooking skepticism for the sake of the scoop in The New York Times: "What Happened to Skepticism?"

6/5: Dan Okrent, Visiting Murrow Lecturer of the Practice of Press and Public Policy, reviews Simon Schama's new book: The American Future

6/4: Fall 2008 Fellow Sandra Nyaira in VOA News: "Zimbabwe Counting on Comesa to Power Economic Recovery, says PM Tsvangirai"

6/4: Washington and Lee University awards honorary degree to Shorenstein Center Director Alex S. Jones for "his sterling career as an award-winning journalist and author."

6/3: Former Fellow Barbie Zelizer named ICA Fellow at Annenberg, University of Pennsylvania.

6/3: Dan Rather, Shorenstein advisory board member, proposes national service to restore a unified citizenry: "National Youth Service Plan Could Help Unite U.S."

6/2: Former Fellow Cornelia Dean in The New York Times: "Women Bridging Gap in Science Opportunities" and "Department Tackles Visa Delay for Researchers"

6/1: In his Boston Globe column, former Fellow James Carroll: "The Power of Presidential Restraint"

5/31: Former Fellow Michael Tomasky in The Guardian: "The Obama Doctrine? Let's See What He Says to Mubarak"

5/31: Jason DeParle, former Shorenstein Fellow, in The New York Times: "Slumping Economy Tests Aid System Tied to Jobs"

5/29: Former Fellow Sylvia Poggioli on NPR's All Things Considered: "Fiat's Global Gamble Met with Wariness in Turin"

5/29: Former Fellow James McEnteer in CounterPunch on media coverage of Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination: "Straw Dogs"

5/28: Zachary Karabell, former Shorenstein Fellow, in The Wall Street Journal: "Why Beijing Wants a Strong Dollar"

5/28: Advisory board member E.J. Dionne Jr. in The New Republic: "Ideological She Isn't"

5/28: Former Fellow Ellen Goodman in The State Journal-Register: "At the End of the Day, a Wise Person for the Court"

5/27: In The Nation, former Fellow Jonathan Schell: "Torture and Truth"

5/26: Former Fellow Mark Halperin in Time magazine: "Smooth Sailing: Sotomayor Headed to Easy Confirmation"

Spring 2009 Fellow Jim O'Shea quoted in American Journalism Review: "Cities Without Newspapers"

5/26: Former Visiting Lecturer Mark McKinnon in The Daily Beast: "The GOP's Suicide Mission"

5/25: Advisory board member Albert Hunt in Bloomberg.com: "Women Break Old-Boy Barriers on Boards, Bench"

5/25: Spring 2009 Fellow Jim O'Shea quoted in American Journalism Review: "Cities Without Newspapers"

5/22: Former Fellow Barrie Dunsmore on Vermont Public Radio: "Rumors Greatly Exaggerated"

5/22: Michael Tomasky, former Fellow, looks at Obama's second hundred days in New York magazine: "Obama's Real Hundred Days"

5/20: In a Los Angeles Times column, James Rainey asked spring 2009 Shorenstein Fellow Mitchell Stevens what he thought about Newsweek's new focus on analysis over reporting: "Can Newsweek Relight the Readership Flame?"

5/17: From Alaska, former Fellow Cornelia Dean reports in The New York Times on how climate change is causing sea level to fall: "As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It's Land That's Rising"

5/14: Sandra Nyaira, fall 2008 Shorenstein Fellow, reports on a Britain visit to Zimbabwe: "Britain, IMF Dispatching Teams to Zimbabwe for Dialogue, Technical Aid"

5/13: Former Fellow Terence Samuel writes in The Root about problems facing the USDA: "A Race Czar for Black Farmers: Can Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Dismantle the Last Plantation?"

5/11: Reuters Institute releases a research paper by former Shorenstein Fellow Nik Gowing: "'Skyful of Lies' and Black Swans: The new tyranny of shifting information power in crises" which is a follow-up of the paper he wrote as a Shorenstein Fellow: Real-Time Television Coverage of Armed Conflicts and Diplomatic Crises: Does It Pressure or Distort Foreign Policy Decisions?

5/11: Fall 2008 Fellow Eric Pooley on the fight for global warming legislation: "'Kill Bill' Climate Strategy Plays Like Old Movie"

5/11: E. J. Dionne Jr., Shorenstein advisory board member, writes in The Washington Post about Obama's first Supreme Court nomination: "An Honest Brawl Over the Court"

5/11: Katie Connolly, HKS graduate and News21 alumnus, profiled as one of the new White House correspondents: "Beat 1600"

5/9: Former Fellow Jason DeParle in The New York Times on obstacles to government assistance: "For Victims of Recession, Patchwork State Aid"

5/9: Clark Hoyt, former Shorenstein Fellow, quotes Director Alex S. Jones in The New York Times on the media coverage of the Globe's possible closing: "When Your Sister Is the Story"

5/8: In The Nation, former Fellow Trudy Lieberman questions the lack of government action: "Missing in Action on Healthcare?"

5/7: Former Fellow Ellen Goodman writes about Obama and health care: "When Rationing May Be Rational"

5/7: Karim Bardeesy, former HKS student, writes about the bank stress test in The Big Money: "Translating the Stress Test Results Into English"

5/7: Former Fellow Cristine Russell writes in the Columbia Journalism Review about the need for knowledgeable science journalists: "Science Journalism's Crystal Ball"

5/6: Director Alex S. Jones quoted in the New York Times: "Deal Reached to Keep Boston Globe in Print" and The Washington Post: "N.Y. Times Backs Off Closure of Boston Globe"

5/4: In the Boston Globe, former Fellow James Carroll looks at how the president has handled critical issues: "Witnessing Courage and Grace Under Fire"

5/4: Former Fellow Susan Moeller writes in the Huffington Post about how media cover crises: "Media Literacy 101: How to Detect Fear-Mongering — Pakistani Nukes & Swine Flu"

5/2: Former Visiting Murrow Professor Evan Thomas in Newsweek writes about the influences on presidential decision-making: "Prisoners of the White House"

4/30: Director Alex S. Jones quoted in Medill Reports about the importance of keeping the Globe running: "Boston Globe Awaits Its Fate While Kerry Prepares for Hearings"

4/30: Advisory board member Daniel Schorr on NPR's All Things Considered says that the issue of torture isn't going away: "Torture Issues Likely to Linger"

4/29: Former Fellow Michael Goldfarb in GlobalPost discusses how long Europe's good opinion of Obama will last: "Europe's Love Affair with Obama"

4/28: Former Fellow Trudy Lieberman looks at media coverage of health care reform in the Columbia Journalism Review: "Baucus Watch, Part VIII"

4/28: In Financial Post, former Fellow Diane Francis looks at the "vacuum of accountability" that led to the economic crisis: "Ratings Agencies Need Reform"

4/27: Former Fellow Godfrey Hodgson compares Obama's first days in the presidency with Roosevelt's and Kennedy's in OpenDemocracy: "Barack Obama's Hundred Days"

4/27: Former Fellow Geoffrey Nyarota in The Zimbabwe Times: "Tsvangirai Speaks as If Fearful of Mugabe."

4/26: Former Fellow Walter Shapiro imagines the first 100 days of a McCain presidency.

4/25: Former Fellow Clark Hoyt writes about The New York Times's linguistic shift in reporting on torture: "Telling the Brutal Truth."

4/23: In The Washington Post, advisory board member David S. Broder writes about Obama's first 100 days: "A Bravura Opening."

4/23: Advisory board member E. J. Dionne Jr. writes about health care reform in the Washington Post: "Not Yesterday's Health Fight"

4/22: Former Fellow Tom Fiedler quoted in the Boston Globe about the profitability of newspapers: "Falling Ad Revenue and Heavy Debt Sink Local Buyers' Efforts."

4/19: Advisory board member Linda Wertheimer on NPR's Weekend Edition: "Congress Is Back, and the Work Has Piled Up."

4/15: Former Fellow Terence Samuel writes about President Obama in The Root: "The Man with the Plan."

4/14: Former Fellow David Yepsen named director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute: "New Public Policy Director Emphasizes Ethics, Education."

4/13: Advisory board member Al Hunt writes about Walter H. Shorenstein on Bloomberg.com.

4/12: New book from advisory board member Richard Tofel in the Wall Street Journal: "Making Old Media New Again."

4/12: The new book from former Fellow James Carroll, Practicing Catholic, in the New York Times and TPM

4/9: Fellow James O'Shea in B.U. Today: "Should Universities Marry Newspapers?"

4/7: Senior Fellow Richard Parker in the Boston Globe on the challenges facing Massachusetts's Deval Patrick and other state leaders: "Governors Limited in Economic Fight."

3/29: Former Shorenstein Fellow Zachary Karabell writes about the G20 meeting: "Look to Beijing."

3/26: Senior Fellow Richard Parker on Obama's plan for health-care reform: "Plan Unsaddles U.S. Business from Health Care Cost Burdens."

3/23: New York Times on board member Phil Balboni's website, GlobalPost: "A Web Site's For-Profit Approach to World News."

3/19: Former Fellow Cristine Russell in the Columbia Journalism Review on the Goldsmith Awards: "Gender Gap Gone?"

3/19: Former Fellow Alexis Sinduhije in Le Monde: "Burundi: Alexis Sinduhije enfin libre."

3/18: Senior Fellow Richard Parker reviews Felix Rohatyn's Bold Endeavors in the Daily Beast: "Felix Rohatyn to the Rescue."

3/15: Alex S. Jones on the future of journalism in the Washington Post: "Frayed Thread in a Free Society."

3/12: Former Fellow Alexis Sinduhije liberated after four months of detention: "Burundi frees prominent political activist."

3/12: Senior Fellow Richard Parker reviews The Case for Big Government by former Fellow Jeff Madrick in the New York Review of Books: "Government Beyond Obama?"

3/11: Fellow Jim O'Shea in the Nieman Journalism Lab blog: "Los Angeles Times Editor Chats about Cuts in His Newsroom with Predecessor Who Resisted Them."

3/9: Former Fellow Michael Tomasky in the Guardian: "Insanely Out of Balance, the Republicans Are All Set to Fail."

3/9: Former Fellow Rick Hertzberg in the New Yorker on President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress: "Taking the Job."

3/4: Former Fellow Cristine Russell in the Columbia Journalism Review: "Globe Kills Health/Science Section, Keeps Staff."

3/3: Former Fellow Cristine Russell in the Columbia Journalism Review: "A Twitter Enthusiast's Lingering Love Affair with the Endangered Daily Paper."

3/2: Shorenstein Center director Alex S. Jones in Le Monde: "Le New York Times: debout dans la tourmente."

2/25: Associate Jonathan Moore in the Boston Globe: "A New Paradigm for U.S. Foreign Policy."

2/24: Marvin Kalb, Edward R. Murrow Professor Emeritus, in GlobalPost on Guantanamo: "Is Barack Obama Missing a Golden Opportunity?"

2/24: Shorenstein Center briefing for jounalists on the economy and New York in the Dow Jones Newswires: "N.Y. Gov. Paterson Sees Two- to Three-Year Period of 'Shared Sacrifice.' "

2/19: Former Fellow Eric Pooley in the Center for American Progress media blog: "Think Again: Media to Climate: Drop Dead."

2/19: Former visiting lecturer Mark McKinnon in the Daily Beast: "Dear Mr. President, Have the Guts to Be an Optimist."

2/19: Senior Fellow Richard Parker in the Boston Globe on the stimulus package: "What Would Galbraith Say?"

2/18: Former Fellow Cristine Russell in Science News: "Going Under: Island Nations Brace for Rising Waters."

2/17: Former Fellow Cristine Russell in the Columbia Journalism Review: "Science Journalism Growing Overseas."

2/17: Former Fellow Eric Pooley in the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media blog: "If the Media Flunked Carbon Economics 101, What Happens When Things Get Harder?"

2/13: Former HKS student and News21 alumnus Karim Bardeesy in Slate on stocks that define Obama: "We're Beating Cramer!"

2/12: Former Fellow Jeff Madrick in the New York Review of Books:
"How We Were Ruined and What We Can Do"

2/12: Karim Bardeesy, former HKS student and News21 alumnus, in Slate: "Forget the Dow — Check the Vows."

2/11: Former Fellow Nachman Shai, newly elected to the Knesset, on NPR: "New Phase of Campaigning Under Way in Israel."

2/11: Former Fellow Eric Pooley in Slate about the costs of fighting climate change: "Surprise — Economists Agree!"

2/10: Former Fellow Al Franken in the Minneapolis–St. Paul Star-Tribune: "Though Imperfect, the Stimulous Plan Represents Chance to Turn Crisis into Opportunity."

2/10: Former Fellow Lisa Bennett: "Global Warming Through a Mom's Eyes."

2/9: Dartmouth College publishes Morality and Foreign Policy by Shorenstein Center associate Jonathan Moore.

2/9: Senior Fellow Richard Parker in Newsweek: "Nationalization Is Not a Dirty Word."

2/8: Shorenstein Center research in the  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "How Newspapers Can Win Over the Next Generation."

2/5: Advisory board member Walter Isaacson in Time magazine: "How to Save Your Newspaper."

2/4: Richard Parker in Fortune: "Galbraith on the Crash... It has a Familiar Ring."

2/4: Former visiting lecturer Mark McKinnon: "What Really Did Tom Daschle In."

2/4: Advisory board member Richard Tofel: "How Newspapers Once Survived Near Death."

2/1: Senior Fellow Richard Parker in the McClatchy Washington Bureau: "A Long-Overdue Chance for Working People to Catch Up."

1/27: Senior Fellow Richard Parker in USA Today: "Ex-Convict Charged in Ponzi Scheme."

1/26: Editor and Publisher: "Former L.A. Times Editor O'Shea Among Shorenstein Fellows."

1/25: Former Fellow Eric Pooley in the Climate Progress blog:
"Must-read study: How the Press Bungles Its Coverage of Climate Economics."

1/23: Alex S. Jones in the New York Times: "France Expands Its Financial Support for Newspapers."

1/21: Marion Just and Richard Parker in Libération: "Moins idéaliste, plus pragmatique."

1/21: Senior Fellow Richard Parker on Obama in the Harvard Gazette: "Ready to Lead Once More."

1/14: Former Fellow Rory O'Connor in the Huffington Post: "Facebook Journalism."

1/13: Former Fellow Jeff Madrick in Salon: "Teach America: Government Can Work."

1/9: Senior Fellow Richard Parker in the Financial Times: "On Wall Street: The Persistence of 'the Bezzle.' "

2008

Advisory board member Phil Balboni launches news website, GlobalPost.

Former Fellow Susan Moeller: Packaging Terrorism: Co-opting the News for Politics and Profit.

12/18: Senior Fellow Richard Parker on CBS: "Madoff One of Many 'Cockroaches' Like Him?"

12/16: Senior Fellow Richard Parker on Marketplace: "Madoff Scam Is Part of 'the Bezzle.' "

12/14: Fellow Edward Schumacher-Matos in the Miami Herald: "Newspapers' Voices Changed Once, and Might Again."

12/13: Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell: "Getting Women into the News."

12/7: Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell: "Making Sense of Science Reporting."

12/4: Bay State Banner "Boston Scenes": Bob Herbert Receives Nyhan Prize, John Lewis Gives T.H. White Lecture.

Former Fellow Seth Mnookin in Vanity Fair: "Bloomberg Without Bloomberg" and "The New York Times' Lonely War."

11/26: Former Fellow Cristine Russell: Journalists from Brazil to Bangladesh Hope to Show What Climate Change Means to the Developing World.

11/14: Former Fellow Lisa Bennett: "Are Human Beings Hard-Wired to Ignore the Threat of Catastrophic Climate Change?"

11/14: Former Fellow Christine Russell in the Columbia Journalism Review: "Science Reporting by Press Release."

11/7: Senior Fellow Richard Parker in the New York Times: "The Crisis Last Time."

11/5: Harvard Kennedy School: "Thomas Patterson Analyzes Voter Turnout for Election 2008."

10/23: Karim Bardeesy, former HKS student and News21 alumnus, in Slate: "Greenspan Recants."

10/16: Former Fellow William Powers: "The 'Secret Weapon' of Newspapers in the Digital Age? Paper!"

10/15: Fellow Sandra Nyaira: Profile in the HKS Citizen.

10/8: Fellow Eric Pooley in Slate: "Save the Economy, Save the Planet."

10/8: Former Fellow Dan Okrent: "Bradley Who? Here Comes the Obama Effect."

10/8: Harvard alumnus Amy Sullivan: "They Liked Him, They Really Liked Him."

9/25: Fellow Rory O'Connor: Profile in the Boston Phoenix.

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