PODCAST
Shorenstein Center
by Harvard University
Lectures and discussions on a wide range of topics, including coverage of race, women, media, politics, and technology.
Episodes
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Michael Pollan: Food Policy and Its Coverage in the Media
Author Michael Pollan discussed the Farm Bill’s far-reaching impact on the U.S. food system and the environment, how journalists can better cover food policy, and more during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. This Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event was recorded October 31, 2017, at Harvard...
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Nancy Scola: Regulating the Tech Industry
Nancy Scola, senior technology reporter for Politico, discussed the regulation of tech platforms, their role in the 2016 election, cyber security, and more in a conversation with Nicco Mele, Shorenstein Center Director. This Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event was recorded October 24, 2017…
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Jackie Calmes: Conservative Media and U.S. Politics
Jackie Calmes, White House editor for the Los Angeles Times Washington bureau, discussed the evolution of conservative media and its relationship with the GOP, and the challenges of covering the White House, during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. Calmes also discussed the historical roots of...
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Bob Schieffer: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News
Bob Schieffer, CBS News contributor, former Face the Nation host, and 2015-2016 Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow, discussed his new book, Overload: Finding the Truth in Today’s Deluge of News, during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. He also shared his thoughts on the 2016 election,...
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Gary Liu: Digital News and Transforming a Legacy Media Company
Gary Liu, CEO of the South China Morning Post, discussed the Hong-Kong-based news outlet and its audience, and how he thinks about organizational transformation. Prior to joining SCMP, Liu was the CEO of Digg, where he led the startup’s transformation from aggregator to news platform. Previously,...
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Nancy Youssef: Foreign Policy under the Trump Administration
Nancy Youssef, national security correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, discussed the relations between the U.S. and a number of countries, including North Korea, as well as press access and President Trump’s approach to foreign policy, during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. This…
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Vann R. Newkirk II: Race, Identity, and the Media
Vann R. Newkirk II, staff writer for The Atlantic, discussed Charlottesville, Jemele Hill’s remarks about President Trump, and the media’s shortcomings in its coverage of racial issues, among other topics, during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. He also discussed healthcare policy, Black Lives...
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E.J. Dionne, Jr. - 'One Nation After Trump', Media, the Economy, and Progressivism
E.J. Dionne, Jr., political writer for The Washington Post, and William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor, discussed his forthcoming book, One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported, co-authored by Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E....
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Zack Exley: The Alt-Right on YouTube
A conversation with Zack Exley, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2017), organizer and author, about his new research paper which dives into a little-known part of the alt-right media landscape, revealing its influence and worldview. In the paper, which can be read in full at shorensteincenter.org,...
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Yeganeh Rezaian: How Women Journalists Are Silenced in a Man's World
Yeganeh Rezaian, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2016) and Iranian journalist, talks about her new paper, "How Women Journalists Are Silenced in a Man's World: The Double-Edged Sword of Reporting from Muslim Countries," available to read in full at shorensteincenter.org. The paper shines a light on...
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Helen Boaden: In Search of Unbiased Reporting in Light of Brexit, Trump and Other Challenges
A conversation with Helen Boaden, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2017) and former BBC News and BBC Radio director, about her new research paper comparing the BBC’s value of impartiality to the American value of objectivity in journalism, and the pressures placed on both in their respective...
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News Coverage of Donald Trump’s First 100 Days: featuring Tom Patterson and Nicco Mele
Tom Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard Kennedy School, and Nicco Mele, director of the Shorenstein Center, discuss Professor Patterson's new study on media coverage of Donald Trump's first 100 days as President. The study is based on an analysis of news reports in...
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Sarah Smarsh: Reporting on Rural America and Class
Sarah Smarsh, a reporter on socioeconomic class, politics, and policy for The New Yorker, The Guardian, Harper’s online, and other publications, discussed media coverage of class in the U.S. in a conversation with Shorenstein Center director Nicco Mele. This Shorenstein Center Speaker Series…
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Bhaskar Sunkara: The Future of the American Left
Bhaskar Sunkara, editor and publisher of Jacobin magazine, discussed his views on leftist politics in the United States during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. Sunkara also discussed the intersection of race and class, work and automation, the decline of unions, and other topics. This…
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Masha Gessen: Russia and Trump, Media Coverage, and Conspiracies
Masha Gessen, author and New York Times contributing opinion writer, shared her views on Presidents Trump and Putin, and words of caution for journalists covering the Trump administration’s alleged connections to Russia, during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. Gessen also discussed her...
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Doug Elmendorf: Understanding the Congressional Budget Office
Doug Elmendorf, Dean of Harvard Kennedy School and former director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) from 2009-2015, discussed why the CBO exists, how it works, and how the media reports on its findings, in a conversation at the Shorenstein Center. Dean Elmendorf also discussed how the CBO...
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Reporting on Trump from the Campaign Trail to the White House
Dafna Linzer, managing editor of politics for NBC News and MSNBC, shared insights about covering the 2016 campaign and the Trump administration. The discussion included President Trump’s media viewing habits, why the President’s tweets are newsworthy, and how the press corps will have to adapt....
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Helen Boaden and Ann Marie Lipinski: Media in the Age of Trump and Brexit
Helen Boaden, spring 2017 Joan Shorenstein Fellow and director of BBC Radio, and Ann Marie Lipinski, curator for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, discussed the role of the press and social media in the Brexit referendum and the US presidential election. This Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on...
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Rick Stengel: Government and the Media
Rick Stengel, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, discussed the differences between working in media and government, the Trump administration’s relationship with the press and how terrorist groups use social media, among other topics at the Shorenstein Center. Stengel served as...
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Farai Chideya and Zack Exley: Understanding the Electorate
Farai Chideya, Joan Shorenstein Fellow and senior writer at FiveThirtyEight, and Zack Exley, Joan Shorenstein Fellow and senior advisor to Bernie Sanders’ campaign, discussed the role of race and class in the 2016 presidential election. This Shorenstein Center Speaker Series event was recorded...
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David Fahrenthold: Reporting on President Trump
David Fahrenthold, a political reporter for The Washington Post, discussed his investigations of President Trump’s charitable giving during the 2016 campaign season, and provided insight about how to cover the president and his administration during a visit to the Shorenstein Center.
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Larry Wilmore: 2016 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics | Shorenstein Center
The 2016 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics was delivered by Larry Wilmore, comedian, producer and writer, and former host of Comedy Central's "The Nightly Show". He discussed the aftermath of the 2016 election, the role of comedy in politics and much more in a hilarious…
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Tim Wu: The Battle for Our Attention | Shorenstein Center
Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch and professor at Columbia Law School, discussed his new book, The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads, during a conversation at the Shorenstein Center with Erie Meyer, Joan Shorenstein Fellow.
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Jeffrey Rosen—The Deciders: The Future of Free Speech in a Digital World | Shorenstein Center
Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO of the National Constitution Center, Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School, and a Contributing Editor of The Atlantic, delivered the ninth annual Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on...
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Peter Hart: Trends and Demographics in the 2016 Election | Shorenstein Center
Peter D. Hart, chairman of Hart Research Associates, a public opinion research firm that provides polls for NBC News and The Wall Street Journal, discussed the driving forces behind the 2016 presidential election, and the influence of voter demographics and public opinion on the race.
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Amy Walter: The Current State of the Campaign | Shorenstein Center
Amy Walter, national editor of The Cook Political Report, discussed possible outcomes of the 2016 presidential and down-ballot races, and what may lie ahead after Election Day.
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Joy-Ann Reid: How Race Impacts the 2016 Election | Shorenstein Center
Joy-Ann Reid, host of MSNBC’s “AM Joy” discussed the role of race within the Republican and Democratic parties, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the need for the U.S. to reckon with its history, in a discussion with Shorenstein Center Director Nicco Mele.
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Cathy O'Neil: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Cathy O’Neil, data scientist and author of the new book Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, discussed how some algorithms can have an invisible, but important and destructive impact on people’s lives.
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Zeynep Tufekci: Technology in Global Activism, Uprisings and Social Movements
Zeynep Tufekci, a New York Times opinion writer, associate professor in the School of Information and Library Science at UNC, and a faculty associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, who focuses on the social impact of technology, discussed the advantages and…
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Patrick Ruffini: Trump and the Future of the Republican Party
Patrick Ruffini, co-founder and partner of Echelon Insights, a political research and analytics firm, discussed the September 26 presidential debate and the challenges facing the Republican Party in a conversation with Shorenstein Center director Nicco Mele. Ruffini, who was a digital strategist...
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Bob Schieffer & Ann Compton: Media, Politics & Power – Trump, Clinton & the 2016 Election
A conversation on the state of the 2016 presidential campaign and its coverage in the media, with Bob Schieffer, former CBS News anchor and host of “Face the Nation,” and current Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow; and Ann Compton, former ABC News White House correspondent and current...
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Molly Ball: Election 2016 and the Media | Shorenstein Center
Molly Ball, political staff writer for The Atlantic, discussed the 2016 presidential race, the role of the media, and the prospects for both parties in a conversation with Shorenstein Center director Nicco Mele.
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Johanna Dunaway: Mobile vs. Computer - Implications for News Audiences and Outlets
Johanna Dunaway, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2016) and associate professor of communication at Texas A&M University, examines how mobile technology – despite expanding internet access – is also contributing to a digital divide in news consumption.
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Joanna Jolly: Rape Culture in India - The Role of the English-Language Press | Shorenstein Center
Joanna Jolly, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2016) and BBC South Asia editor, introduces her new research paper examining the increased coverage of rape in India’s English-language newspapers following the infamous 2012 gang rape in Delhi, and whether this coverage led to policy changes.
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Paul Wood: The Pen and the Sword – Reporting ISIS | Shorenstein Center
Paul Wood, Fall 2015 Joan Shorenstein Fellow and BBC world affairs correspondent, discusses his new research paper, “The Pen and the Sword: Reporting ISIS”. The paper, which can be read in full at shorensteincenter.org, tells the harrowing story of a journalist held hostage by ISIS, and examines...
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Dan Kennedy: The Bezos Effect - How Amazon’s Founder Is Reinventing The Washington Post
Dan Kennedy, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (spring 2016) and associate professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University, provides insight into The Washington Post’s digital strategy and business model following its acquisition by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.
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Marilyn Thompson: Can Taxpayer Money Save Presidential Campaigns?
Marilyn Thompson, a Spring 2016 Joan Shorenstein Fellow and former deputy editor at POLITICO, discusses her new research paper exploring the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and whether the fund could still provide a viable way to address citizen frustration with the campaign finance system.
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Bob Schieffer: Media Coverage of the Campaign | Shorenstein Center
Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, veteran CBS reporter, and former moderator of “Face the Nation,” discussed the media’s performance in covering the 2016 election and Donald Trump’s campaign, and looked ahead to the general election.
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Media and Politics: What’s Next? A Conversation with the Spring 2016 Joan Shorenstein Fellows
A conversation on media and politics with the Spring 2016 Joan Shorenstein Fellows: Johanna Dunaway, associate professor of communication, Texas A&M University; Joanna Jolly, South Asia editor and feature writer, BBC; Dan Kennedy, associate professor of journalism, Northeastern University; and...
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Shira Center: The Trump Factor – Covering Election 2016 | Shorenstein Center
Shira T. Center, political editor for The Boston Globe, discussed media coverage of Donald Trump, as well as the relationship between Trump supporters and the press.
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Jo Becker: Hillary Clinton, Foreign Policy and the Question of U.S. Military Intervention
Jo Becker, a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, discussed Hillary Clinton’s role in the U.S. intervention in Libya, which she argues, ultimately contributed to destabilization in the region.
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Sarah Kliff: Health Care Policy in the Media | Shorenstein Center
Sarah Kliff, deputy managing editor for visuals at Vox, discussed media coverage of the Affordable Care Act, what’s next for health care policy, and Vox’s approach to covering policy.
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Linda Greenhouse: The Post-Scalia Supreme Court | Shorenstein Center
Linda Greenhouse, long time New York Times Supreme Court reporter, discussed the current polarization of the court, the nomination of Merrick Garland, and the legacy of the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Walter Isaacson: Technology and Journalism | Shorenstein Center
In this keynote address from the 2016 Goldsmith Awards in Political Journalism ceremony, Walter Isaacson, former chairman of CNN, former editor of TIME, and president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, spoke about the relationship between technology and journalism, and the potential business models...
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Philip Bennett: News and Democracy – The Missing Pieces | Shorenstein Center
Philip Bennett, former managing editor for The Washington Post and PBS’s FRONTLINE, explored how the promise of the digital revolution has fallen short for some aspects of media and civic engagement, and why news outlets should have an interest in improving the situation.
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Nancy Gibbs: The Disintermediated Campaign | Shorenstein Center
Nancy Gibbs, editor of TIME, discussed the parallels between the disruption of the media industry and the upheaval of politics during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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E.J. Dionne, Jr.: American Conservatism and the Republican Party | Shorenstein Center
E.J. Dionne, Jr., journalist, political commentator, and a long-time op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, discusses themes of his new book, “Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism from Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond”
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Nicco Mele: In Search of a Business Model: The Future of Journalism | Shorenstein Center
Nicco Mele, author, digital strategist and Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, discussed the future and feasibility of various news outlet business models.
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Jill Abramson: Election 2016 – Is There Enough Quality Coverage? | Shorenstein Center
Jill Abramson, lecturer at Harvard and former executive editor of The New York Times, discussed the 2016 election and its coverage in the media – both problematic and promising.
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Sam Feist: Media Coverage of the Election | Shorenstein Center
Sam Feist, who leads the production of CNN’s campaign coverage and debates as Washington bureau chief and senior vice president, discussed the network’s coverage of the 2016 election.
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