Big, If True: Disappointingly, Steak-umm is Not a Talking Steak.
"Big, If True" is a webinar series from the Technology and Social Change Research Project at the Shorenstein Center. Hosted by Dr. Joan Dono...
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20 of 100 episodesPreserving America's Thought Leader Magazines
Magazines that cover American public affairs, culture, and life have long held an important place in American journalism. But the magazine i...
News Narratives in a Post-Factual Era
How does news and truth survive, when trust in what is fact has suffered and people live in bubbles of isolated realities fed by polarized a...
On the Trail of Xi Jinping
U.S./China relations have seen huge shifts over the past decade. Jane Perlez, former Beijing Bureau Chief for The New York Times, witnessed...
The Landscape of Local News Models in America
Local journalism is in crisis, off and online. Years of downsizing in the face of digital disruption have weakened regional and local news o...
Streaming War Won: Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the news
Shorenstein Center Spring 2019 Fellow Edward F. O'Keefe served most recently as Senior Vice President of Content Development at CNN, previou...
Garrett Graff: Decoding the Mueller Investigation
Shorenstein Center director Nicco Mele speaks to Garrett M. Graff, journalist, historian, and director of the Aspen Institute's Cybersecurit...
Behind the Reporting: South Bend Tribune and ProPublica's "Criminal Justice in Elkhart, Indiana"
Reporting from the South Bend Tribune and ProPublica revealed deep flaws and abuses of power in the criminal justice system in Elkhart, Indi...
Behind the Reporting: ProPublica's "Zero Tolerance"
ProPublica obtained and published a secret recording from inside a border patrol detention center that captured the sounds of children, rece...
Behind the Reporting: The Philadelphia Inquirer's "Toxic City: Sick Schools"
In "Toxic City: Sick Schools" The Philadelphia Inquirer revealed unsafe conditions in Philadelphia's rundown public schools, with children f...
Behind the Reporting: Frontline and the Investigative Reporting Program's "Trafficked in America"
FRONTLINE from PBS and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism produced an investigative document...
Behind the Reporting: The Dallas Morning News' "Pain and Profit"
The Dallas Morning News found that thousands of sick and disabled Texans were being denied life-sustaining drugs and treatments by the priva...
Behind the Reporting: The Alabama Media Group's "Alabama's 'Beach House Sheriff'"
Amid threats to his family's personal safety, reporter Connor Sheets revealed extensive wrongdoing by an Alabama sheriff, including improper...
Behind the Reporting: The Wall Street Journal's "Trump's Hush Money"
Starting in 2016, a team from the Wall Street Journal, lead by reporters Michael Rothfeld and Joe Palazzolo, uncovered evidence that Donald...
Sarah Smarsh: Experiencing and Reporting on Rural America
Sarah Smarsh, author of the new book "Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth," joined Shorenste...
Eugene Scott: The Role of Identity Politics in the Midterm Elections and Beyond
Eugene Scott of The Washington Post joined Shorenstein Center director Nicco Mele for a conversation around identity politics and how they i...
Kristen Soltis Anderson: Millennials, Midterms, and the Future of the GOP
Kristen Soltis Anderson , pollster and co-founder of Echelon Insights, author of The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America (And...
Setti Warren: Government, Campaigns, and the Media
Setti Warren , new Executive Director of the Shorenstein Center, and former mayor of Newton, MA, joined Nicco Mele to discuss local governme...
Siva Vaidhyanathan: Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy
Siva Vaidhyanathan is the Robertson Professor of Media Studies and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Vir...
Talia Buford: Environmental Inequity
Talia Buford, reporter for ProPublica, discussed environmental justice, the complexities of covering the environment, how environmental poli...