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Alex Jones to Leave Shorenstein Shorenstein Center Receives $1 Center July 1, 2015 Million Grant from Carnegie and Knight After fifteen years as Director of the Shorenstein Center, Alex Jones Foundations announced he will be leaving his post on July 1. Jones is the Center’s longest- The Shorenstein Center received match- serving director (2000-2015), arriving ing $500,000 grants from the John S. and after Marvin Kalb (1987-1999). His strong James L. Knight Foundation and the Carn- belief in the importance of quality jour- egie Corporation of New York. nalism has informed all of the work that The funding will help grow the reach we do. and improve the effectiveness of Journal- In his most recent book, Losing the ist’s Resource (journalistsresource.org) , Jones referred to serious reported which supports news coverage by provid- news as the “iron core of information ing understandable research reports on a that is at the center of a functioning variety of subjects. The site is used by jour- democracy.” nalism schools that teach specialty report- Continued on page 2 ing topics and by and major news outlets looking to build knowledge in science and social science subjects. Additionally, this support will continue Walter Shorenstein Media & biannual Carnegie-Knight school deans’ meetings to help advance Democracy Fellows Focus on Data & journalism education reform. Thought leaders will be invited to consult with the Technology in Government deans on new ways of updating and inno- vating their curriculums as well as their The Shorenstein Center welcomed two writing about the policy, economic, and metrics for measuring success. distinguished technological leaders, media implications of providing greater Aneesh Chopra and , as public access to government data. the inaugural recipients of the newly Sinai, former U.S. Deputy Chief In This Issue established Walter Shorenstein Media and Technology Officer, began his six-month Democracy Fellowship. residency at the Center in December. Staffing Changes at the Center...... 2 Together, Chopra and Sinai are driving Chopra, the first U.S. Chief Technology Salant & Theodore H. White an ambitious program on data as public Officer, will be in residence periodically. Lectures...... 2 infrastructure. They are speaking and Read more on page 4 Goldsmith Awards...... 3 Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellows...... 4 Joan Shorenstein Fellows, Spring 2015...... 5 Speaker Series Highlights...... 6 Spring 2015 Courses...... 6 From left to right: Nick Sinai, Lynn Overmann, , DJ Patil and Aneesh Chopra speak at a technology and data in government panel discussion in February. 2 Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy Alex Jones to Leave Shorenstein Center Continued from page 1 Alex Jones strengthened the financial underpinnings of the Farewell, Nicco! Center; emphasized the importance of new technology by recruit- ing visiting fellows and faculty such as Aneesh Chopra, Nick Since 2009, Nicco Mele has Sinai, Clay Shirky, Nicco Mele, Susan Crawford, Micah Sifry, and been a vital part of the Center, Zephyr Teachout; and was asked to lead a consortium of journal- first as a visiting Murrow ism school deans at research universities known as the Carnegie- Lecturer, then as an adjunct Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. lecturer teaching and advising New programs created during Alex’s tenure include the David on digital media strategy and Nyhan Prize for , the Richard S. Salant Lecture politics. In November, he was on , the A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence named the deputy publisher of program, the Lynette Lithgow Summer Internship award, and the the Los Angeles Times. We wish Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellowship. One of him the best in his new role – the widest-reaching initiatives is the award-winning ’s and fortunately, he will continue his involvement Resource website, providing scholarly research on news topics. with the Shorenstein Center as a member of our A search committee for the new director will be co-chaired advisory board. by Bradlee Professor Thomas E. Patterson and Academic Dean Archon Fung. In an email to friends and colleagues, Jones wrote, “As for the New Staff future, I am embarking on what in Cuba is known as "Third Life," In October, the Shorenstein meaning the rich and exciting period in which to pursue long- Center welcomed a new delayed projects, to study and learn, and to follow one’s own pecu- Communications Manager, liar interests. My feelings at this moment are overwhelmingly of Nilagia McCoy, who will gratitude – for the chance to work at such a wonderful institution manage digital and print and to do work I consider so very important. I believe that high- communications for the Center. quality journalism is essential to democracy, and it has been my great pride to do all I could to ensure that the Shorenstein Center stood for that standard of excellence.”

Events and Awards shorensteincenter.org/news-events Salant Lecture Lecture on Freedom of the Press on of Bloomberg Politics, and hosts of Democracy v. the First Amendment? New November 13. She discussed the Bloomberg TV’s “With All Due Respect.” Tensions in a New Age Supreme Court’s interpretation of the The David Nyhan Prize for Political First Amendment and its impact on Journalism was awarded to David democracy, civic discourse and privacy. Rogers of Politico. Watch the video: shorensteincenter. Watch the video: shorensteincenter. org/margaret-marshall org/theodore-h-white-lecture-2014

Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics Optimism for a Change: Media, Campaigns and 2016 The Theodore H. White Lecture on Margaret H. Marshall, former chief Press and Politics was delivered on justice of the Supreme Judicial Court December 1 by Mark Halperin and of Massachusetts, delivered the Salant John Heilemann, managing editors

shorensteincenter.org Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy 3 Goldsmith Awards Honor Journalistic Excellence The Goldsmith Awards Ceremony, Thomas Farragher, held on March 3, 2015, recognized six Jonathan Saltzman, Jenn outstanding journalism teams as finalists Abelson, Casey Ross for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative and Todd Wallack of The Reporting. Boston Globe for “Shadow The $25,000 prize was awarded to Campus.” The series found reporters Carol Marbin that illegally overcrowded Miller, Audra Burch, Mary Ellen Klas, student apartments owned Emily Michot, Kara Dapena and Lazaro by profit-driven landlords Gamio, for their investigative report are rampant in Boston, “Innocents Lost.” placing the health and The Miami Herald examined how more safety of thousands of than 500 children died of abuse or neglect undergraduates at risk over a seven-year period after falling while city officials did through Florida’s child welfare safety net, nothing to respond to this largely as a result of a misguided effort lawless behavior. Audra Burch and Carol Marbin Miller of the Miami Herald, and Alex S. Jones, to reduce the number of foster children Jennifer Berry Hawes, Shorenstein Center Director, at the Goldsmith Awards while simultaneously slashing services for Natalie Caula Hauff, giving them a disproportionate chance to troubled families. The series prompted Doug Pardue and Glenn Smith of The influence the law. immediate reforms, including the most Post and Courier for “Till Death Do Us Christopher S. Stewart, Christopher far-reaching overhaul of child welfare laws Part." The five-part series examined South Weaver, , Tom McGinty, in Florida’s history. Carolina’s ranking as one of the deadliest Anna Wilde Mathews, Rob Barry and “Each year the Goldsmith Prizes are an states in the nation for women at the hands staff of for inspiration to all journalists, and this is a of men. The series showed a state awash “Medicare Unmasked." Using 9.2 mil- banner year for inspiration,” said Alex S. in guns, saddled with ineffective laws and lion newly-disclosed billing records, the Jones, Director of the Shorenstein Center. lacking in resources for victims of domes- Journal uncovered bogus, unnecessary, and Launched in 1991, the Goldsmith Prize tic violence. The investigation spurred harmful Medicare practices – abuses that for Investigative Reporting honors journal- national discussion, pressured state cost U.S. taxpayers $60 billion. ism which promotes more effective and legislators into drafting and fast-tracking The Goldsmith Book Prize for best ethical conduct of government, the making domestic violence reform laws, and led to academic book was awarded to Daniela of public policy, or the practice of politics the appointment of a statewide taskforce. Stockmann for Media Commercialization by disclosing excessive secrecy, impropri- Justin Elliott, Jesse Eisinger and Laura and Authoritarian Rule in China. ety and mismanagement. Sullivan of ProPublica and NPR for “The The Goldsmith Book Prize for best The five finalists for the Goldsmith Prize Red Cross’ Secret Disaster,” which found trade book was awarded to Andrew Pette- for Investigative Reporting were: that the Red Cross had put public rela- gree for The Invention of News: How the tions ahead of relief services and had been World Came to Know about Itself. serially misleading about its use of dona- The Goldsmith Career Award for tions. The series showed how the charity Excellence in Journalism was awarded had failed to deliver basic aid after several to Marvin Kalb, veteran reporter for CBS recent major disasters, including Super- News, NBC News, and former moderator storm Sandy, leaving victims in distress, of “Meet the Press.” He was Director of even though it had received a deluge of the Shorenstein Center from 1987 to 1999. support from Americans eager to help. Kalb also delivered the keynote speech. He Joan Biskupic, Janet Roberts and discussed the decline of journalism and John Shiffman of Reuters for “The Echo how technology is changing the media Chamber.” Reuters scrutinzied how the landscape, but emphasized that quality U.S. Supreme Court selects which cases news can still be found, and that the core it will hear, and found that a small group values of journalism still persist. of lawyers and their clients – typically Watch the video: shorensteincenter.org/ the nation’s largest corporations – have Marvin Kalb received the Goldsmith Career Award goldsmith-awards-2015 for Excellence in Journalism and delivered the secured a special entry point to the court, keynote address.

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Aneesh Chopra is the co- Nick Sinai is the former founder of Hunch Analytics, an U.S. Deputy Chief Technol- and analytics com- ogy Officer. He led President pany serving the healthcare and Obama’s Open Data Initiatives education sectors. Chopra was to increase access to data, and appointed as the first U.S. Chief the Open Government Initiative Technology Officer by Presi- to foster government transpar- dent Obama in 2009. In this ency. He also helped start the role, he was charged with pro- Presidential Innovation Fellows moting innovation to address program, which brings entre- urgent national priorities. In preneurs and technologists into 2012 he left the and ran for lieutenant gover- the federal government. Before joining the Obama administra- nor of the Commonwealth of in 2013. Chopra is the tion, Sinai was a venture capitalist at Lehman Brothers Venture author of Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Trans- Partners (now Tenaya Capital) and Polaris Partners. Sinai is also form Government. a Venture Partner at Insight Venture Partners. Technology in Government at HKS student Seminar Series • Why Are Technology & Open Innovation Important for Public Nick Sinai is currently leading a 10-week seminar series on data, Policy Students? technology and innovation in government for graduate and • Data & Technology in Government with Todd Park, White undergraduate students. Topics include smart cities, government House Technology Advisor; Lynn Overmann, Deputy Chief Data digital services, privacy, and more. Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce; and DJ Patil, first U.S. Chief Data Scientist. Tech and Public Service Week • Executive sessions with government and industry leaders that As part of ’s public service week from focused on improving the use of labor/jobs and healthcare data. February 23 – February 27, Chopra and Sinai led a series of spe- cial events, including the following sessions: Visit shorensteincenter.org/news-events for audio, video and posts from select events. Recent Publications shorensteincenter.org/research-publications/papers Yavuz Baydar Celestine Robert The Bohlen Lenzner as an Open The Sanctions Reporting on the Air Prison: Against Russia: 2008 Financial Corruption and What Did the West Crisis, and the Next Self-Censorship and the Media One in Turkish Expect? Journalism Yavuz Baydar, , blogger Celestine Bohlen, columnist at The Robert Lenzner, contributor to Forbes and co-founder of the Platform International New York Times, explores Media, examines why the media failed for Independent Journalism (P24), the nature of the 2014 sanctions against to detect the warning signs of the 2008 examines current threats to freedom of Russia, their effects and the resulting financial crisis – and how it can avoid the press in Turkey. media coverage. missing them the next time around.

shorensteincenter.org Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy 5 Joan Shorenstein Fellows, Spring 2015 William E. Buzenberg is Jackie Calmes joined The the former executive director of New York Times as a national The Center for Public Integrity, a correspondent in August 2008 -winning investi- and covered the presidential gative news organization based election, the financial crisis and in Washington, D.C. He stepped the first five years of the Obama down from the Center in early administration. Today she has a 2015 after eight years. Previously, broad mandate to cover politics he was vice president for news at and policy. Formerly, she worked National Public Radio, as well as at The Wall Street Journal for 18 NPR foreign affairs correspond- years. Calmes covered Con- ent and London bureau chief. He was also senior vice president gress, elections, the Clinton and Bush administrations, and often of news at American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio focused on fiscal policy. She was chief political correspondent at (1998-2006). In 1997, Buzenberg was a Fellow at Harvard’s Insti- The Wall Street Journal from 2005 to 2008. In 2005, she received tute of Politics (IOP). He is co-editor of the memoir, Salant, CBS, the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Reporting on the Presi- and the Battle for the Soul of . While at the dency. While at the Shorenstein Center, she is writing about par- Shorenstein Center, Buzenberg is exploring journalistic collabo- tisan media. ration in the digital age.

Michele Norris is an award- David Weinberger is a winning journalist and NPR senior researcher at Harvard’s host and special correspond- Berkman Center and writes ent. Norris also leads "The Race about the effect of technology Card Project," an initiative to on ideas. He has been a phi- foster conversations about race losophy professor, journalist, and cultural identity that she cre- strategic marketing consultant ated after publication of her 2010 to high tech companies, Internet family memoir, The Grace of entrepreneur, advisor to several Silence. In 2014, "The Race Card presidential campaigns, and a Project" was honored with a Franklin Fellow at the U.S. State Peabody Award for excellence in electronic media. Prior to join- Department. Formerly, he served as the co-director of the Har- ing NPR in 2002, Norris spent nearly ten years as a reporter for vard Library Innovation Lab. He is the author of Small Pieces ABC News. She has also worked as a staff writer for The Wash- Loosely Joined, Everything Is Miscellaneous, Too Big to Know and ington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. While at co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto. While at the Shorenstein the Shorenstein Center, she is leading a series of study groups on Center, he is writing about through the lens of open the role of race and cultural identity in politics, policy and pop platforms. culture. Study Groups on Race and Politics Michele Norris is currently leading a issues that have surfaced in "The Race five-week study group series for gradu- Card Project," where Norris has archived ate and undergraduate students, entitled tens of thousands of stories on race and "How Shifts in Race and Cultural Identity cultural identity submitted by individuals Influence Politics, Policy and Pop Culture." from around the world. Topics include The study groups examine the seismic race in elections, stereotypes, and how and subtle influence of race and cultural political parties, the media and companies identity in various aspects of American are responding to an increasingly diverse life. The sessions also examine prominent U.S. population.

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“The Mood of “Reporting on “Five Rules America and the Ferguson and for Modern 2016 Presidential Subsequent Journalists" Race” Developments” Meredith Peter D. Wesley Artley, Hart, chairman, Lowery, editor-in-chief Hart Research Washington Post of CNN Digital, Associates polling reporter president, firm Online News Association

“Covering “Emerging Cyberwar” Spring Voices in Digital David Journalism” Sanger, Anna national security Speaker Holmes, editor correspondent at Fusion and at The New York columnist for Times Series Sunday Book Review. Upcoming events & podcasts available at shorensteincenter.org/news-events

Spring 2015 Courses

• Seminar: Democracy, Politics, and The Arts of Communication Media/Politics Institutions (full year) Timothy McCarthy, Adjunct Lecturer • Political Institutions and Public Policy: Allison Shapira, Adjunct Lecturer Political Institutions and Public Policy: American Politics Holly Weeks, Adjunct Lecturer in Public American Politics Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor Policy Matthew Baum, Kalb Professor of Government and the Press of Global Communications Policy Writing for Decision-makers Controversies in Climate, Energy, and the Sushma Raman, Adjunct Lecturer • Responsibility and Representation: Meet- Media: Improving Public Communication ing the Demands of Political Life Cristine Russell, Adjunct Lecturer in Advanced Intensive Writing: Column and • Sovereignty and Intervention Public Policy Opinion Writing Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Jeffrey Seglin, Lecturer in Public Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy Policy Communications

The Making of a Politician Advanced Intensive Writing for Policy and Digital Courses Steve Jarding, Lecturer in Public Policy Politics Greg Harris, Adjunct Lecturer 2020 Vision and Information Policy: Considering the Public Interest Media, Politics and Public Policy Introduction to Writing for Policy and Nolan Bowie, Adjunct Lecturer in Alex S. Jones, Laurence M. Lombard Politics Public Policy Lecturer on the Press and Public Policy Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, Adjunct Lecturer

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Faculty and Staff

Alex S. Jones, Director; Laurence M. Timothy McCarthy, Adjunct Lecturer Lombard Lecturer Nilagia McCoy, Communications Advisory Board on the Press and Public Policy Manager Nancy Palmer, Executive Director Morgan McVicar, Adjunct Lecturer in Co-Chairs Public Policy Alex Jones tim bailey, Events Manager katie miles, Fellows Program Manager Doug Shorenstein Matthew Baum, Kalb Professor of Pippa Norris, Paul F. McGuire Lecturer Global Communications in Comparative Politics Members Nolan Bowie, Adjunct Lecturer Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public in Public Policy Policy Ambassador Hushang Ansary Lauren Brodsky, Adjunct Lecturer Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Philip S. Balboni Marie Danziger, Lecturer in Public Professor of Government and the Press Richard Cavanagh Policy Sushma Raman, Adjunct Lecturer Michael C. Hill Jeffrey Seglin, Lecturer in Public Policy; James Fleming, Financial Manager Jonathan Karush Greg Harris, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Director, Communications Program Arthur Kern Policy Allison Shapira, Adjunct Lecturer Kevin Klose Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Brandon Ward, Faculty Assistant Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy Holly Weeks, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Nicco Mele Steve Jarding, Lecturer in Public Policy Policy Matthias Chika Mordi Marvin Kalb, Edward R. Murrow John Wihbey, Assistant Director for William J. Poorvu Professor of Practice Emeritus (Washington) Journalist’s Resource Shirley Lord Rosenthal Alex Keyssar, Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Associates: Sanderijn Cels, Professor of History and Social Policy Cristine Russell Marion Just , Jonathan Moore, Leighton Walter kille, Research Dan Okrent Paul Sagan Editor, Journalist’s Resource Saul Skoler Alison Kommer, Faculty Assistant and Program Coordinator Honorary Members Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, Howard Gardner Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Kristina Mastropasqua, Marvin Kalb Faculty and Program Assistant U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson

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