Journalism
Former CNN Anchor Soledad O'Brien Named Visiting Fellow at Ed School
In honor of her efforts to expand educational opportunities, the Harvard Graduate School of Education announced yesterday that journalist and television anchor Soledad O’Brien ’88-’00 will be a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the school for the 2013-2014 academic year.
"Living Compassion" Conversation Discusses Altruism in Everyday Life
Harvard affiliates discussed compassion and altruism and how the concepts apply to everyday life Thursday evening at Gutman Library during the third event in a series of panel-style conversations called “Living Compassion.”
Covering Islam: Telling Muslims' Stories in Photos, Words, and Video
Professor Ali Asani, photojournalist Karim B. Khelifa, NY Times columnist Souad Mekhennet, and multimedia journalist Alexandra Gracia engages in a discussion about Islam in news media. They talk about topics ranging from the participation of Muslim journalists in the media to Islamophobia in the US.
Anthony Lewis ’48, Pulitzer Winner and Crimson Mentor, Dies at 85
Starting in 1946—when he helped relaunch The Crimson as a daily after World War II—through a long career as a Pulitzer Prize-winning legal correspondent and columnist for the New York Times, until his death Monday at the age of 85, J. Anthony Lewis ’48 helped steer modern liberal journalism through his pioneering coverage of the Supreme Court and coached some of The Crimson’s brightest stars.
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Nicholas D. Kristof, columnist for The New York Times, discusses the challenges of journalism as an industry and an social tool on Tuesday at the Institute of Politics.
Nicholas Kristof Awarded Goldsmith Career Award
New York Times columnist and former Crimson news editor Nicholas D. Kristof ’81 described what he sees as the three major challenges in the field of journalism Tuesday night after accepting the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism at the Harvard Kennedy School’s John F. Kennedy Jr. forum.
The Week in Preview: March 3-8
We've rounded up some of this coming week's most noteworthy events. Check them out and then check The Crimson for coverage the next day.
Remedying 'Social Evil' and 'Guilty' Liberal Journalists
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Revolutionary Photojournalism
At Lesley University last Wednesday, three journalists discussed the risks and rewards of working in turbulent Arab countries.
HKS Announces Spring Shorenstein Fellows
CNN political reporter Peter Hamby, former TIME Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey, and four other prominent figures in journalism and politics will spend the semester on campus as spring fellows at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, the Kennedy School announced Monday.
IOP To Host Jon Huntsman, John King This Spring
The Institute of Politics announced on Thursday a spring roster of residential and visiting fellows that includes prominent politicians, journalists, and political advisors.
Paul Salopek
Journalist Paul Salopek describes the importance of walking at the Out of Eden talk in the Barker Center. He plans to walk approximately 21,00 miles as he retraces the original path of humans out of Africa.
At Harvard, We Call It a Clowning Concentration
They say you always remember your first time.
Parker Lectures on Journalism and Social Change
The social tensions caused by existing injustices in the world ultimately serve as strong inspiration for journalists, Harvard Kennedy School lecturer Richard Parker said Wednesday.
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Economist Richard Parker gives tips to future journalists on how to make their work heard. His career in journalism began as an economic reviewer for the New York Times.
