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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:00:00 GMT
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- December 02, 2009, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

The American educational system is fundamental to promoting social and economic mobility, civic engagement and global competiveness, but the subject of receives less media coverage than other major public policy issues. On December 2, Grover "Russ" Whitehurst and E.J. Dionne, authors of The Disappearance of Education News, will present their solutions for improving education reporting and promoting quality discourse.
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Michael Fullilove comments on the new autobiographies by Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice-presidential candidate, and Carrie Prejean, the former California beauty pageant contestant. Despite the surprising similarities between these two conservative women and their books, Fullilove argues that, while Prejean's book may not be of great consequence, Palin's prominence in the Republican party makes her book an important read.
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When Putin took power in 2000, he established a protection deal among powerful business owners. Clifford Gaddy and Barry Ickes discuss the intricacies of this arrangement and what message a recent suit against one of the country’s leading business newspapers is meant to send.
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:38:59 GMT
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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Cynthia Schneider and Nadia Oweidat write that the Arab world is rich in literature examining all aspects of Arab life and advocating a vision of a multi-cultural society that respects human rights. Rather than manufacturing its own messages, Schneider and Oweidat believe the United States should support a return to standards of critical thinking that once characterized the Arab world.
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Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:30:00 GMT
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- September 09, 2009, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Ron Nessen, former White House Press Secretary and NBC reporter, now Journalist in Residence at the Brookings Institution, took your questions about the future of the news industry. Fred Barbash, senior editor at Politico, moderated the discussion.
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Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:00:00 GMT
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- July 28, 2009, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
On July 28, the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World was pleased to host Ford Foundation Visiting Fellow Mirette Mabrouk in a discussion about the changing landscape of Arab media and its effect on Egypt’s domestic politics.
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Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Senior journalist and CNAPS Visiting Fellow Huang Ching-Lung writes that Taiwan’s media, despite major contributions to democratization, has come to play a controversial and often negative role in the democratization process. Factors such as market competition, lack of professional organization, and ties to political parties have lowered the quality social benefit of journalism in Taiwan, Mr. Huang writes.
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Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT
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- June 12, 2009, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
On June 12, the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World hosted a discussion on the role of independent media in Afghanistan. Discussion centered on holding government accountable, fostering critical thinking, and empowering women to the most effective strategy for the United States in supporting independent media and the societal changes it promotes.
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Mon, 18 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT
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- May 18, 2009, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Rising unemployment and a declining economy are placing enormous fiscal pressures on news organizations around the globe. On May 18, Time’s Karen Tumulty moderated a discussion with Darrell West, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Michael Kinsley and others on how to “re-engineer” the traditional business model of the news industry and to improve media coverage of public affairs.
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Wed, 06 May 2009 12:30:00 GMT
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- May 06, 2009, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
On May 6, the Saban Center at Brookings’ Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World was pleased to host Ford Foundation Visiting Fellow Mirette F. Mabrouk to talk about the changing landscape of Arab media, and its effect on Egyptian domestic politics.
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Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

There is no question we are witnessing a fundamental economic and technological transformation of journalism, writes Darrell West. However, while traditional business models are dying, new ones are still being developed. In this multi-faceted, new-media universe, West says we need an information strategy for the news industry that expands on digital media's strengths while encouraging in-depth coverage.
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Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Ron Nessen points to multiple causes for the U.S. news media's reduced coverage of and presence in Iraq, including the changing economics of journalism and high levels of violence being replaced by the complexities of government formation. But, Nessen argues, it is vitally important that the news media continue to keep the American public informed and interested in what’s happening in Iraq.
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Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00:00 GMT
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- September 25, 2008, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Brookings and the Norman Lear Center at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California released a report examining the new media’s role in the U.S. immigration debate, and explored how the media conditioned public opinion and the policy landscape.
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Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A new Brookings/USC report finds that the U.S. media have hindered effective policy making on immigration in recent years, and their impact has been increasing as a result of an ongoing evolution in the media industry.
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Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Negative attacks are as American as apple pie, writes Darrell West. However, the 2008 presidential campaign has reached all-time lows in the use of misleading and inaccurate political appeals. As a result, voters need to pay serious attention to the facts in order to make a wise choice.
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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:39:53 GMT
From Chuck Norris to Bruce Springsteen, celebrities are prominent in this 2008 presidential election season. Darrell West says that both parties enjoy celebrities, with Democrats getting more Hollywood attention and Republicans pulling from among stock car racers and other athletes.
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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:57:47 GMT
John McCain’s campaign released an ad showing video footage from the Democratic presidential primary of Joe Biden criticizing Barack Obama’s experience as a leader. Darrell West says that these kinds of attack ads will play a prominent role in the 2008 election and that he expects the Democrats to fight back.
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A series of campaign ads from John McCain and Barack Obama are drawing attention on both the political and pop culture stages. Darrell West joins Judy Woodruff and Evan Tracey on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer to discuss their themes and the spending behind them.
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Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

During the past two years, public perceptions of global warming have shifted significantly in the U.S. In the first of a two-part series, Barry Rabe and Christopher Borick examine the factors that drive individual views on global warming.
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Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Few aspects of campaigns attract as much discussion as television advertisements. Yet many observers are not happy with the quality of information presented in ads or the tone of political discourse. In looking at campaign ads in this year’s presidential nominating election, Darrell West finds that ads were more negative than in previous races.
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Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Senior Fellow Hugh Price appeared on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer to discuss the impact of recent statements by Rev. Jeremiah Wright on the U.S. presidential race. Price contends that Senator Obama must stick to his message and challenge the media to cover his words and agenda, not Rev. Wright’s.
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Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT
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- April 23, 2008, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

On April 23, a slate of panelists, including researchers, media representatives, and advocates discussed the role of government and the private sector in making media a positive force in the lives of young people. Video clips from several positive media campaigns designed to improve the health and well-being of the nation’s youth were presented.
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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Parents are worried that teens are drowning in messages about sex, smoking, drinking, consumer goods and a host of other behaviors and products that threaten their well-being. This brief advocates using creative media to provide youth with positive messages that counteract the negative damaging messages to which they are exposed.
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Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Democratic participation faces challenges in many modern societies, including the United States and Hong Kong. In this CNAPS Visiting Fellow working paper, Dr. Rikkie Yeung examines how the American and Hong Kong civil societies have explored the use of new media to promote democratic participation and change political realities.
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Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT
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- March 17, 2008, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

The Brookings Doha Center, a project of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, hosted a distinguished panel to address the topic of the Arab Satellite TV Charter passed in Cairo in February 2008. The policy discussion was the first to take place on the premises of the recently inaugurated Brookings Doha Center (BDC) and the third to be organized by the BDC since its launch in 2007.
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Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
One lesson from New Hampshire for the 2008 primary election is that the common wisdom, the polls and the pundits can be wrong. Ron Nessen says that many more unexpected twists and turns in this presidential campaign are likely before the November election.
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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT
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- November 27, 2007, 12:00 PM to 02:00 PM
The internet is playing an increasingly important role in mobilizing humanitarian response. Wide access to the internet and the proliferation of blogs has enabled coverage of war and humanitarian issues from different perspectives.
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Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
While a new generation of correspondents is reporting on the Iraq war, Brookings Journalist in Residence Ron Nessen delivered this talk at a special Veterans Day service at the historic Christ Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia, about the role of war correspondents in the Vietnam War.
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Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:00:00 GMT
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- November 01, 2007, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
As China’s economy continues to develop and its society becomes increasingly open, the role of the news media has become an important issue for the government in Beijing. In this CNAPS presentation, Ching-Lung Huang discusses the development of the Chinese media under the influence of both market and political intervention, and the changes in government policy toward the news media and prospects for the future development of China’s media.
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Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
The Brookings Institution has created a special project called Opportunity 08, designed to inject substantive ideas into the 2008 presidential race. It is explicitly bipartisan and is co-chaired by former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein and Tom Donilon -- former Democratic presidential advisor.
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Thu, 24 May 2007 10:00:00 GMT
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- May 24, 2007, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Humanitarian crises are becoming more prevalent and diverse and the media play a critical role in defining the response to these crises.
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Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The media’s focus on who’s ahead or who’s behind in the polls—rather than on candidates’ positions on specific issues—is worrisome. Brooklings journalist-in-residence Ron Nessen advises that 2008 Presidential candidates seeking to define themselves to voters must pay attention to major changes in the media and public attitudes toward it.
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Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:00:00 GMT
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- January 03, 2007, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
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Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The Brookings Institution, in collaboration with Stanford University's Hoover Institution, set out understand the causes and consequences of polarizion in America's body politic. In March 2006, Brookings's Governance Studies Program hosted a conference in which scholars presented their papers.
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Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:00:00 GMT
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- November 28, 2006, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
In the ongoing debate about the causes and consequences of America's polarized politics, the mass media often are blamed for contributing to this division. The rise of cable television and 24-hour news channels has created more media outlets than ever, giving citizens greater choice among sources of news, and giving news greater competition from entertainment programming. This ever-increasing and changing coverage of political news, including today's "in-your-face" talk shows, may play a role in polarizing the public and threatening our democratic institutions.
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Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:30:00 GMT
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- November 10, 2006, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
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Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Robert Hahn and Robert Litan (10/03/2006)
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Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In light of the extreme divisiveness of recent presidential elections, the Brookings Institution in collaboration with the Hoover Institution convened a conference of leading political experts to discuss polarization and the state of American politics.
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Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:00:00 GMT
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- March 15, 2006, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:00:00 GMT
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- February 24, 2006, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
The U.S. government devotes considerable resources to conducting "public diplomacy" overseas, but foreign correspondents reporting from inside the United States still play a crucial role in shaping how the world views the nation and its policies. Yet, there has been little thoughtful examination of the foreign press in America. Who are the correspondents? How do they work? What do they report?
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Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:00:00 GMT
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- March 22, 2005, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
At this Brookings briefing, members of the "new" and "old" media weighed in on the ever-evolving role of the press and the future of journalism. The discussion focused on new mediums and practices in journalism and what impact these have had—and will continue to have—on the role and credibility of the traditional American media.
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Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Jonathan Rauch; Atlantic Monthly (January/February 2005)
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Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Helmut Sonnenfeldt and Ron Nessen, Washington Times (12/30/04)
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Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Bay Area mixing foretells future more than Red-Blue clich�.
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Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Paper by Kathryn Dunn Tenpas (6/29/04)
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Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Paul C. Light, NPR's Talk of the Nation (6/15/04)
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Tue, 08 Jun 2004 10:00:00 GMT
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- June 08, 2004, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
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Sun, 30 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post (5/30/04)
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Fri, 14 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Notions of a politically segregated nation obscure the increasing intermixture of people in metropolitan America.
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Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Anthony Corrado, The Arizona Daily Star (3/30/04)
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Wed, 03 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Thomas E. Mann, The Diane Rehm Show (3/3/04)
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Wed, 03 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Anthony Corrado, NPR's Talk of the Nation (3/3/04)
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Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Stephen Hess, Presstime (November 2003)
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Wed, 08 Oct 2003 14:00:00 GMT
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- October 08, 2003, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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Thu, 11 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Marvin Kalb and Stephen Hess, NPR's Morning Edition (9/11/03)
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Thu, 04 Sep 2003 18:00:00 GMT
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- September 04, 2003, 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM
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Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:30:00 GMT
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- June 17, 2003, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Thu, 22 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Sott Livezey and William C. Prillaman, Christian Science Monitor (5/22/03)
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Thu, 22 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Thomas E. Mann, The Brookings Institution (5/22/03)
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Fri, 16 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Speech by Stephen Hess, The Future of Transatlantic Relations Conference in Helsinki, Finland (05/16/03)
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Mon, 07 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Stephen Hess, The Baltimore Sun, (4/07/03)
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Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by James M. Lindsay for the Daily War Report (April 1, 2003)
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Thu, 06 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT
This study by Stephen Hess of ""war with Iraq"" editorial positions--before and after Secretary of State Powell's presentation to the UN Security Council on February 5, 2003--in the 25 largest circulation U.S. newspapers shows shifts toward President B
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Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- September 19, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 29 May 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- May 29, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 22 May 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- May 22, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- April 17, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 06 Mar 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- March 06, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- February 27, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- February 13, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 06 Feb 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- February 06, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- January 23, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
The tenth in a weekly series of forums on media issues arising from the anti-terrorism war, jointly sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, examined the so-called "CNN Effect"—the impact of 24-hour-a day, live television coverage broadcast from around the world by all-news cable channels.
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Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- January 16, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
This forum, moderated by Brookings Senior Fellow Stephen Hess and Marvin Kalb of the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, is the ninth in a series examining many aspects of news media coverage and information policy in the anti-terrorism war.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2002 09:30:00 GMT
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- January 01, 2002, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
The eighth in a series of Brookings/Harvard forums on Press Coverage and the War on Terrorism took stock of the uneasy media/government relationship on the three-month anniversary of the beginning of the U.S. military campaign against Osama bin Laden.
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Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:30:00 GMT
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- December 19, 2001, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:30:00 GMT
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- December 12, 2001, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 05 Dec 2001 14:00:00 GMT
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- December 05, 2001, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
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Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:30:00 GMT
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- November 28, 2001, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:00:00 GMT
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- November 14, 2001, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
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Thu, 08 Nov 2001 09:30:00 GMT
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- November 08, 2001, 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
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Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:00:00 GMT
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- October 31, 2001, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
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Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Thomas E. Mann, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, for the Brookings Website, August 21, 2001.
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Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, February 16, 2001
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Tue, 09 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT
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- January 09, 2001 at 12:00 AM
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Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Michael Davidson and Elaine Stone (Winter 2000)
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Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Stephen Hess (Winter 2000)
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Mon, 13 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT
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- November 13, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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Tue, 07 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT
""Staffing a New Administration: A Guide to Personnel Appointments in a Presidential Transition.""
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Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Thomas E. Mann, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in Chosun Ilbo, August 24, 2000
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Thu, 29 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Thomas E. Mann, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in Newsday, June 29, 2000
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Sun, 07 May 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, May 7, 2000
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Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Jonathan Rauch (Spring 2000)
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Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:00:00 GMT
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Tue, 01 Dec 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Stephen Hess, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Winter 1998
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Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 GMT
article by Stephen Hess, Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 28 (Fall 1998)
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Sun, 01 Sep 1996 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Richard Harwood (Fall 1996)