Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast - 2016 Theodore H. White Seminar on Press and Politics featuring: Bob Schieffer, Nancy Kaffer, Michael Tomasky and Derrick Jackson

2016 Theodore H. White Seminar on Press and Politics featuring: Bob Schieffer, Nancy Kaffer, Michael Tomasky and Derrick Jackson

11/29/16 • 91 min

Shorenstein Center Media and Politics Podcast

A panel discussion about the 2016 election and news coverage featuring: Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, political contributor to CBS News, and former moderator of “Face the Nation”; Nancy Kaffer, columnist for Detroit Free Press and winner of the 2016 David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism; Derrick Z. Jackson, Joan Shorenstein Fellow and Boston Globe essayist; and Michael Tomasky, special correspondent for The Daily Beast. Moderated by Nicco Mele, director, Shorenstein Center, and recorded on November 16, 2016, at Harvard Kennedy School.

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