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Assistant Professor of Journalism
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Dan Kennedy in the news
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Los Angeles Times
Trump finds a new ally in his war on leaks: Britain
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CNN
Echo from Boston bombings: Stay strong, Manchester
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WGBH
Deportation crisis creates strains for Boston’s immigration lawyers
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WGBH
WATCH: Ailing legacy; Justice for journalists; Guarding secrets; Feeding the beast
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WGBH
Holding a president to account in an age of extreme polarization
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WGBH
Yes, ‘S-Town’ is voyeuristic. It’s also a brilliantly insightful look at the human condition
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The Washington Post
Great local reporting stands between you and wrongdoing. And it needs saving.
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WGBH
The Pulitzers: Fahrenthold and journalism’s limits; the power of local; the Globe’s almost-winners
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CBS Boston
One year later: Looking back on Boston Globe’s satirized President Trump front page
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WGBH
Filibustering Gorsuch: Why Democratic opposition to Trump’s nominee is a moral imperative
Dan Kennedy for Northeastern
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Publishing the Trump dossier: Inevitable or unjustifiable?
When news broke of a top-ranking intelligence briefing about allegations involving President-elect Donald Trump and Russia, many outlets covered the story, but only one published the salacious details. Here, two journalism professors offer counter viewpoints about that outlet’s decision, with one arguing “the information was bound to be disclosed or leaked,” and the other calling the decision “misguided” and noting that “raw intelligence of the sort is often wrong.”
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Post-election forum examines media’s campaign coverage
Students, faculty, and staff convened on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the results of the 2016 presidential election. Discussion topics ranged from the credibility of the nation’s leading pollsters to the freedom of the press under a Trump administration, but talk frequently returned to the media’s coverage of one of the dirtiest political campaigns in the nation’s history.
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Would Abraham Lincoln have voted for Trump or Clinton?
To ease the tension of Election Day, we asked seven faculty members to participate a quirky thought experiment that challenged each of them to consider how one well known but long dead person in their respective fields would have voted in the 2016 presidential election. The responses were insightful, sobering, and occasionally hilarious.
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3Qs: Do newspapers’ presidential endorsements even matter?
If the outcome of the 2016 presidential election were based on newspaper endorsements, then Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump in a historic landslide. But Dan Kennedy, associate professor of journalism, doesn’t think that endorsements will have much sway over voters on Election Day, and says “such endorsements are more an expression of values than a genuine attempt to persuade voters to change their minds.”
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3Qs: Gawker case sets a ‘dangerous precedent’
Gawker.com, the flagship site of Gawker Media, published its final piece Monday, Aug. 22. Here, Dan Kennedy, associate professor in the School of Journalism, weighs in on the implications of the gossip site’s shuttering, the “troubling” mechanics behind the suit that served as its demise, and what the future may hold for independent media organizations.
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How Ailes’ fall could signal more changes at Fox News
Roger Ailes is out at Fox News. The media tycoon resigned on Thursday, just two weeks after former anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment. Here, Dan Kennedy, associate professor and a nationally known media commentator, talks about Ailes’ swift downfall and predicts that it “will stand as yet another milestone in the shift from traditional forms of media to digital.”
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The House sit-in: examining the political and cultural significance
Wednesday morning House Democrats, led by U.S. Rep. John Lewis, began a sit-in on the House floor demanding votes on gun-control legislation. C-SPAN picked up the live feeds that members streamed from their smartphones after Republicans shut down the chamber. Here, Northeastern faculty members shed light on the significance of the protest and the role of social media in its impact.
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Boston Phoenix archives donated to Northeastern
For nearly 50 years, The Boston Phoenix, which ceased publication in 2013, was Boston’s alternative newspaper of record, the first word on social justice, politics, as well as the arts and music scene. Now, thanks to a gift from Phoenix owner Stephen Mindich, that work will be preserved for posterity in Snell Library’s Archives and Special Collections.
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The web of life for journalism
While newspapers folded, Internet news sites rushed to fill the information void, says assistant professor Dan Kennedy, whose new book explores the ecosystem of online journalism.
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3Qs: Rolling Stone’s controversial cover
Dan Kennedy, an assistant professor of journalism, examines Rolling Stone’s decision to put alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s photo on its newest issue’s cover and the public outrage that followed.