Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.
Faculty Publications
Kamarck, Elaine. "Fixing the Department of Homeland Security." Progressive Policy Institute Policy Report, November 2007.
Baum, Matthew A., and Tim Groeling. "Iraq and the 'Fox Effect': An Examination of Polarizing Media and Public Support for International Conflict." American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. "Creative Destruction: An Exploratory Look at News on the Internet." Carnegie/Knight Task Force Report on the Future of Journalism Education, Shorenstein Center, Kennedy School of Government, August 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. "Young People and News." Carnegie/Knight Task Force Report on the Future of Journalism Education, Shorenstein Center, Kennedy School of Government, July 2007.
Kalb, Marvin, and Carol Saivetz. "The Israeli--Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media as a Weapon in Asymmetrical Conflict." Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 12.3 (Summer 2007): 43-66.
Baum, Matthew A. "Soft News and Foreign Policy: How Expanding the Audience Changes the Policies." Japanese Journal of Political Science 8.1 (April 2007): 115-145.
Kalb, Marvin. "The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media as a Weapon in Asymmetrical Conflict." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-012, February 2007.
Keyssar, Alexander. "A Terrible Metaphor for the U.S." Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil), January 7, 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. "Political Roles of the Journalist." The Politics of News: The News of Politics, 2nd Edition. Ed. Doris A. Graber, Denis McQuail, and Pippa Norris. CQ Press, 2007, 23-39.
Patterson, Thomas E. "The Internet and the Threat it Poses to Local Media: Lessons from News in the Schools." Carnegie/Knight Task Force Report on the Future of Journalism Education, Shorenstein Center, Kennedy School of Government, January 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. "Mandatory Testing and News in the Schools." Carnegie/Knight Task Force Report on the Future of Journalism Education, Shorenstein Center, Kennedy School of Government, January 2007.
Patterson, Thomas E. Review of Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media & Politics, by Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini Political Communication, 24.3 July 2007: 329-331.
Parker, Richard. "Bankers Behaving Badly." Review of The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co., by William D. Cohan. New York Times Book Review, May 27, 2007.
Cowan, Geoffrey, Alex S. Jones, John Lavine, Nicholas Lemann, and Orville Schell. “When in Doubt, Publish.” Washington Post, July 9, 2006.
Kamarck, Elaine. "Emergency Spending -- The New Entitlement Program." Governing.com (Governing Magazine) (May 10, 2006).
Weil, David, Archon Fung, Mary Graham, and Elena Fagotto. "The Effectiveness of Regulatory Disclosure Policies." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 25.1 (Winter 2006): 155-181.
Baum, Matthew A. "Hard and Soft News." Encyclopedia of Media and Politics. Ed. Todd Schaefer and Thomas Birkland. Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006.
Jones, Alex S. "Still the Wasteland?: An Interview with Newton Minow." The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 11.1 (Winter 2006): 3-8.
Kamarck, Elaine. "Centralized Essentials: The Bush Administration Took a Few of the Clinton-Gore Management Lessons to Heart. But It Ignored Far Too Many." American Prospect, September 22, 2005.
Patterson, Thomas E., and Philip Seib. "Informing the Public." The Press. Ed. Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Oxford University Press, 2005, 189-202.
Coglianese, Cary, Stuart Shapiro, and Steven J. Balla. "Unifying Rulemaking Information: Recommendations on the New Federal Docket Management System" Administrative Law Review 57.2 (2005): 621-645.
Coglianese, Cary. "The Internet and Citizen Participation in Rulemaking" I/S: Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society 1.1 (2005): 33-57.
Kumar, Martha Joynt, and Alex S. Jones. “Government and the Press: Issues and Trends.” The Press. Ed. Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Oxford University Press, 2005, 226-247.
Kalb, Marvin. "The New Anchors Can't Stop TV News Drifting." Financial Times, December 1, 2004.
Kalb, Marvin. "Mad as Hell? Not at the Top." Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2004.
Coglianese, Cary, Stuart Shapiro, and Steven J. Balla. "Recommended Guidelines for the Design of the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS)." AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies and KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series, Related Publication 04-30 and RWP04-050, November 2004.
Kalb, Marvin. "The Importance of Looking Presidential on Television." Financial Times, October 2, 2004.
Coglianese, Cary, and Jennifer Nash. "Why Participate? Facility Perspectives on a U.S. EPA Voluntary Program." Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, October 2004.
Jones, Alex S. "Bloggers Are the Sizzle, Not the Steak." Los Angeles Times, July 18, 2004.
Kalb, Marvin. "A Quest for More Sensation Is Killing Journalism." Financial Times, April 1, 2004.
Kalb, Marvin. "America's Hypocrisy Laid Bare." Financial Times, February 5, 2004.
Coglianese, Cary, and Laurie Allen. "Building Sector-Based Consensus: A Review of the EPA's Common Sense Initiative." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP03-037, September 2003.
Jones, Alex S. "The BBC's War of Independence." Financial Times, August 26, 2003.
Kalb, Marvin. "War and Conflict." Editor & Publisher March 2003.
Kalb, Marvin. "Quality Is No Issue: Rules that Help Ensure a Competitive, Robust TV Press Soon Will Be History." Newsday January 19, 2003.
King, David C. The Generation of Trust: How the U.S. Military Has Regained the Public's Confidence Since Vietnam. American Enterprise Institute, 2003.
Norris, Pippa, Montague Kern, and Marion Just, eds. Framing Terrorism: The News Media, the Government and the Public. Routledge, 2003.
Kalb, Marvin, and Stephen Hess, eds. The Media and the War on Terrorism. Brookings Institution, 2003.
Jones, Alex S. "Covering Ethnic Conflicts." The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 8.4 (Fall 2003): 3-6.
Jones, Alex S. "Reflecting on a Different Era in Political Journalism." Nieman Reports 57.3 (Fall 2003): 55-56.
Jones, Alex S. "The Vanishing Voter." The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 8.3 (Summer 2003): 3-8.
Jones, Alex S. "Covering Science and Technology: An Interview with Cornelia Dean." The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 8.2 (Spring 2003): 3-10.
Kalb, Marvin. "Introduction." Why Didn't the Press Shout? American and International Journalism During the Holocaust. Ed. Robert Moses Shapiro and Aristeides Moses Papadakis. KTAV, February 2003.
Kalb, Marvin. "Dissent: Public Opinion, Media Reaction." Nieman Reports 57.4 (Winter 2003): 71.
King, David C. "Selling International News." Working Paper, December 9, 2002.
Jones, Alex S. “Fox News Moves from the Margins to the Mainstream.” New York Times, December 1, 2002.
Jones, Alex S. “Why Do Many Readers Hate Us Again?” Editor & Publisher, 135.31, September 2, 2002: 12.
Jones, Alex S., Martin Baron, Jefferson Flanders, Bob Giles, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Jim Kennedy, Philip Meyer, Eric Newton, Dan Sullivan, and Tom Wolzien. “The Tug of Wall Street.” Nieman Reports, 56.2, June 22, 2002: 46.
Jones, Alex S., Bart Adams, Philip Meyer, Conor O'Clery, Susan Reed, Steven S. Ross, and Tom Wolzien. “Internet Interactions." Nieman Reports, 56.2, June 22, 2002: 38.
Jones, Alex S. “Zest for the Job ‘Radiates From Him Like Heat.’” Editor & Publisher, 135.14, April 8, 2002: 16.