Matthew Nisbet – Communication, Culture & Politics

Funding the News: Summary of Shorenstein Center study on foundations and nonprofit media

In a new Shorenstein Center study conducted with colleagues at Northeastern University, we assess major patterns in foundation support for nonprofit journalism and media in the half decade leading up to the 2016 election, focusing specifically on support for digital… Continue Reading →

2018/06/18

Strategic philanthropy in the post cap-and-trade years: Summary of new paper on U.S. foundation funding

In a paper published this week, I review the history of U.S. philanthropic strategy relative to climate change, before assessing the important 5-year period following the defeat of the 2010 cap and trade bill and leading up to the 2016 elections…. Continue Reading →

2018/05/21

The gene editing conversation: Public dialogue will require major investments

In 2014 biochemist Jennifer Doudna of the University of California at Berkeley awoke from a nightmare that would shift the focus of her world-class scientific career. Two years earlier, with her colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier, now director of the Max Planck… Continue Reading →

2018/01/10

Divided expectations: Why we need a new dialogue about science, inequality, and society

If you are reading this column, you have likely benefited from the scientific and technological advances that have transformed the world’s economy. For well-educated professionals who form the core audience for popular science magazines, these innovations have created new wealth… Continue Reading →

2018/01/04

The Ecomodernists: Journalists reimagining a sustainable future

Sept. 3, 2017 — In The Planet Remade (2015), journalist Oliver Morton imagined a future scenario where the Earth’s climate has been changed by geoengineering. A collective of countries with little power in world affairs secretly agrees to a low-cost… Continue Reading →

2017/09/03 0

Evolution in the college classroom: Facilitating conversations about science and religion

Sept. 1, 2017 — For most American college students, their first serious encounter with the theory of evolution may come as part of an introductory biology course. As surprising as this might sound, the unfortunate reality is that in many… Continue Reading →

2017/09/01 0

Funding the News: Summary of Shorenstein Center study on foundations and nonprofit media

Strategic philanthropy in the post cap-and-trade years: Summary of new paper on U.S. foundation funding

The gene editing conversation: Public dialogue will require major investments

Divided expectations: Why we need a new dialogue about science, inequality, and society

The Ecomodernists: Journalists reimagining a sustainable future

Evolution in the college classroom: Facilitating conversations about science and religion

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