American elections and multi-tier democracies are considered the “ideal” for many countries across the globe. Federal- and state-level polls to elect president, senate, congress or bicameral state legislature are unique, and where policy debates have usually taken place. However,…
“The most important thing for a judge is not professional experience, but patience”*
What are the peculiarities of a precedent-based legal system? How should a judge perceive each judicial situation? These and other questions were addressed by Judge John Tuchi during the extremely informative visit by scholars from the “Journalism. Technology, and Democracy”…
Legislative Framework in a Democratic Journalism System
If 17 journalists and scholars coming from 17 countries on four continents worldwide gather in room 444 at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is that evidence of a free world? Especially if today we are talking…
Understanding Society
A few failures have started for a certain guy. He has no money, no job and his family is sinking into poverty. After his wife leaves him, he loses his apartment and joins the homeless. He lives in a shelter with his son. This is…
The Future Has Been Written on the Desert
Why is it so fascinating to play mind games with the idea of what the future will be like?Maybe because it allows you to daydream with the idea of immortality, picturing scenarios that you will probably never see. Or maybe…
“The tribe has spoken.”
Seventeen complete strangers from across the globe are thrown together in the middle of a hot and dry desert. Six weeks, four cities, a whole lot of luggage and a lifetime of memories to be made. This is not another…
And Scholars do play!
“If you drop it, you’re buying drinks,” said Shailendra. He was talking about the tower we built while playing Jenga. “Yalla yalla,” the Lebanese word for “come on,” was repeated to each scholar trying to keep the tower from crashing…
Does Technology Make Us Better Humans?
The monsters are out. They’re invisible. You don’t see them glancing out of dark windows at Taylor Place. Phoenix’s heat forces us to take shelter in our air-conditioned concrete cages. The windows are small. The locks are clicking. The doors…
Technology Challenges Journalism
After basking in the magnificence of the Grand Canyon on Saturday, it was back to serious business for the Cronkite scholars today, as they dug deeper into the digital media tsunami battering journalism. No part of the world is immune,…
Grand Canyon, the Place Where Desktop Images Are Made
The trip to the Grand Canyon was a deep visual experience: from the views on the sides of the highway to the layered depths of the canyon. I see before me the variegated color chart of this visual journey: it…