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Feature: Is DOGE Sure It Wants to Fire These People?

Juliette Kayyem examines the negative effects that Elon Musks’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could have on the safety of everyday Americans.

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Feature: Private Benefits from Public Investment in Climate Resilience

Joseph Aldy finds that governmental construction of levees, which enhance resilience to flood risks amplified by climate change, increases home values by 3-4 percent.

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Feature: Assessing Government Outreach to Bolster Benefits Take-Up

Elizabeth Linos finds that light-touch interventions significantly, consistently, and cost-effectively increase benefits take-up among low-income households, while higher-touch proactive outreach yields minimal additional take-up.

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Feature: Excess Mortality Rate in U.S. Black Children Since 1950

Soroush Saghafian finds that 5 million excess deaths of Black Americans, including over 500,000 infants, could have been avoided over the past 70 years if their mortality rates were equal to those of White Americans.

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

News Coverage of Donald Trump’s First 100 Days

Patterson, Thomas E. "News Coverage of Donald Trump’s First 100 Days." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-040, May 2017.

News Coverage of the 2016 General Election: How the Press Failed the Voters

Patterson, Thomas E. "News Coverage of the 2016 General Election: How the Press Failed the Voters." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-052, December 2016.

News Coverage of the 2016 National Conventions: Negative News, Lacking Context

Patterson, Thomas E. "News Coverage of the 2016 National Conventions: Negative News, Lacking Context." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-051, September 2016.

News Coverage of the 2016 Presidential Primaries: Horse Race Reporting Has Consequences

Patterson, Thomas E. "News Coverage of the 2016 Presidential Primaries: Horse Race Reporting Has Consequences." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-050, July 2016.

Pre-Primary News Coverage of the 2016 Presidential Race: Trump’s Rise, Sanders’ Emergence, Clinton’s Struggle

Patterson, Thomas E. "Pre-Primary News Coverage of the 2016 Presidential Race: Trump’s Rise, Sanders’ Emergence, Clinton’s Struggle." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-023, June 2016.

Review of In-Your-Face Politics: The Consequences of Uncivil Media

Patterson, Thomas E. Review of In-Your-Face Politics: The Consequences of Uncivil Media, by Diana C. Mutz. Journal of Communication, 66.2, April 2016: 19-21.

Informing the News

Patterson, Thomas E. Informing the News. Random House, 2013.

Review of Hillary Clinton's Race for the White House: Gender Politics & the Media on the Campaign Trail

Patterson, Thomas E. Review of Hillary Clinton's Race for the White House: Gender Politics & the Media on the Campaign Trail, by Regina G. Lawrence and Melody Rose. Political Communication, 27.2, April-June 2010: 221-223.

The Negative Effect: News, Politics, and the Public

Patterson, Thomas E. "The Negative Effect: News, Politics, and the Public." The Hedgehog Review 10.2 (Summer 2008): 46-57.

Young People Flee From the News

Patterson, Thomas E. "Young People Flee From the News." Television Quarterly 38.2 (Winter 2008): 32-35.

The Decline of Newspapers: The Local Story.

Patterson, Thomas E. "The Decline of Newspapers: The Local Story." Nieman Reports 61.4 (Winter 2007): 33-34.

Creative Destruction: An Exploratory Look at News on the Internet.

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.

Young People and News.

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.

Political Roles of the Journalist.

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.

The Internet and the Threat it Poses to Local Media: Lessons from News in the Schools.

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.

Mandatory Testing and News in the Schools.

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.

Review of Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media & Politics

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.

Informing the Public.

Patterson, Thomas E., and Philip Seib. "Informing the Public." The Press. Ed. Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Oxford University Press, 2005, 189-202.