WE NEED YOUR HELP ON AN UNPRECEDENTED EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001903710115-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2008
• Sequence Number: 115
• Publication Date: April 11, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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A FACULTY STUDY GROUP ON
HOW THE PRESS AFFECTS
FEDERAL POLICYMAKING
JONATHAN MOORE, CHAIR w
RICHARD NEUSIADT, Vice-CHAIRMAN
MARTIN LINSKY, PRoiEer DiUeemR
F. CHRISTOPHER ARTERTON
HALE CHAMPION
JOHN CHANCELLOR
STEPHEN HESS
ALBERT HUNT
MARK MOORE
GARY ORREN
EILEEN SHANAHAN
JAMES C. THOMSON, JR.
JOHN WILLIAM WARD
LEWIS W. WOLFSON
2316
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT
INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
79 JOHN F. KENNEDY STREET
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138
61.7-4.95-1360
Dear Friend,
April 11, 1983.
We need your help on an unprecedented educational
project. We are undertaking a three year study of the
effect of the print and electronic media on policymaking
in the federal government. While there have been many
theories about press-government relationships, never before
has there been a systematic effort to try to identify pre-
cisely the impacts of the press on government from the per-
spective of the policymaker. It is pioneering work.
We are asking you to participate in this effort because
of your significant experience at the federal level. We.can
assure you complete anonymity and confidentiality. It would
be impossible to discover how the press affects policymaking
without the ideas of people like you, who have had first
hand experience.
The results of this study will be published, widely
disseminated, and discussed by senior professionals in both
government and the media. This research will provide know-
ledge for teaching students of both American government and
the media.
I know how.busy you are, and that we are asking for
some of your valuable time to share your thoughts with others
interested in the relationship between government and the
media. Very simply, this is an exciting and challenging
piece of work and we can not do a first rate study,, without
you.
If you have any questions, please feel free to write
or-call.
Thanks in advance for your help.
A RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDED BY THE CHARLES H. REVSON FOUNDATION
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