Brown Political Review

The Brown Political Review (BPR) is a quarterly, student-run political magazine and website at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It covers the politics of regional, domestic and international affairs, the political culture and dialogue at Brown and the ongoing state of political journalism in the United States. BPR is managed and edited by undergraduate students of Brown University, and features writing from staff contributors and submissions from the Brown community. The magazine also features original interviews and media productions, as well as student artwork from Brown and the nearby Rhode Island School of Design. It is sponsored by Brown University’s Political Theory Project.

Brown Political Review
Editors-in-Chief
  • Ashley Chen
  • Marianna Scott
CategoriesPolitics, policy, culture
FrequencyQuarterly
Total circulation10,000[1]
Year founded2012
Based inProvidence, Rhode Island
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.brownpoliticalreview.org

Background

Founding

The magazine was founded in 2012 by Brown undergraduates. It receives financial sponsorship from the Political Theory Project, an interdisciplinary center at Brown funded by Koch Industries, which invested $3.2 million into the project and its magazine.[2][3] The magazine was conceived as a destination for political news analysis, emphasizing strength of argument and well crafted reporting over partisan status or ideology.[4]

Present

The magazine features the original writing and reporting of students at Brown. Staff writers and columnists contribute daily to BrownPoliticalReview.org, while a quarterly print edition features articles developed through student pitches selected anonymously by BPR's editorial board.[5]

BPR's 2013 media panel, "Investigative Journalism in the Age of Polarization." From left: Tracy Breton, David Rohde, Chris Hayes, Dana Goldstein.

The magazine is also known for its extensive interviews section featuring notable political figures including World Bank President Jim Yong Kim; Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform; former governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean; Tom Donohue, CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and numerous senators and governors. The magazine has also interviewed prominent journalists, including Arianna Huffington, Ezra Klein, Tucker Carlson, David Frum, Sebastian Junger and Josh Marshall.[6][7] BPR's filmed feature interviews include Governor Lincoln Chafee and MSNBC's Chris Hayes.[8][9]

In October 2013, BPR hosted its first alumni panel in conjunction with Brown University, titled "Investigative Journalism in the Age of Polarization."[10] The panel featured journalists Chris Hayes, David Rohde, and Dana Goldstein.[11]

In 2018, BPR started a radio podcast that publishes regularly on SoundCloud and iTunes.[12]

Staff

Brown Political Review has a staff of over 175 students, making it one of the largest student organizations at Brown.[13] Staff members contribute to eight different boards: executive, editorial, interviews, content, business, marketing, media, creative, podcast, and data.[14] The current executive team is made up of editors-in-chief Ashley Chen and Marianna Scott, Chiefs of Staff Zander Blitzer and Jeremy Rhee, and Chief Operating Officer Owen Colby[15]

Staff writers are in charge of producing the majority of BPR's content, typically publishing four articles per semester. Writers are divided into three sections: World, US, and Culture. BPR also has a unique section for articles that concern Rhode Island. [16]

Writers have had commentary featured and included on Fox News,[17] MSNBC,[18] Huffington Post[19] and Slate.[20]

Controversies

Jesse Watters

On October 3, 2013, Jesse Watters, a correspondent of FOX’s The O’Reilly Factor, visited Brown to showcase a student event titled “Nudity in the Upsace” for his television segment, “Watters World.”[21] The student event was intended to “confront stigmas about the naked body.”[22] Watters stood outside the event and questioned exiting students on camera about their participation. During the same week, BPR Media featured a series of interviews with some of the students confronted by Watters, which was later replayed on The O’Reilly Factor where Watters and O’Reilly debated the footage. During one exchange, Watters told host Bill O'Reilly that campus wide coverage helped bring about a change of heart, saying, “They persuaded me,” adding, “I think there is some value in it.”[23]

Ray Kelly

On October 29, then New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly visited Brown University to deliver a lecture titled, “Proactive Policing in America's Biggest City.”[24] Student demonstrators convened outside the event location to protest what they perceived as racial disparities among law enforcement in New York City, including the controversial "stop-and-frisk" practice used by police officers.[25] Students and community members inside the auditorium then mounted a protest that prevented Commissioner Kelly from speaking, leading to the cancellation of the event and briefly sparking a national news story.[26] BPR Media featured a documentary account of the events inside the auditorium, "The Kelly Protest From the Inside", footage that was later featured and debated on FOX News and MSNBC.[17][18] BPR later obtained an exclusive leak of Kelly’s undelivered remarks, publishing the speech alongside an explanatory note titled, “Why The Editors Published Ray Kelly.”[27]

See also

References
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  21. Kingkade, Tyler (4 October 2013). "Brown Students Turn Camera On Fox News Correspondent Jesse Waters (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  22. Kingkade, Tyler (25 September 2013). "Brown University To Host 'Nudity In The Upspace' Week". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  23. The O'Reilly Factor (5 October 2013). "Jesse Watters Responds to Brown University Students Critical of His Nude Week Coverage". Fox News. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  24. "Raymond Kelly, New York City Police Commissioner: "Proactive Policing in America's Biggest City"". Brown University. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  25. Emma G. Fitzsimmons (29 October 2013). "Protests Halt Kelly's Speech at Brown University". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  26. Pervaiz Shallwani (29 October 2013). "Kelly Booed Off Stage During Talk". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  27. "Transcript of Ray Kelly's Never-Delivered Brown University Speech Leaked". The Village Voice. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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