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Big, If True Webinar: New Year, Fresh Threats

Friday, January 29, 2021 – In this episode of Big, If True, our host Joan Donovan, PhD asks: what can mis- and disinformation scholars learn from the security studies field? What happens when security threats are inflated by governments? And how do security scholars analyze and account for civil liberties against the rise of digital search tools and surveillance? […]

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Beyond White Feminism: Not ‘Healing’ the US Back to an Anti-Feminist Future

In the wake of the 2020 Presidential Election and the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a growing narrative about “healing” the country and “getting back to normal.” For women and other marginalized genders, specifically, going “back to normal” means exploitative labor, poor wages, and lack of paid and/or subsidized parental leave and childcare among other issues. These

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Crash Course on Tech Work in Government Briefing: Reflections & Resources

As part of a collaboration between Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy and the Georgetown University Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, a group of notable current and former government technologists hosted a webinar on Thursday, December 10, 2020 to highlight some of the important topics that technologists –

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Latinx Leadership in America: A Conversation with Maria Hinojosa and Jorge Ramos

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 – With decades of journalistic and leadership experience between them, Maria Hinojosa and Jorge Ramos have championed progress and hope in U.S. Latinx communities while exposing how prejudice and failed policies have prevented the U.S. from reaching its potential as a nation of immigrants. Drawing on their shared Mexican-American background, they celebrate and consider the multifaceted,

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30th Annual Theodore H. White Lecture: “The Challenges Facing the Media on November 3rd and Beyond” with Eugene Robinson

On Wednesday, October 28, 2020 the Shorenstein Center presented the 30th annual Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics, delivered virtually at the JFK Jr. Forum by Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, with Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs moderating. As the 2020 election quickly approaches, are there similarities to 2016 or is this a continuation of an unprecedented cycle

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Election 2020: Behind the Decision Desk

Election 2020: Behind the Decision Desk

On Friday, October 23, 2020 The Institute of Politics and the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy hosted a discussion with newsroom leaders on navigating the complexity of Election coverage this November. Nancy Gibbs, Director of the Shorenstein Center and former Editor-in-Chief of TIME, is joined in conversation with Brian Carovillano, Vice President and Managing

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David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism Webinar

On Friday, October 23, 2020 the Shorenstein Center hosted a webinar with 2019 David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism winner James Goodman, and previous winners David von Drehle (2018) and Nancy Kaffer (2016), discussing the challenges facing local newsrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation was moderated by Nancy Gibbs, Director of the Shorenstein Center. You can watch a recording of the event

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The Time Has Come to Regulate Digital Platforms

On Wednesday, October 14, 2020 the Shorenstein Center hosted a discussion with Tom Wheeler, Phil Verveer, Gene Kimmelman, Mignon Clyburn, and Jason Furman around the recently released paper “New Digital Realities; New Oversight Solutions in the U.S., The Case for a Digital Platform Agency and a New Approach to Regulatory Oversight” from the Shorenstein Center’s Digital Platforms & Democracy Project. You can

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Creating New Futures for Local Newspapers

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 the Shorenstein Center hosted a conversation with Elizabeth Hansen and Marc Hand, who have released a paper proposing a new National Trust for Local News that would support the financing and transition of local newspapers to new ownership and governance structures. They present the outline of their proposal in this webinar, and engage in

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Confronting Disinformation: A Conversation with Audrey Tang

On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 the Shorenstein Center hosted a virtual conversation with Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s Digital Minister in charge of Social Innovation, moderated by Dr. Joan Donovan. This event was cosponsored by The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. You can watch a recording of the event below: Audrey

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