Olivier Sylvain will discuss how decades of communications policy shaped today’s internet, drawing on his new book, Reclaiming the Internet, to explore what this history means for online platforms and AI. This event is part of The Misinformation Speaker Series.
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Zoom & Northeastern University, 216 Massachusetts Ave, 3rd floor
4:00 PM ET
Want to do something big in the world? Hard to do that if no one knows who you are. Or worse, if what they know is wrong! This workshop will teach you how to effectively tell your story publicly. Taught by Julia Allison, fellow at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics & Public Policy. This workshop is for Harvard ID holders only.
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HKS Campus (Room announced to accepted participants)
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET
Join Shorenstein Center Fellow and USC Annenberg Professor David Craig for a discussion of his forthcoming book, Creator Nationalism: Platforms, Politics, and Influence, exploring how social media creators and influencers figure prominently in the construction, imagination, commercialization, and contestation of nationalism around the world.
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HKS Campus, 15 Eliot St., Taubman Building, Room T-520 NYE & Zoom
2:30 PM ET
Join The Journalist’s Resource and the Tow-Knight Center for Journalism Futures at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY for a discussion on how AI is changing the information landscape and practical strategies for community-focused newsrooms navigating these shifts with limited resources.
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Zoom webinar
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with influencers as varied as vegan YouTubers, dads of Instagram, and drama commentators, Angèle Christin will demystify the content creator economy, explaining its history and the pitfalls of its professionalization.
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HKS campus, Wexner Building, Room W-434 A.B. & Zoom
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Join The Journalist’s Resource and the Harvard Graduate School of Education for a webinar exploring what research reveals about AI’s impact on education, emerging challenges and research gaps, and practical strategies for journalists covering AI in schools and universities.
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Zoom webinar
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Toby Prike will cover two studies examining the impacts of perceived misinformation exposure on trust, democratic attitudes, and polarization, and present findings from an experiment examining the peer-to-peer transmission of misinformation.
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Zoom webinar
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Newest
Ali Vitali, broadcaster and journalist, author of “Electable,” and Azza Cohen, videographer to Kamala Harris and Jasmine Crockett, break down gender biases in political image-making, interrogate media narratives and advocate for equitable representation.
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HKS Campus, 15 Eliot St., Taubman Building, Room T-520 NYE
5:30 PM ET
U.S. migration is projected to plummet by 2.4 million people between 2024 and 2026. Join The Journalist’s Resource, Econofact, and It Turns Out for a live expert panel exploring the consequences for the economy, industries, and families.
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Zoom webinar
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Explore how “The Diplomat” brings the work of diplomacy to life, the people and experiences that shape the series, and what the show can reveal about the practice of diplomacy in a period of profound geopolitical change.
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JFK Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
October 26 - 6:00 PM ET
Join BISG for an interactive book talk with Stanford Professor Nir Halevy to learn practical ways to navigate workplace hierarchies and build healthier organizations.
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Harvard Campus, Wexner Building, Room W-G02
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
A webinar to help inform reporting on the budget deficit in the United States
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Zoom webinar
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Shorenstein Center fellow Sylvia Chou will discuss the challenges facing health misinformation research, including pressures on federal funding and scientific inquiry, and identify priorities for advancing the field. This event is part of The Misinformation Speaker Series.
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Zoom & Northeastern University, 216 Massachusetts Ave, 3rd floor
12:00 PM ET
Media access to the White House has become an increasingly important topic of discussion ahead of the midterm elections. To break this down, we welcome Don Lemon, an award-winning journalist who spent thirty years at CNN, NBC, and MSNBC before leaving network television to build his own media company, along with Fall 2026 IOP Resident Fellow Chris Whipple.
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JFK Jr. Forum
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
Talia Stroud will discuss new research on whether correcting people’s perceptions about how widespread misinformation is can change their attitudes and behaviors. This event is part of The Misinformation Speaker Series.
Event
Zoom & Northeastern University, 216 Massachusetts Ave, 3rd floor
11:00 AM ET
Experts will break down key federal benefit and tax policies, including Medicaid, Social Security, and the tax treatment of tips and overtime income.
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Zoom webinar
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Join The Journalist’s Resource and technology and government expert, Erie Meyer, to learn specific techniques to interrogate corporate chatbots
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Zoom webinar
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Inaugurated in 1989, the Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics is delivered annually by a prominent journalist, politician or historian on a topic at the intersection of media and politics. Past lecturers include Jill Lepore, John Lewis, William Safire, and Walter Cronkite.
Theodore H. White Lecture
The Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press is delivered annually by a prominent journalist, scholar or practitioner on a topic related to press freedom or freedom of speech.
Salant Lecture
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