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Shorenstein Center Fellow Caitlin Dickerson wins Pulitzer Prize
May 10, 2023
Congratulations to Spring 2023 Shorenstein Center Fellow Caitlin Dickerson, investigative reporter and feature writer for The Atlantic, on winning the...
Behavioral Decision Science, In the News, News,
Shorenstein Center Researchers Lead Global Study on COVID-19 Messaging
October 6, 2022
By James F. Smith, Harvard Kennedy School Article originally published at hks.harvard.edu. Harvard researchers lead vast experiment in 84 countries to...
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HKS Magazine: Professor Todd Rogers and the Behavioral Insights Group
September 14, 2021
Todd Rogers, Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School and a new resident faculty member of the Shorenstein Center, was profiled in the latest issue...
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Nancy Gibbs reflects on writing the TIME cover story about the September 11th attacks
September 10, 2021
“If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us...
Disinformation, In the News, News, Tech Policy,
Dr. Joan Donovan's work profiled in The Boston Globe
August 23, 2021
“Every day around 9 p.m., Joan Donovan bids her wife good night, heads into her home office — which she calls the “dungeon” — and binges white supremacist...
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Harvard Magazine Features Shorenstein Center Disinformation Researchers
June 16, 2021
Dr. Joan Donovan, Shorenstein Center Research Director and Director of the Technology and Social Change Project, is featured in this month’s Harvard...
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Ann Cooper on the arrest of Raman Pratasevich in Belarus
May 25, 2021
Ann Cooper was a 2020 Joan Shorenstein Fellow. She previously served as executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists from 1998 until June...
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Covid Relief Bill Throws Lifeline to Transform Local News
March 10, 2021
A provision in the $1.9-trillion Covid-19 relief bill passed today by the House of Representatives will provide $86 billion in grants to failing multi-employer...
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What will it take to stand up again together? Start with accountability
September 14, 2020
The United States succumbed to a “cascade of crises” in the spring and summer of 2020, as the nation simultaneously grappled with a pandemic, a recession,...
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India’s TikTok Ban Dispels the Myth of the "China Bogeyman"
September 14, 2020
US tech giants like Mark Zuckerberg have long warned that heavy regulation on data collection for social media platforms like Facebook will strengthen...
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