At this time of division and distrust, our broken information environment poses a threat to the public good. The Shorenstein Center is addressing this challenge at its root by examining how essential information is created, conveyed and consumed.
Featured Publications
The Journalist’s Resource helps journalists and the public get up to speed on academic studies about complex problems and their potential solutions.
The goal: more high-quality research in the news stream.
The HKS Misinformation Review is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes multidisciplinary research on mis- and disinformation on a fast timeline to get important new research into the hands of practitioners who need it.
Spotlight Shorenstein
“Unlocked,” a new explanatory content series designed to make the inner workings of government more accessible to journalists, content creators, and others...
The Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is excited...
The Shorenstein Center welcomes leading photo editor and creative director Kira Pollack as a 2025 Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow.
Pollack...
The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is pleased to announce that The Washington Post’s Opinions series “Who is Government?” is the...
The Speaker Series on Misinformation invites academic experts in the fields of mis- and disinformation research to present their research. The series is...
April 21, 2025
3:00 p.m. ET - 4:00 p.m. ET
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Event Recordings
The annual Goldsmith Awards, presented by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, honors public service...
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