Steve Johnson, an early internet pioneer, founded Johnson-Grace to build the image compression algorithm that powered AOL’s first online pictures in 1993. He later served as AOL’s head of R&D before turning to philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and advocacy on education, climate, the arts, and LGBTIQ rights. A longtime senior fellow at related HKS research centers, he is co-founder and CEO of AI company Notable Systems and author of A Thousand Miles From Care (Harper Collins), a book on his decades-long pursuit of justice for his brother, which uncovered systemic failings in Australia’s handling of anti-gay violence. At Shorenstein, he will work on his forthcoming book The Freedom Algorithm, engaging the Harvard community in debate over internet governance and digital safety.
The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center strives to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars, and between them and the public.
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