Nilagia McCoy

Meet the Finalists: 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

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The annual Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting honors investigative reporting that best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics. On our Media and Politics podcast, we interview some of the finalists for this year’s award. The Shorenstein Center’s podcast is also available on iTunes, Google Play, iHeartRadio, […]

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Meet the Finalists: 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

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The annual Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting honors investigative reporting that best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics. On our Media and Politics podcast, we interview some of the finalists for this year’s award. The Shorenstein Center’s podcast is also available on iTunes, Google Play, iHeartRadio,

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Kate Starbird

Muddied Waters: Online Disinformation during Crisis Events

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Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.  Recent public attention and debate around “fake news” has highlighted the growing challenge of determining information veracity online. This is a complex and dynamic problem at the intersection of technology, human cognition, and human behavior—i.e. our strategies and heuristics for making

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Nancy Gibbs

Nancy Gibbs Named Visiting Edward R. Murrow Professor at Harvard Kennedy School

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Media Contact: Doug Gavel, 617-495-1115, doug_gavel@hks.harvard.edu Director of Media Relations, Harvard Kennedy School CAMBRIDGE MA— Nancy Gibbs, former Editor in Chief of Time, has been named a visiting member of the faculty at Harvard Kennedy School and to the Edward R. Murrow Chair of Press, Politics, and Public Policy. She will serve as a faculty

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Kate Starbird

Muddied Waters: Online Disinformation during Crisis Events

Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government, Technology / By

Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.  Recent public attention and debate around “fake news” has highlighted the growing challenge of determining information veracity online. This is a complex and dynamic problem at the intersection of technology, human cognition, and human behavior—i.e. our strategies and heuristics for making

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Nancy Gibbs

Nancy Gibbs Named Visiting Edward R. Murrow Professor at Harvard Kennedy School

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Media Contact: Doug Gavel, 617-495-1115, doug_gavel@hks.harvard.edu Director of Media Relations, Harvard Kennedy School CAMBRIDGE MA— Nancy Gibbs, former Editor in Chief of Time, has been named a visiting member of the faculty at Harvard Kennedy School and to the Edward R. Murrow Chair of Press, Politics, and Public Policy. She will serve as a faculty

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Tom Wheeler

Tom Wheeler on the FCC, Net Neutrality, and Platform Regulation

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February 27, 2018—Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the FCC from 2013 to 2017 under President Obama and Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, discussed technological change, President Trump’s FCC, regulation of social platforms, and more during a talk at the Shorenstein Center. Below are some highlights from his conversation with Shorenstein Center Director Nicco Mele, as

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Elizabeth Bruenig

Media and Politics Must Reads, February 23, 2018

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Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. Sign up to receive Media and Politics Must Reads in your inbox each week. Also connect with us on Twitter and Facebook for more updates. This week at the Shorenstein Center The Washington Post‘s Elizabeth Bruenig on

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Elizabeth Bruenig

The Washington Post‘s Elizabeth Bruenig on Religion, Politics, and the Left

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February 20, 2018—Elizabeth Bruenig, Washington Post columnist, discussed the role of Christianity in U.S. politics with Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy, during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. Below are some highlights from the conversation, as well as the full audio. The Shorenstein Center’s podcast is also available on iTunes, Google Play, iHeartRadio, and Stitcher. Commonalities between Christianity and

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