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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Big Tech: Regulation and Moderation
July 29, 2020
The heads of the “Big Four” tech companies – Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook – are testifying...
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You Purged Racists From Your Website? Great, Now Get to Work
July 28, 2020
The comment sections of social media platforms hold some of the most vitriolic outbursts of hate on the...
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Protest misinformation is riding on the success of pandemic hoaxes
July 28, 2020
All it takes is a chain of misinformed retweets, reposts, or shares to start a conspiracy. While this...
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This is a Moment of Generational Change for Black People - If We Learn the Lessons of the Past
June 5, 2020
This commentary by Executive Director Setti Warren was first published in The Telegraph (UK) on June...
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George Floyd protests highlight the deep racial disparities in the US
June 2, 2020
(This article by Shorenstein Center Executive Director Setti Warren first appeared in the UK's The Telegraph...
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Dr. Joan Donovan Testifies to Congress on Media Manipulation and Disinformation
January 9, 2020
Dr. Joan Donovan testified in front of the House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce on...
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Digital Governing/Governing Digital
September 17, 2019
Several of the Shorenstein Center’s flagship projects were featured in the latest edition of the...
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Dr. Joan Donovan, Shorenstein Center expert, comments on El Paso, 8chan, and what’s next
August 6, 2019
Dr. Joan Donovan, Research Director, responds to El Paso shooting, use of manifestos as a tactic, and...