Race & Gender Publications

Discussion Papers, News Business & Practice, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
Self-Optimization in the Face of Patriarchy: How Mainstream Women’s Media Facilitates White Feminism
January 5, 2021
The capitalistic, corporate, individualistic narratives of fourth-wave and white feminism are communicated and reinforced by mainstream women's media....
Discussion Papers, Disinformation, Policy & Issues, Public Interest Technology, Publications, Race & Gender, Technology,
Canaries in the Coal Mine: COVID-19 Misinformation and Black Communities
June 24, 2020
Even as Black people are disproportionately dying from the virus due to systemic racism, harmful inaccuracies about COVID-19 are metastasizing in Black...
Discussion Papers, Domestic Affairs, Government Institutions, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Public Interest Technology, Publications, Race & Gender,
Can Cities Save the Census? A Local Framework for Our Nation's First Digital Count
April 1, 2019
With trust in federal government and institutions at historic lows, local governments, including cities and counties, must play a critical role in the...
Domestic Affairs, Faculty Research, Government Institutions, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Race & Gender, Technology,
Estimating the Effect of Asking About Citizenship on the U.S. Census
March 21, 2019
The 2020 U.S. Census will, for the first time since 1950, ask about residents’ citizenship status. The effect of doing so on census completion across different...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Domestic Affairs, Government Institutions, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Race & Gender,
Setti Warren on government, campaigns, and the media
October 3, 2018
September 18, 2018—Setti Warren, new Executive Director of the Shorenstein Center, and former mayor of Newton, MA, joined Nicco Mele to discuss local government,...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
In the Shadow of Kerner: Fifty Years Later, Newsroom Diversity and Equity Stall
May 22, 2018
Introduction The staffing of the American news media has never fully reflected the diversity of the nation. For most of the country’s history, Latino and...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Race & Gender,
Jelani Cobb on Race, Populism, and Politics
April 18, 2018
April 17—Jelani Cobb, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center and staff writer for The New Yorker, discussed the influence of history...
Audio & Video, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender, Technology,
#MeToo and the Media
April 10, 2018
A panel discussion featuring Koa Beck, editor-in-chief of Jezebel; Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate; Zerlina Maxwell, senior director of Progressive...
Environment, Health & Science, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
ProPublica’s Talia Buford on Environmental Inequity
April 3, 2018
April 3, 2018—Talia Buford, reporter for ProPublica, discussed environmental justice, the complexities of covering the environment, how environmental policy...
Audio & Video, Environment, Health & Science, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Race & Gender,
ProPublica’s Talia Buford on Environmental Inequity
April 3, 2018
April 3, 2018—Talia Buford, reporter for ProPublica, discussed environmental justice, the complexities of covering the environment, how environmental policy...