Public Interest Journalism Publications

Discussion Papers, News Business & Practice, Public Interest Journalism, Publications,
The Future of Trustworthy Information: Learning from Online Content Creators
December 9, 2024
The views expressed in Shorenstein Center Discussion Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of Harvard Kennedy School,...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Discussion Papers, News Business & Practice, Politics & Government, Prizes & Lectures, Public Interest Journalism, Publications, Uncategorized,
The Presidency Above the Campaign
February 6, 2024
CBS News Prime Time anchor John Dickerson, who has covered eight presidential candidates in his career as a political journalist, gave the Theodore H....
Discussion Papers, Journalistic Practice, Public Interest Journalism, Publications,
Journalism Maybe
August 8, 2023
Kathy Gannon was a Joan Shorenstein Fellow for the 2022 fall semester at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. For 35 years she...
Disinformation, International Affairs, Public Interest Journalism, Publications, Tech Policy,
Research and Resources on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
March 11, 2022
Faculty, fellows, and researchers from across the Shorenstein Center are focusing on the war in Ukraine. They are helping to understand the role of disinformation...
Discussion Papers, Public Interest Journalism, Publications,
Disrupted media – disrupted academy: Rethinking African j-schools
February 15, 2022
The views expressed in Shorenstein Center Discussion Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of Harvard Kennedy School or...
Discussion Papers, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Public Interest Journalism, Publications,
Public Media Mergers Playbook
January 14, 2021
As local journalism continues to struggle to find a new economic footing, public media is one stalwart ally and anchor in the new local journalism landscape....
Discussion Papers, Journalistic Practice, Local News, News Business & Practice, Press Freedom, Public Interest Journalism, Publications,
The National Trust for Local News
October 4, 2020
Proposing a new framework for newspaper ownership and governance that leverages national capital markets and supports accountability and decision-making...
Discussion Papers, Environment, Health & Science, International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Public Interest Journalism, Publications,
Conveying Truth: Independent Media in Putin’s Russia
August 10, 2020
A new report from Shorenstein Center Fellow Ann Cooper describes the origins and evolution of independent media in Russia from the late Soviet era to...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Discussion Papers, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Public Interest Journalism, Publications,
Hanging by a Thread: Serialized Narratives in a Post-Factual Era
March 11, 2020
In today’s media saturated culture, storytelling itself has become the story. It’s a Choose Your Own Adventure moment, and the stories we choose - and...
Discussion Papers, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Public Interest Journalism, Publications,
Streaming War Won
April 29, 2019
Every era and every new medium — print, radio, television, cable, and the Internet — has found news essential to building and keeping audience. What does...