Attend the 2026 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with preeminent documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Shorenstein Center Director, Nancy Gibbs, will hold a fireside chat with Burns in the JFK Jr. Forum at Harvard Kennedy School.
Hybrid
JFK Jr. Forum, HKS
6:00 PM
Join The Journalist’s Resource for an hourlong webinar on where to find reliable crime data and how to use it responsibly
Virtual
Zoom webinar
12:00 PM
Come meet the people behind the “Massachusetts phenomenon” — the community leaders and journalists joining forces and reinventing how we think about journalism as a civic service to keep communities connected, informed and engaged. This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN).
Littauer Building - L-150 TRUSTMAN & livestreamed
This event is part of our Documentary Film in the Public Interest Program!
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
6:00 PM
This event is hosted by the Institute of Politics and co-sponsored by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
6:00 PM
Practical, hands-on training for the HKS community!
Wexner Building - W-436 Large Classroom
A conversation with government officials and technology experts about building tech expertise and capacity in government, and the critical role of technology and technologists in government and public policy making.
Rubenstein 414
The Journalist’s Resource presents an online training session with former-journalist-turned-whistleblower-lawyer Eugenie Reich. JR is a project of the Shorenstein Center aimed at bridging the gap between journalism and academia. Its primary goal is helping journalists improve their work by relying more often on scientific evidence and high-quality, peer-reviewed research.
Webinar
12:00 PM
This video on ChatGPT by Sharad Goel, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, is an accessible to anyone curious about how ChatGPT works.
Littauer Building - L-140 GOODMAN & online
4:30 PM
This event is currently at capacity.
The Brattle Theater, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA
7:00 PM
This event is co-hosted by The Journalist’s Resource and EconoFact. The Journalist’s Resource is a project of the Shorenstein Center aimed at bridging the gap between journalism and academia. Its primary goal is helping journalists improve their work by relying more often on scientific evidence and high-quality, peer-reviewed research. EconoFact is a nonpartisan publication designed to bring key facts and incisive analysis to the national debate on economic and social policies. It is published by the Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World at The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Webinar
2:00 PM
Dinner and panel discussion with Erin Genia, Chi Ossé, and Brittany White, discussing strategies for developing and implementing an anti-racist agenda in various sectors of modern society. This event is co-hosted by the student-led Anti-Racism Policy Caucus and Anti-Racism Policy Journal at HKS.
Bell Hall, Harvard Kennedy School
Inaugurated in 1989, the Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics is delivered annually by a prominent journalist, politician or historian on a topic at the intersection of media and politics. Past lecturers include Jill Lepore, John Lewis, William Safire, and Walter Cronkite.
Theodore H. White Lecture
The Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press is delivered annually by a prominent journalist, scholar or practitioner on a topic related to press freedom or freedom of speech.
Salant Lecture
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