Events

Upcoming Events

Dubious News and the Aging American: Understanding Discernment and Engagement Among Older Adults

Dubious News and the Aging American: Understanding Discernment and Engagement Among Older Adults

In this talk, Professor Lyons will explore the question “Why do older adults engage more with misinformation online, even when they often identify falsehoods correctly in surveys?” This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University.

Hybrid

Wexner Building - W-434 A.B. Conference Room & Zoom
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

The Prevalence and Policy Consequences of “mRNA Vaccine Stigmatization” in the US

The Prevalence and Policy Consequences of “mRNA Vaccine Stigmatization” in the US

In this talk, Professor Matt Motta will argue that although it’s presently unclear if efforts to stigmatize mRNA vaccines by many prominent voices in American public life have impacted broader US public opinion, there is growing reason to believe that it will. This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University.

Hybrid

Belfer Building – B-200 Starr Auditorium & Zoom
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

BISG Book Talk with Judd Kessler (“Lucky By Design”)

BISG Book Talk with Judd Kessler (“Lucky By Design”)

Join the Behavioral Insights Student Group (BISG) in conversation with Judd Kessler on his recently published book, “Lucky By Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want.”

Hybrid

HKS campus, Taubman Building - T-520 Nye A, B, C & Zoom
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Past Events

Listening for the Story: A Columnist’s View

Listening for the Story: A Columnist’s View

February 21, 2006 – “Listening for the Story: A Columnist’s View.” Brown-bag lunch with Connie Schultz, columnist at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.

Melinda Liu awarded 2006 Shorenstein Prize

Melinda Liu awarded 2006 Shorenstein Prize

February 16, 2006 — The 2006 receipient of the Shorenstein Prize for Reporting on Asia is journalist Melinda Liu. The Shorenstein Journalism Award honors a journalist for a distinguished body of work that contributes to our understanding about the complexities of Asia. Liu joined Newsweek in 1980 and opened the Beijing bureau the same year; […]

Journalists serve two bosses, says Ken Auletta of the New Yorker

Journalists serve two bosses, says Ken Auletta of the New Yorker

February 14, 2006 — At the Shorenstein Center’s brown-bag lunch, Ken Auletta, “Annals of Communication” columnist for the New Yorker, discussed for whom the journalist works. Broadly speaking, Auletta said, the news media serve two groups: the general readership, on the one hand; their corporate owners, on the other. The interests of these two groups […]

We the Media: The Rise of Grassroots, Open-Source Journalism, and the Coming Era of the Citizen Activist

We the Media: The Rise of Grassroots, Open-Source Journalism, and the Coming Era of the Citizen Activist

February 13, 2006 – “We the Media: The Rise of Grassroots, Open-Source Journalism, and the Coming Era of the Citizen Activist.” A talk with Dan Gillmor, founder and director of the Center for Citizen Media. Part I of Berkman Center’s (Harvard Law School) Citizen Media Series, a series of five talks centering on recent developments in […]

Post’s Hiatt looks at journalism in partisan political culture

Post’s Hiatt looks at journalism in partisan political culture

February 8, 2006 — At the Shorenstein Center’s brown-bag lunch, Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor for the Washington Post, considered the implications of a highly partisan political culture and an increasingly fractured media environment on opinion journalism. As editor of the Post‘s editorial, op-ed and letters section, he said he is intent on presenting a […]

Press Freedom, Journalists’ Safety, and the Conflict in Iraq

Press Freedom, Journalists’ Safety, and the Conflict in Iraq

February 7, 2006 – Press Freedom, Journalists’ Safety, and the Conflict in Iraq.” Brown-bag lunch with Ann Cooper, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the global defense of press freedom.

Former L.A. Times editor to serve as first Knight Visiting Lecturer

Former L.A. Times editor to serve as first Knight Visiting Lecturer

December 15, 2005 — The Shorenstein Center is delighted to announce that we will host the first Knight Visiting Lecturer, a position for distinguished journalists who will study, analyze and comment on the future of journalism in America and around the world. John S. Carroll, former editor of The Los Angeles Times, is the first […]

Press, Politics and Public Policy: The Domestic and International View

Press, Politics and Public Policy: The Domestic and International View

December 12, 2005 – “Press, Politics and Public Policy: The Domestic and International View.” Symposium with Shorenstein Fellows: David Anable, Christian Science Monitor; Diane Francis, National Post; Sunshine Hillygus, Harvard University; Zhengrong Hu, Communication University of China; and Kevin Ryan, Brigadier General (Ret.).

Coming Home from the ‘War on Terror.’

Coming Home from the ‘War on Terror.’

December 6, 2005 – “Coming Home from the ‘War on Terror.’ ” Brown-bag lunch with Charles Sennott, 2006 Nieman Fellow.

Woodward, Bernstein: Anonymous sources vital to getting information

Woodward, Bernstein: Anonymous sources vital to getting information

December 5, 2005 — Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who as young reporters broke the Watergate scandal wide open, came together again for a Kennedy School Forum discussion on anonymous sources and journalistic integrity. Described by moderator Alex Jones, director of the Shorenstein Center, as “the most celebrated and admired reporting team in history,” both […]

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