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Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with Ken Burns

Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with Ken Burns

Attend the 2026 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with preeminent documentary filmmaker Ken BurnsShorenstein Center Director, Nancy Gibbs, will hold a fireside chat with Burns in the JFK Jr. Forum at Harvard Kennedy School.

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JFK Jr. Forum, HKS
6:00 PM

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“Disinformation as Infrastructure:” Making and maintaining the QAnon conspiracy on Italian digital media

“Disinformation as Infrastructure:” Making and maintaining the QAnon conspiracy on Italian digital media

The Misinformation Speakers Series continues with Dr. Irene Pasquetto, as she presents the findings from her new paper examining how – over a period of eleven months – Italian QAnon supporters designed and maintained a distributed, multi-layered “infrastructure of disinformation.”

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Virtual Webinar

From Doomsday to Hope: Covering Solutions to the Climate and Energy Crisis

From Doomsday to Hope: Covering Solutions to the Climate and Energy Crisis

This event is open to the public and hosted on Zoom. For those who cannot attend live, the seminar will be recorded and available to watch on this page. Registration is required, and will remain open until the event begins.

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Online
12:00 PM

Using Academic Research to Keep Politicians Honest: A Free Online Training Session for Journalists Across Beats

Using Academic Research to Keep Politicians Honest: A Free Online Training Session for Journalists Across Beats

Academic studies provide the kind of high-quality evidence journalists need to ground their public policy coverage. This 50-minute training session shows reporters, editors and columnists how research articles can be a powerful tool for holding governments and politicians accountable and for fighting disinformation. Denise-Marie Ordway, managing editor of The Journalist’s Resource, at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center […]

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Virtual Training Session

Hacking Online Virality

Hacking Online Virality

This event took place on Feb. 9, 2022 as part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the NULab at Northeastern University. 

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Can Society Control Big Tech? The Competition Revolution – A Lawyer’s Perspective

Can Society Control Big Tech? The Competition Revolution – A Lawyer’s Perspective

This conversation is off the record. Please use this registration form if you wish to join us online. Please note that our speaker will be presenting in person at Harvard Kennedy School in Rubenstein 414AB (ELLWOOD DEMOCRACY LAB). Anyone with a Harvard ID is invited to join us on a first-come, first-served basis.

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The Post-Soviet Press: A Long Road to Freedom

The Post-Soviet Press: A Long Road to Freedom

Watch a discussion with people at the forefront of the struggle in Ukraine and Moldova, two countries where western support remains crucial for independent media and investigative journalism.

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Theodore H. White Lecture

Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics

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.

Nancy Gibbs and Preet Bharara have a fireside chat during the 2019 Salant Lecture.
Salant Lecture

Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press

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.

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