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.
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JFK Jr. Forum, HKS
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This second event on Julia Minson’s new book, How to Disagree Better, will feature a fireside chat between Minson and fellow Harvard Kennedy School faculty member Todd Rogers exploring depolarization as a growing challenge, the promise of behavioral science approaches, and the difficulties of designing interventions that truly work.
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HKS campus, Taubman Building, Nye ABC
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
A celebration of journalism and storytelling that impact public policy and the functioning of government.
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JFK Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
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A recording of this event is available below.
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This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks, the Network Science Institute, and the Shorenstein Center.
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A recording of this event is available below.
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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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You can watch a recording of this event below.
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You can watch a recording of this event below.
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You can watch a recording of this event below.
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You can watch a recording of this event below.
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This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University.
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Samiullah Mahdi, Afghan journalist and Spring 2021 Shorenstein Fellow, in discussion with Charles Sennott, founder of The Ground Truth Project and Report for America.
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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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