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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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Disagreeing Better in a Polarized World: A conversation with Julia Minson and Todd Rogers

Disagreeing Better in a Polarized World: A conversation with Julia Minson and Todd Rogers

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

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2026 Goldsmith Awards Ceremony

2026 Goldsmith Awards Ceremony

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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What is Stronger Than Hate? Lessons from Testimony, Media, and Scholarship

What is Stronger Than Hate? Lessons from Testimony, Media, and Scholarship

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, and the USC Shoah Foundation, joined Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow and University of Southern California President Carol Folt on April 27, 2021 for an event celebrating Harvard University’s subscription to USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive, making the archive available to the Harvard community.

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What is Stronger Than Hate? Lessons from Testimony, Media, and Scholarship

What is Stronger Than Hate? Lessons from Testimony, Media, and Scholarship

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, and the USC Shoah Foundation, joined Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow and University of Southern California President Carol Folt on April 27, 2021 for an event celebrating Harvard University’s subscription to USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive, making the archive available […]

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Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology

Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology

This book talk with the authors of “Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology” took place on April 22, 2021, hosted by Professor Latanya Sweeney, Kathy Pham, and David Eaves. It was co-sponsored by the new Public Interest Tech Lab at the Shorenstein Center, and supported by the Teaching Public Service in […]

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Where are they now? Securing Roles in Tech and Society

Where are they now? Securing Roles in Tech and Society

Shorenstein Center Senior Fellow Kathy Pham moderated this discussion with Harvard Kennedy School and MIT alumni working in the nexus of tech, product, policy, and society.

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The Environment for Tech Regulation

The Environment for Tech Regulation

This event was part of the Shorenstein Center Alumni Fellows Speaker Series, and was held on April 16, 2021. Former Commissioners of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission Tom Wheeler (Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 Walter Shorenstein Fellow) and Michael Copps (Fall 2013 Shorenstein Fellow) joined Shorenstein Center Research Director Joan Donovan for a conversation about […]

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Announcing the Winner of the 2021 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Announcing the Winner of the 2021 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to present the 2021 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting to:  “Mississippi’s Dangerous and Dysfunctional Penal System” by Joseph Neff, Alysia Santo, Anna Wolfe, and Michelle Liuof The Marshall Project, Mississippi Today, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, Jackson Clarion-Ledger, and the USA TODAY Network.  The Goldsmith […]

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A Study of Confucius Institute Teachers Around the World

A Study of Confucius Institute Teachers Around the World

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 – Part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University. Jennifer Pan is an Assistant Professor of Communication, and an Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science and Sociology at Stanford University. Her research resides at the intersection of political communication and authoritarian politics, showing how authoritarian governments work […]

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More Than Ready: Lessons from Women of Color in Public Tech Leadership, Reflections & Resources

More Than Ready: Lessons from Women of Color in Public Tech Leadership, Reflections & Resources

“Technology is not what’s needed to fix delivery. It’s technologists.” On March 11th, 2021, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy hosted an event with Cecilia Muñoz, moderated by Kathy Pham, to highlight some of the important topics and experiences that technologists – particularly those of color – joining government […]

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2021 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting Panel Discussion

2021 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting Panel Discussion

Thursday, March 25, 2021 – The Shorenstein Center hosted a panel discussion with the finalists for the 2021 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, ProPublica’s Neil Bedi, IndyStar’s Tony Cook, The Washington Post health reporter Dan Diamond, The News & Observer’s Joseph Neff, Reuters data journalist Janet Roberts, and The Marshall Project’s Abbie VanSickle. The conversation […]

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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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