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
6:00 PM
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
Newest
Shorenstein Center adjunct faculty member, Kathy Pham, will speak about the intersections of data bias, algorithmic justice, and public policy at this session of Data + Donuts, hosted by Harvard Kennedy School Library & Research Services.
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HKS Campus, Allison Dining Room & Zoom
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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 Northeastern University Internet and Democracy Initiative.
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Northeastern University, 177 Huntington Ave. 11th floor & Zoom
2:00 PM
Join The Journalist’s Resource for an hourlong, on-the-record webinar on how to improve immigration news coverage with data-driven reporting and original story ideas.
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Zoom webinar
12:00 PM
Join Professor Alison Wood Brooks for a celebration of her latest book, including interactive exercises, a faculty roundtable with Shorenstein Center faculty member Todd Rogers, Mike Norton, and Leslie John, and acoustic music from ‘The Lights.’
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Harvard Business School, Campus Classroom: Aldrich 112 & Virtual
Join The Journalist’s Resource and Econofact for an hourlong, on-the-record webinar about the future of tariffs in 2025, days before the second Trump administration begins.
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Zoom webinar
12:00 PM
Join seasoned political reporters and analysts for a webinar in which we will examine what lies ahead for 2025, as the second Trump Administration takes office and Congress reconvenes.
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Virtual
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
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 the Northeastern University Internet and Democracy Initiative.
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Northeastern University, 177 Huntington Ave. 11th floor & Zoom
10:00 AM
This informational webinar is a chance to learn more the new Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting, honored at our annual Goldsmith Awards ceremony. Attendees will learn more about the goals of the new prize and the types of reporting it seeks to honor, and will have the chance to ask about the prize specifics.
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Zoom webinar
4:00 PM
Watch a conversation with award winning writer, journalist, and founding director of the Shorenstein Center, Marvin Kalb, about his new book, “A Different Russia: Krushchev and Kennedy on a Collision Course.”
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Zoom webinar
4:00 PM
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 the Northeastern University Internet and Democracy Initiative.
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Belfer Building - B-200 Starr Auditorium & Zoom
12:00 PM
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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