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.
Hybrid
JFK Jr. Forum, HKS
6:00 PM
Join The Journalist’s Resource for an hourlong webinar on where to find reliable crime data and how to use it responsibly
Virtual
Zoom webinar
12:00 PM
Take part in a conversation with the recipients of the 2025 David Nyhan Prizes for Public Policy Journalism, Judd Legum and Samantha Maldonado. The discussion will explore their career accomplishments and the ethos behind their work, including a candid, peer-to-peer exchange between the honorees.
Virtual
1:00 PM
A workshop for Harvard University students on how to apply a service design mindset to improve public services.
Allison Dining Room (Taubman Building, 5th Floor)
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
A timely panel discussion about how the media has seeded, promoted, and occasionally knocked down bias, sexism, and misogynoir in public discussions about female politicians, and what the research says about how this coverage has changed in recent years (if at all). This event was co-sponsored by the Women and Public Policy Program at HKS.
Zoom webinar
3:00 PM
Join Cait Conley, Senior Advisor to the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for a practical briefing on known and potential threats to the 2024 elections, how election stakeholders are mitigating those threats, and advice on how journalists can prepare to report on them. This webinar is hosted by The Journalist’s Resource. NOTE the start time is now 1pm ET.
Zoom webinar
In this webinar CarbonPlan research scientist Grayson Badgley and editorial lead Maggie Koerth will walk participants through the ins-and-outs of OffsetsDB, an open-access database of carbon offsets projects from around the world. This webinar is hosted by The Journalist’s Resource.
Zoom webinar
12:00 PM
A collection of Anja Niedringhaus’ powerful images from Afghanistan and Pakistan are on display at Harvard until June 2, 2024 in honor of the 10th anniversary of her death. This photography exhibit of Anja Niedringhaus’ work is co-sponsored by the Nieman Foundation.
Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) Knafel Concourse, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138
7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Join co-hosts Clark Merrefield and Michael Klein for a webinar on the public financing of sports venues. This webinar was presented by The Journalist’s Resource and Econofact.
Zoom webinar
10:00 AM
Join the Behavioral Insights Student Group (BISG) in conversation with Cass Sunstein on his recently published book, Look Again.
Zoom Webinar
12:00 PM
This event was 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 NULab at Northeastern University.
R-414-AB David Ellwood Democracy Lab, Rubenstein Building
3:30 PM
The event is co-hosted by The Documentary Film in the Public Interest program at the Shorenstein Center, The Committee on Degrees in Folklore & Mythology, The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and the Mahindra Humanities Center.
Thompson Room, Barker Center, Harvard College
6:30 PM
The winners of the 2023 Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism in a conversation about reporting on Texas politics.
virtual
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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