Events

February 24, 2015 — Meredith Artley, editor-in-chief of CNN Digital and president of the Online News Association, visited the Shorenstein Center to provide practical tips for journalists looking to improve the impact of their digital work. Slow down and focus. Artley acknowledged that journalists often feel overloaded, expected to produce content in multiple formats across […]

This session is part of the five-week study group series, How Shifts in Race and Cultural Identity Influence Politics, Policy and Pop Culture, led by Michele Norris. Seminars are for Harvard students only (graduate and undergraduate), and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space. Description: The Race Card Project has archived tens of thousands […]

With Aneesh Chopra and Nick Sinai, February 23, 2015, 10:00a.m. If the story below doesn’t load properly, view it on Storify. [View the story “Why Are Technology & Open Innovation Important for Public Policy Students?” on Storify]

This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space.  Guest: Jim Waldo, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Chief Technology Officer, Harvard […]

February 17, 2015 — Wesley Lowery, Washington Post reporter, discussed his extensive coverage of Ferguson, Missouri, and its lessons for the media. When Lowery arrived in Ferguson at the beginning of the protests, he had no idea what was to come. “I’m thinking I’ll drop into Missouri for a day, we’ll get a dateline in the […]

Form teams to rapidly design and prototype solutions for participating Massachusetts cities. At the end of the day, teams will present their solutions to a panel of city representatives and other experts ready to implement the best ideas. Learn more and register… Schedule (subject to change) Friday, February 20th: Kickoff, Keynote, and Team Formation Event: 5:00pm […]

This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space.  Guest: Erie Meyer, founding member, U.S. Digital Service Description: With the new government-wide U.S. Digital Service unit at the White House, […]

This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and not-for-credit. Description: The U.S. government collects and creates a ton of data that is increasingly being made available to the world. President Obama’s Open Data Initiatives include Executive Order […]

February 3, 2015 — Peter D. Hart, chairman of Hart Research Associates, a polling firm that provides polls for NBC News and The Wall Street Journal, provided an analysis of current public opinion and the implications for the 2016 presidential election. Public sentiment is more upbeat than it has been in recent years, as Hart […]

A free press and public access to information and a broad range of ideas and opinions were considered so essential for a healthy democratic republic that the Founders included protection for freedom of the press in the First Amendment to the Constitution. Alex Jones, director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, […]