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
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Join the Behavioral Insights Student Group (BISG) in conversation with Cass Sunstein on his recently published book, Look Again.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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virtual
Join Shorenstein fellow Alison King in conversation with Bernie Sanders.
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JFK Jr. Forum
3:00 PM
Russian journalist and a friend of Navalny’s of twenty years, Yevgenia Albats, tells the story of the slain Russian opposition leader and what it means for the future of the country.
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L-140 GOODMAN, Littauer Building & Zoom
4:30 PM
Join the Behavioral Insights Student Group (BISG) and Zoe Chance in conversation with Michael Norton on his latest book, “The Ritual Effect.”
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Zoom Webinar
12:00 PM
Karin Chien, in conversation with Jian Yi, charts the evolution of her work at dGenerate Films, acquiring independent Chinese films and releasing them in the US through a partnership with Icarus Films. Karin is a fellow for the Documentary Film in the Public Interest program at the Shorenstein Center. Elsie Chen will moderate this talk. This event is co-sponsored by the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
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R-414-AB David Ellwood Democracy Lab, Rubenstein Building, HKS Campus & Zoom
10:00 AM
In this webinar journalists will learn the history of diversity initiatives, common myths about DEI today and the latest research showing what works — and doesn’t work — for creating equal opportunity and better outcomes among students, faculty and staff, and college campuses as a whole.
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Zoom webinar
1:00 PM
A discussion with Marty Baron on the importance of objective journalism in a democratic society and the role of media in a presidential election.
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JFK Jr. Forum
6:00 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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