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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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Chicago Tribune reporters win Goldsmith Prize, Nicholas D. Kristof delivers keynote

Chicago Tribune reporters win Goldsmith Prize, Nicholas D. Kristof delivers keynote

Goldsmith Awards Ceremony with the presentation of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, the Book Prize, and the Career Award for Excellence in Journalism. Keynote address by Nicholas D. Kristof.

Tuesday, March 5, 6 p.m., John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School.

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Bloomberg Businessweek Editor sees multiple paths to profit for news

Bloomberg Businessweek Editor sees multiple paths to profit for news

March 5, 2013 – There isn’t a single “path to profit” for newspapers and magazines, said Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel at Tuesday’s Shorenstein Center event. However, Tyrangiel noted that the future of journalism will rely on many different styles and models integrated with each other. Historically, Tyrangiel said, Time magazine and other publishers operated under the […]

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Hyperpartisanship will impact Obama’s legacy, says Daily Beast’s Tomasky

Hyperpartisanship will impact Obama’s legacy, says Daily Beast’s Tomasky

February 26, 2013 – Political analyst Michael Tomasky, who writes for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, spoke to the Shorenstein Center about President Obama’s legacy, and how it compares to Reagan’s. There is not a clear comparison yet, Tomasky said, but he acknowledged that as Reagan shifted the “political gravity” to the right, Obama has shifted […]

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Julia Angwin: Privacy in the Digital Age

Julia Angwin: Privacy in the Digital Age

February 19, 2013 – Julia Angwin, senior technology editor for The Wall Street Journal, discussed the implications of surveillance and privacy online. What is the definition of privacy, how has that definition changed, and what is the legal side? Below is the complete recap. Click here to view in Storify. http://storify.com/shorensteinctr/julia-angwin-privacy-in-the-digital-age

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Time’s Nancy Gibbs says demand has never been greater for ‘responsible, authoritative reporting’

Time’s Nancy Gibbs says demand has never been greater for ‘responsible, authoritative reporting’

February 14, 2013 – Amid news of Time Warner possibly selling off most of its print magazines, Nancy Gibbs, deputy managing editor of Time magazine, told the Shorenstein Center that she is “enormously optimistic” about the future of the publication, and the journalism industry as a whole. Gibbs began by looking back at Time‘s history, with […]

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NYT Public Editor Sees Social Media as ‘Double-Edged Sword’ That Is Changing Objective Journalism

NYT Public Editor Sees Social Media as ‘Double-Edged Sword’ That Is Changing Objective Journalism

February 12, 2013 – Margaret Sullivan, Public Editor of The New York Times, outlined two opposing sides on the issue of how social media is changing traditional reporting and objectivity. To illustrate the distinction, Sullivan used examples written by two thought-leaders in journalism:  Tom Kent, standards editor for the Associated Press, Jay Rosen, a journalism professor […]

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Discussion with Ferai Tinc

Discussion with Ferai Tinc

February 5, 2013 – “A Close Look at the Loss of Freedom of the Press and Deterioration of Human Rights in Turkey.” A discussion with Ferai Tinc, Former foreign news editor of Hürriyet, one of Turkey’s leading daily newspapers.

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Six Finalists for 2013 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting Announced

Six Finalists for 2013 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting Announced

January 31, 2012 – Six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, which carries a cash award of $25,000, will be announced at an […]

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Shorenstein Center Welcomes Leaders in Journalism and Digital Media for Spring 2013

Shorenstein Center Welcomes Leaders in Journalism and Digital Media for Spring 2013

January 24, 2014 – The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, located at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is pleased to announce its 2013 Spring Fellows. “We have an all-star group of fellows from the heights of journalism and politics and the pinnacle of digital technology, and it promises […]

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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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