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
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.
Wexner Building - W-434 A.B. Conference Room, HKS Campus
2:00 PM
This screening is co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center’s Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative and The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University.
Piper Auditorium, Harvard Graduate School of Design
6:00 PM
This event is presented by the Public Interest Tech Lab at The Shorenstein Center. It is in-person only & lunch will be provided.
Rubenstein Building - R-414-AB David Ellwood Democracy Lab
12:00 PM
This event is presented by The Shorenstein Center’s Documentary Film in the Public Interest Program. It is co-sponsored by the Harvard Art Museums, the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development at Harvard Kennedy School, and the Harvard University Native American Program.
Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Enter at the Broadway Entrance
7:00 PM
After a pandemic hiatus, the Shorenstein Center’s annual Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics is back this year with CBS News Prime Time anchor John Dickerson.
JFK Jr. Forum
This event is hosted by The Journalist’s Resource. The Journalist’s Resource is a project of the Shorenstein Center aimed at bridging the gap between journalism and academia. Its primary goal is helping journalists improve their work by relying more often on scientific evidence and high-quality, peer-reviewed research.
Webinar
12:00 PM
This event was co-sponsored by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at HKS and the Women and Public Policy Program. It was presented by The Shorenstein Center’s Documentary Film in the Public Interest Program.
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
6:00 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.
Belfer Building - B-200 STARR AUDITORIUM
This is the kickoff event for the Behavioral Insights Student Group (BISG) for the 2023-2024 academic year!
B-200 STARR AUDITORIUM
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Former Deputy Director of National Security Communications in the UK National Security Secretariat, Henry Collis and Shorenstein Fellow, Camilla Monckton (UK Cabinet Office) will discuss whether Ukraine is winning the information war and UK, US and European Government responses to Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference.
Lunch will be provided!
Rubenstein Building - R-414-AB DAVID ELLWOOD DEMOCRACY LAB
12:00 PM – 1:00 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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