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Upcoming Events

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.

Hybrid

JFK Jr. Forum, HKS
6:00 PM

Photo of Ken Burns sitting in a rustic wood paneled space with an american flag in the background.

Past Events

Beyond Utopia

Beyond Utopia

The Shorenstein Center’s Documentary Film in the Public Interest program is helping to spread the word for a screening of the documentary film, Beyond Utopia. The film screening is part of the GlobeDocs Film Festival 2023. To purchase tickets, please select the registration button and follow instructions on the GlobeDocs website.

Brattle Theatre
4:00 PM

Susan Glasser and Peter Baker Join Karen Donfried to Discuss Global Hotspots

Susan Glasser and Peter Baker Join Karen Donfried to Discuss Global Hotspots

A conversation on critical global issues with two award-winning journalists at the center of action in the U.S. and hotspots abroad. The discussion will focus on current events in the Middle East, Ukraine, and China, as well as in the U.S., with a look at the year ahead.

This event is co-sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and the Institute of Politics.

Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, L-P-9
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Truth, Trust, and Democracy: Leadership in the Information Ecosystem

Truth, Trust, and Democracy: Leadership in the Information Ecosystem

A conversation about the future of information and the ways that government, academia, private companies and civil society can each take a role in preserving and rebuilding trust in our institutions.

Harvard Kennedy School

Future of the Internet Summit

Future of the Internet Summit

The Shorenstein Center participated in the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard Law School’s Future of the Internet Summit on October 17, 2023. Former Shorenstein Center fellow Kasia Chmielienski was on the first panel, talking about their work on improving privacy and transparency in data online, followed by a panel featuring Professor Latanya Sweeney discussing her […]

Livestream

Recoding America: How Government Can do Better in the Digital Age

Recoding America: How Government Can do Better in the Digital Age

Jennifer Pahlka, former Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer, founder of Code for America, and author of “Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better” will speak about the challenges and potentials for government in the digital age.

Bloomberg Center for Cities, Harvard Kennedy School

photo of Jennifer Pahlka, a light skinned woman with short blonde hair and glasses, wearing a gray shirt, set into a gray background.
Online Influencers and the Future of Media: A Conversation with Taylor Lorenz

Online Influencers and the Future of Media: A Conversation with Taylor Lorenz

Join tech journalist Taylor Lorenz and Shorenstein News Lab director Emily Dreyfuss for a conversation about online influencers, culture, and the media. This discussion is the inaugural event of the newly-expanded Shorenstein Center News Lab.

L-140 Goodman, Littauer Building
4:30 PM

AI and its Implications for Democracy

AI and its Implications for Democracy

This event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Politics (IOP).

JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School and livestreamed

Defending Dissent: Screening and Discussion of Award-Winning Documentary, “Boycott”

Defending Dissent: Screening and Discussion of Award-Winning Documentary, “Boycott”

This event is part of the Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative. It is co-sponsored by the Carr Center’s Human Rights Film Series (Harvard Kennedy School) and the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative (Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School).

Malkin Penthouse, L-P-9
6:30 PM

The Science of Writing for Busy Readers

The Science of Writing for Busy Readers

The Journalist’s Resource presents an online training session with public policy professor Todd Rogers. JR 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
2:30 PM

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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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