Events

While trust in political institutions rapidly deteriorates and the technology and media companies that we rely on repeatedly fail to meet our information needs, the public still overwhelmingly trusts libraries. That’s because librarians fulfill a service mission as community information stewards–long serving as the only place people can go for free internet access, computer instruction, […]

Reporters and researchers working in newsrooms and at academic institutions are invited to a 1-hour training session with the Technology and Social Change team at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center, to learn how to investigate and analyze Telegram. As Russia’s war on Ukraine escalates, Telegram continues to be an increasingly vital source of news for people in […]

This event is open to Harvard community members with active Harvard ID. Please register using the form below.

This webinar will be given by M-RCBG senior research fellow Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (2013-2017). This conversation is off the record. Please use this registration form if you wish to join us online. Please note that our speaker will be presenting in person at Harvard Kennedy School in Wexner 434AB. Anyone […]

Steve Lopez, columnist at the Los Angeles Times and winner of the 2021 Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism, accepted his award and joined 2018 Nyhan Prize winner David Von Drehle in a conversation about his career and the importance of political journalism that centers on the lives and interests of everyday people. 2021 Nyhan Prize […]

This event is 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.

This event is part of the News Innovation Series, which is supported by a gift from Elaine Schuster.

Honoring Goldsmith Career Award winner Michele Norris, the finalists and winners of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, and the winners of the Goldsmith Book Prize.

This webinar will be given by Jon Sallet, Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Colorado, former General Counsel of the FCC; M-RCBG senior research fellow. This conversation is off the record. Please note that our speaker will be presenting in person at Harvard Kennedy School in Wexner 434AB. Anyone with a Harvard ID […]

The business crisis facing journalism across the world has profound implications for journalism education, particularly in Africa. Journalism schools train young people for careers as full-time professionals – but is this still valid amid a shrinking job market? Or are there other ways of thinking about journalism that suggest new possible student groups and require […]