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Mitigating Medical Misinformation – new research brief from the TaSC project

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is proud to announce the release of a new research brief from the Technology and Social Change project (TaSC) — Mitigating Medical Misinformation: A Whole-of-society Approach To Countering Spam, Scams, And Hoaxes. This brief addresses how the public health sector, along […]

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2021 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting Panel Discussion

Audio & Video, Events, Past Events, Prizes & Lectures, Public Interest Journalism / By Allie Henske

Thursday, March 25, 2021 – The Shorenstein Center hosted a panel discussion with the finalists for the 2021 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, ProPublica’s Neil Bedi, IndyStar’s Tony Cook, The Washington Post health reporter Dan Diamond, The News & Observer’s Joseph Neff, Reuters data journalist Janet Roberts, and The Marshall Project’s Abbie VanSickle. The conversation

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New COVID States surveys on vaccine attitudes and executive approval

News / By Liz Schwartz

The COVID States Survey project, co-lead by HKS Professor Matthew Baum, has three new reports out this month looking at vaccine attitudes among healthcare workers, higher rates of vaccine hesitancy among parents, and an update on approval rates for governors in all 50 states. Visit COVIDStates.org to see these and all of the project earlier

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Dr. Marya T. Mtshali joins the Technology and Social Change Research Project

News / By Liz Schwartz

The Shorenstein Center welcomes Marya T. Mtshali as a new post-doctoral fellow on the Technology and Social Change research project team. Dr. Mtshali is a sociologist and Lecturer in Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University, where she teaches a course on interracial relationships. Her areas of expertise include intersectionality, interracial relationships, and inequality. She

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2021 Goldsmith Prize Finalists

News, Prizes & Lectures, Public Interest Journalism / By Liz Schwartz

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School is proud to announce the six finalists for the 2021 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. The Goldsmith Prize, founded in 1991 and funded by a gift from the Greenfield Foundation, honors the best public service investigative journalism that has made an impact

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Misinformation as Motivated Reasoning: Experimental Evidence

Events, Misinformation Speaker Series, Past Events / By Allie Henske

Thursday, March 4, 2021 – Part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University. Shanto Iyengar is the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Studies at Stanford University. He has served as Co-Principal Investigator of the American National Election Study since 2014. His areas of interest include party polarization and mass communication. He

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Misinformation as Motivated Reasoning: Experimental Evidence

Audio & Video, Disinformation, Events, Misinformation Speaker Series, Past Events / By Allie Henske

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Covid Relief Bill Throws Lifeline to Transform Local News

In the News, Local News, News / By Lindsay

A provision in the $1.9-trillion Covid-19 relief bill passed today by the House of Representatives will provide $86 billion in grants to failing multi-employer pension plans. The provision will pay benefits to union workers in some of the industries hit hardest by the pandemic, including construction, manufacturing, entertainment, and local news. In this opinion piece

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HKS Feature: Tracking attitudes and behavior on COVID in all 50 states, week by week

News / By Liz Schwartz

The Harvard Kennedy School did a comprehensive write up about Professor Matthew Baum’s COVID States survey project, one of the longest-running and farthest-reaching surveys on U.S. public attitudes about the COVID-19 pandemic and related issues. Read an excerpt below: The numbered reports are issued soon after the field work, so the information is nearly current

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Big, If True Webinar: “What if we limited our sample to white people?” A conversation with Anna Wiener, Author of Uncanny Valley

Big If True, Events, Past Events, Public Interest Tech / By Allie Henske

Thursday, February 25, 2021 – How do technology platforms treat their employees and their users — and how do you write about it? On this episode of Big, If True, Dr. Chris Gilliard, Anna Wiener, and Joan Donovan, PhD discuss reporting on technology companies, their policies, and their practices. This webinar also covers privacy and product design while discussing Anna

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A Turning Point in the Oversight of Digital Platforms: A Challenge for American Leadership

Discussion Papers, Domestic Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Public Interest Technology, Publications, Technology / By Liz Schwartz

The views expressed in Shorenstein Center Discussion Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of Harvard Kennedy School or of Harvard University. Discussion Papers have not undergone formal review and approval. Such papers are included in this series to elicit feedback and to encourage debate on important issues and challenges

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Executive Director Setti Warren Moving to the Institute of Politics

Center News / By Liz Schwartz

A message from Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs, on the announcement of Setti Warren’s appointment to be the next Executive Director of the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. It is with bittersweet feelings that I share the news about Setti Warren’s departure from the Shorenstein Center. For Setti, who we affectionately call the Mayor

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