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Prof Matthew Baum’s Covid States Project Shows MA Residents Support COVID Restrictions

Domestic Affairs, Environment, Health & Science, Faculty Research, Publications / By Liz Schwartz

The latest survey report out from the COVID States Project, co-authored by the Shorenstein Center’s Professor Matthew Baum, shows that Massachusetts residents overwhelmingly support policies to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, including business and school closures, cancelling public events, and restricting travel. Support for more restrictive measures to combat the pandemic comes from […]

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2021 Goldsmith Awards

Prizes & Lectures / By Liz Schwartz

Nominate the best 2020 reporting that made an impact on local, state, or national politics and public policy. Winner receives $25,000 and finalists receive $10,000.

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Latinx Leadership in America: A Conversation with Maria Hinojosa and Jorge Ramos

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

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 – With decades of journalistic and leadership experience between them, Maria Hinojosa and Jorge Ramos have championed progress and hope in U.S. Latinx communities while exposing how prejudice and failed policies have prevented the U.S. from reaching its potential as a nation of immigrants. Drawing on their shared Mexican-American background, they celebrate and consider the multifaceted,

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COVIDstates Polling on Battleground States

News / By Liz Schwartz

click for full header graphic The delayed election results in key battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, and subsequent shifts in vote margins as mail-in ballots are counted, was entirely predicted. The multi-university team of researchers behind the COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States laid out their findings from October

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30th Annual Theodore H. White Lecture: “The Challenges Facing the Media on November 3rd and Beyond” with Eugene Robinson

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

On Wednesday, October 28, 2020 the Shorenstein Center presented the 30th annual Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics, delivered virtually at the JFK Jr. Forum by Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, with Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs moderating. As the 2020 election quickly approaches, are there similarities to 2016 or is this a continuation of an unprecedented cycle

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Election 2020: Behind the Decision Desk

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

On Friday, October 23, 2020 The Institute of Politics and the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy hosted a discussion with newsroom leaders on navigating the complexity of Election coverage this November. Nancy Gibbs, Director of the Shorenstein Center and former Editor-in-Chief of TIME, is joined in conversation with Brian Carovillano, Vice President and Managing

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David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism Webinar

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

On Friday, October 23, 2020 the Shorenstein Center hosted a webinar with 2019 David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism winner James Goodman, and previous winners David von Drehle (2018) and Nancy Kaffer (2016), discussing the challenges facing local newsrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation was moderated by Nancy Gibbs, Director of the Shorenstein Center. You can watch a recording of the event

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The Time Has Come to Regulate Digital Platforms

Audio & Video, Events, Past Events, Tech Policy / By Allie Henske

On Wednesday, October 14, 2020 the Shorenstein Center hosted a discussion with Tom Wheeler, Phil Verveer, Gene Kimmelman, Mignon Clyburn, and Jason Furman around the recently released paper “New Digital Realities; New Oversight Solutions in the U.S., The Case for a Digital Platform Agency and a New Approach to Regulatory Oversight” from the Shorenstein Center’s Digital Platforms & Democracy Project. You can

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Shorenstein Center Election Research

News / By Liz Schwartz

If you’re a journalist covering the 2020 election results, or anyone looking for more research-based context on the election-related landscape of media and information, the Shorenstein Center’s researchers and faculty have pulled together this list of recent reports, articles, and explainers. Resources and Research Collections Election Beat 2020: Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press

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Creating New Futures for Local Newspapers

Audio & Video, Events, Local News, Past Events / By Allie Henske

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 the Shorenstein Center hosted a conversation with Elizabeth Hansen and Marc Hand, who have released a paper proposing a new National Trust for Local News that would support the financing and transition of local newspapers to new ownership and governance structures. They present the outline of their proposal in this webinar, and engage in

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