As we become more isolated physically, social media and the web will also have to shoulder the world’s information needs as more and more people seek timely and local information. As misinformation swirls all around us, how should information on health and well-being be sorted, ranked, and prioritized in our media ecosystem? Misinformation isn’t only

Don Baer, a Spring 2020 Walter Shorenstein Fellow and the Chair of PBS’s Board of Directors, is joined by Paula Kerger, President and CEO of PBS, and Raney Aronson-Rath, FRONTLINE Executive Producer. In 1961, the then-new Federal Communications Commission Chair Newton Minow gave a speech that became famous in media history, because he denounced America’s

Gwyneth Williams, veteran BBC journalist and 2020 Walter Shorenstein Fellow, is joined by historian and broadcaster Linda Colley (Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History, Princeton University) and Aleks Krotoski, presenter BBC’s The Digital Human. Rolling news, far from helping us understand the world, is often little more than background noise, even contributing to a brutalisation

Gwyneth Williams, veteran BBC journalist and 2020 Walter Shorenstein Fellow, is joined by philosopher and writer Anthony Appiah and Aleks Krotoski, presenter BBC’s The Digital Human. Atul Gawande, Stephen Hawking, Daniel Barenboim, Grayson Perry, Hilary Mantel, Jeff Sachs, Anthony Appiah….. What do these have in common? They all have big ideas which is why they

Join us for a panel with Dana Chisnell, Mikey Dickerson, and Mina Hsiang, moderated by Kathy Pham. Former leaders of the United States Digital Service will discuss their on the ground experience building technology in civic tech, public interest tech, and mission focused organizations. They will share experiences on the complexities of working in these

This event has been cancelled. A panel discussion with the finalists for the 2020 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Finalists include: The Arizona Republic, USA TODAY, and the Center for Public Integrity; Anchorage Daily News; The Oregonian/OregonLive; The Washington Post; Kaiser Health News; and NBC News. The winner will be announced at the Goldsmith Awards

This event has been cancelled. Since 1993 the Goldsmith Prize has been awarded to the very best investigative journalism of the year that holds power accountable by having a direct impact on government, politics and policy, at the state, national and local levels. The ceremony will be preceded by a panel discussion, from 3:30-5:00 pm,

Ann Cooper is a Spring 2020 Joan Shorenstein Fellow, she has more than 25 years of radio and print reporting experience. She also worked as executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists prior to joining the Columbia Journalism School faculty, where she retired in 2019 as CBS Professor Emerita of Professional Practice. Cooper’s voice

Don Baer is a Spring 2020 Walter Shorenstein Fellow. He has had a career that spans roles as a media and communications executive for a range of business, government, political and non-profit enterprises. Since 2014 he has been the Chair of PBS’s Board of Directors. He is also the lead independent director and member of

This event has been cancelled. Part of the speaker series on misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University. Election interference raises grave normative concerns. Unfortunately, due to conceptual and methodological challenges, little scientific knowledge has been generated about election interference. This talk discusses the mechanisms by which election interference occurred and the extent to which it

Part of the speaker series on misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.   Yochai Benkler is the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Since the 1990s he has played a role in characterizing the role of

Part of the speaker series on misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University.   Andrew Guess (Ph.D. Columbia University) is an assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of political communication, public opinion, and political behavior. Via a combination of experimental methods, large datasets,