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