Deb Roy

Health of the Public Sphere: Measurement and Interventions

Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University. The talk will highlight current research at the MIT Media Lab’s Laboratory for Social Machines where we develop methods for large scale analysis of social media and news. Based on our analytics, the talk will describe “ailments” of the public sphere […]

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Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb: Writing the Opinion Column – Part 4: Criticism and Reviews as Commentary

A writing workshop for students with Jelani Cobb, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence; staff writer, The New Yorker, covering  race, politics, history, and culture; and Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism, Columbia University. Co-sponsored with the HKS Communications Program.

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Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb: Writing the Opinion Column – Part 1: The Elements of Writing and Thinking Clearly

A writing workshop for students with Jelani Cobb, A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence; staff writer, The New Yorker, covering  race, politics, history, and culture; and Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism, Columbia University. Co-sponsored with the HKS Communications Program.

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Shorenstein Center Announces Six Finalists for 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting; Martha Raddatz to Receive Career Award

Finalists include: Asbury Park Press, BuzzFeed News, Miami Herald, NPR and ProPublica, STAT and The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post; special citation for The New York Times. Cambridge, MA — Six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard

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Investigative Reporting: Making an Impact on Policy and Governance

A panel discussion with the finalists and special citation awardees for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Panelists will discuss the making of their stories, which include coverage of the Russia investigation, injustice in the Chicago legal system, opioid addiction, sexual harassment and assault, and other pressing issues. Open to the public. Panelists:  Shannon Mullen, Staff Writer,

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Goldsmith Awards Ceremony 2018 with Martha Raddatz of ABC News

The winner of the 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting will be announced, followed by a keynote speech by Goldsmith Career Award winner Martha Raddatz. This event is open to the public, and will also be streamed online. The ceremony will be preceded by a panel discussion, from 3:30-5:00 p.m., in which finalists and special

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Media and Politics Must Reads, January 26, 2018

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. Sign up to receive Media and Politics Must Reads in your inbox each week. Also connect with us on Twitter and Facebook for more updates. This Week at the Shorenstein Center #DigitalDeceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda

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#DigitalDeceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda on the Internet

Over the past year, there has been rising pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter to account for how bad actors are exploiting their platforms. The catalyst of this so-called “tech-lash” was the revelation in summer 2017 that agents of the Russian government engaged in disinformation operations using these services to influence the 2016 presidential campaigns.

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#DigitalDeceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda on the Internet

Over the past year, there has been rising pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter to account for how bad actors are exploiting their platforms. The catalyst of this so-called “tech-lash” was the revelation in summer 2017 that agents of the Russian government engaged in disinformation operations using these services to influence the 2016 presidential campaigns.

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Heather Ann Thompson: The Media and The Criminal Justice System

Dr. Heather Ann Thompson is a historian at the University of Michigan, and is the Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Pantheon Books, 2016). Blood in the Water was won the Ridenhour Prize, the J. Willard Hurst Prize, the Public Information

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