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Jonathan Corpus Ong is Professor and Founding Director of Global Technology for Social Justice Lab in the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA. His 2018 study “Architects of Networked Disinformation” applies a production studies approach in studying the social identities and moral justifications of clandestine digital operators in the Philippines. This study was ranked among “the most valuable” pieces of disinformation research in a Poynter poll of journalists around the world–(unfortunately) the only ethnographic and Global South-focused study in the list.
He is formerly Schuster Technology Fellow (2023-24) at the Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School. He is an Andrew Carnegie Fellow (2022-25) and currently Co-Editor of the International Journal of Cultural Studies.
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Learn how Roper iPoll can inform your reporting during one of two webinars — Feb. 26 or March 4 — hosted by The Journalist’s Resource.
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Zoom webinar
February 26 - 11:00 AM
March 4 - 3:00 PM
Attend the 2026 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with preeminent documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Shorenstein Center Director, Nancy Gibbs, will hold a fireside chat with Burns in the JFK Jr. Forum at Harvard Kennedy School.
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JFK Jr. Forum, HKS
6:00 PM
Join The Journalist’s Resource for an hourlong webinar on where to find reliable crime data and how to use it responsibly
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Zoom webinar
12:00 PM
Nancy Gibbs will moderate a bipartisan panel with Governor Spencer Cox (Republican of Utah) and Congressman Jake Auchincloss (Democrat of Massachusetts) focused on reducing partisanship in our political landscape.
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John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, HKS
January 28 - 6:00 PM
Take part in a conversation with the recipients of the 2025 David Nyhan Prizes for Public Policy Journalism, Judd Legum and Samantha Maldonado. The discussion will explore their career accomplishments and the ethos behind their work, including a candid, peer-to-peer exchange between the honorees.
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1:00 PM
Join Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs for a timely and insightful conversation on today’s rapidly shifting media landscape.
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Zoom Webinar
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
For decades, U.S. colleges and universities where at least 25% of undergrads are Hispanic have received federal grants to help them expand educational opportunities and improve graduation rates for Hispanic students. In September, however, the U.S. Department of Education slashed funding for these schools, formally designated as “Hispanic-serving institutions.” Meanwhile, a federal lawsuit making its way through the courts argues that distributing public money to higher education institutions based on their percentage of Hispanic students is discriminatory and violates the U.S. constitution. This free webinar focused on the fate of hundreds of public and private colleges and universities, which, together, serve most of the nation’s Hispanic undergraduate students.
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Zoom webinar
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Next Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Learning Resources v. Trump, a case central to the fate of President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging tariff regime imposed since he took office in January. Join The Journalist’s Resource and Econofact for an hourlong, on-the-record webinar about the potential economic consequences of the case, important legal arguments, and the history and future of administrative authority in the U.S.
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Zoom webinar
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Join us for a wide-ranging conversation on the media and American Politics, with CNN’s chief political correspondent, and anchor of Inside Politics, Dana Bash.
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John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Join the Behavioral Insights Student Group (BISG) in conversation with Judd Kessler on his recently published book, “Lucky By Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want.”
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HKS campus, Taubman Building - T-520 Nye B & Zoom
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM