Join us for an engaging discussion as Adam Galinsky delves into the science behind inspiration, shares lessons from his research, and explores how we can all harness our potential to become more effective leaders. This event is hosted by the Behavioral Insights Student Group (BISG).

February 18, 2016 — Nicco Mele, author, digital strategist and Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, discussed the future and feasibility of various news outlet business models. Mele, who is also a former senior vice president and deputy publisher of the Los Angeles Times, and a Shorenstein Center board […]

Is there a future for opinion journalism in today’s media marketplace—and is it even worth saving? Many readers cannot tell the difference between opinion and news, and are confused and alienated by op-eds about polarized national party politics. On Wednesday, September 28th, Joshua Darr will discuss his research which shows the potential of local opinion pages to bring people together—if they ignore what’s happening in Washington.

What does it take to create truly fair workplaces? In their new book, “Make Work Fair,” behavioural economist Iris Bohnet and gender expert Siri Chilazi reveal how to redesign systems—not people—to embed equity into the core of our organizations. This event was hosted by the Behavioral Insights Student Group (BISG).

Speaker series on fake news and misinformation, co-sponsored by the NULab at Northeastern University. This talk highlights 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 analytics, the talk  describes “ailments” of the public sphere such as tribalization of networks […]

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. This Week at the Shorenstein Center Welcome Denise-Marie Ordway! We are happy to welcome Denise-Marie Ordway, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and recent Nieman Fellow, to the Shorenstein Center as our new […]

A paper by C. Edwin Baker, fall 1992 fellow, analyzes the claim that concentration in media ownership has mostly objectionable effects on the media produced. Baker finds numerous flaws in the methodology of the research published on this topic, and writes that the research creates only a “tepid” case for the reduction of chain ownership. […]