2021 saw a massive increase in restrictive voting legislation, an alarming trend that, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, is likely to continue this year. Hundreds of bills in nearly every state have been introduced in the last year that are designed to make it harder for voters to participate in the democratic process. […]
Co-published by the Shorenstein Center and Media Impact Funders. Image credit: South Kern Sol, a youth media hub funded by The California Endowment. Introduction There has been perhaps no other moment in history so volatile and uncertain—yet full of so much opportunity—for journalism. Newspapers across the country—along with countless jobs—are being eliminated at […]
This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space. Guest: Aneesh Chopra, co-founder Hunch Analytics and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Description: The federal open data strategy includes efforts to spur […]
This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the NULab at Northeastern University.
March 28, 2017— Masha Gessen, author and New York Times contributing opinion writer, shared her views on Presidents Trump and Putin, and words of caution for journalists covering the Trump administration’s alleged connections to Russia, during a visit to the Shorenstein Center. Gessen also discussed her forthcoming book, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed […]
A Shorenstein Center Fellows Research Paper by Tom Wheeler, former Chairman of the FCC under President Barack Obama, and Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy and Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. The views expressed in the Shorenstein Center Fellows Research Paper Series are those of the […]
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 Masha Gessen on Russia and Trump, Media Coverage, and Conspiracies. Masha Gessen, author and New York Times contributing opinion writer, shared her views on Presidents […]
On March 30, 2017, Marvin Kalb, former Shorenstein Center director, delivered commentary on the threats to U.S. democracy posed by the Trump administration. The talk was sponsored by the Press Freedom Committee of the National Press Club Journalism Institute. Transcript Thank you, Mike, and thank you, Barbara Cochran and Julie Schoo, of the Journalism Institute […]
We’re seeing the emergence of what Shorenstein Fellow Shuwei Feng calls the “AI intimacy dividend” – the willingness people have to open up to conversational AI interfaces in ways not possible before. And she argues it’s about to transform how we engage with news and information.
