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 Deaths in Police Custody in the United States: Research Review. The case of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man who died in police custody on […]

Dear friends of the Shorenstein Center, I don’t know about you, but I woke up Monday morning with a bad taste in my mouth, a sadness about the state of the country and the brokenness of our politics. After watching the presidential debate the night before, I could see the next few weeks playing out […]

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 To Be Effective Legislators, Members of Congress Need Expert Resources of Their Own. A forthcoming study finds that as laws and issues grow more complex, […]

2016 Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO of the National Constitution Center, Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School, and a Contributing Editor of The Atlantic, delivered the ninth annual Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center […]

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 Margaret Sullivan: The State of the […]

Dear Friends of the Shorenstein Center, This week The Washington Post ran two pieces that aptly summarize what I think are the twin challenges to the state of journalism that this presidential race has surfaced. Catherine Rampell wrote about the damage that misinformation from conservative media has had on the Republican Party and the presidential […]

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 Garrett Graff on Trump, Mueller, Russia, […]

“Technology is not what’s needed to fix delivery. It’s technologists.” On March 11th, 2021, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy hosted an event with Cecilia Muñoz, moderated by Kathy Pham, to highlight some of the important topics and experiences that technologists – particularly those of color – joining government […]