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Meet the Finalists: 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Meet the Finalists: 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

The annual Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting honors investigative reporting that best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics. On our Media and Politics podcast, we interview some of the finalists for this year’s award. The Shorenstein Center’s podcast is also available on iTunes, Google Play, iHeartRadio, […]

The Goldsmith Awards
Dr. Claire Wardle on misinformation in the global context

Dr. Claire Wardle on misinformation in the global context

Dr. Claire Wardle, Shorenstein Center Research Fellow and founder of First Draft, spoke as part of the Misinformation Speaker Series organized by the Shorenstein Center and the NULab at Northeastern University. Conversations about information disorder in the US are disproportionately focused on political disinformation and the Facebook newsfeed. This talk argues that globally we should recognize […]

Media & Politics Must Reads, August 18, 2017

Media & Politics Must Reads, August 18, 2017

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 Exploring the Role of Algorithms in Online Harmful Speech. Online harmful speech — from harassment and cyber-bullying to terrorist recruitment and media manipulation — is […]

VTDigger: A Rising Star In Nonprofit News

VTDigger: A Rising Star In Nonprofit News

A case study presented by the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) and the Single Subject News Project at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. This report was produced with the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.     On June 27, VTDigger’s Anne Galloway will take your […]

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Media & Politics Must Reads, September 29, 2017

Media & Politics Must Reads, September 29, 2017

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 The Wall Street Journal’s Nancy Youssef […]

Nancy Youssef
Media and Politics Must Reads, December 15, 2017

Media and Politics Must Reads, December 15, 2017

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 Political Journalism in a Populist Age. […]

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Case Study: Mother Jones

Case Study: Mother Jones

Creating a Thriving Legacy News Magazine through Mission, Strategy, and Experimentation Case Study co-published by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Institute for Nonprofit News. The views expressed in Shorenstein Center Discussion Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of […]

Mother Jones' editor in chief Clara Jeffery (right) talks with Jahna Berry (center), director of news product and Clint Hendler (left), news director after a news meeting on Thursday, March 2, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif.
Media and Politics Must Reads, March 2, 2018

Media and Politics Must Reads, March 2, 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 Tom Wheeler on the FCC, Net […]

Tom Wheeler
Online editor looks at future of newsrooms

Online editor looks at future of newsrooms

October 21, 2008 — Editor of washingtonpost.com Elizabeth Spayd has a print background, but an online future – a reflection of journalism today. Spayd spoke Tuesday about the future of newsrooms in a world increasingly focused towards online news content at a brown bag lunch sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics […]