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Nicco Mele

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Julian Assange in a police van.

Journalist, whistleblower, or dangerous security leak?

Legal, intelligence, and news analysts discuss the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

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DateApril 12, 2019April 12, 2019

Susan Crawford (right) talked about how some of the biggest tech companies are building their own infrastructure.

Big Tech’s power growing at runaway speed

Panel says government needs to upgrade approach to regulating some companies

DateFebruary 7, 2019February 8, 2019

At "The Lure of the Prosperity Gospel in the Age of Trump," panelist Jonathan Walton (center) and E.J. Dionne (right) discussed the paradoxes of the evangelical tradition and how Trump has capitalized on its appeal to both rich and poor.

Try hard, find God, get rich

The prosperity gospel has gained an important foothold in U.S. politics, panelists say

DateOctober 24, 2017March 6, 2019

A comprehensive report from the Berkman Klein Center found stark differences between what conservative media consumers read and shared online and what everyone else was doing.

Campaign ’16: How coverage rerouted

With surprising ease, the far right led mainstream media to cover its preferred issues, massive Berkman Klein study finds

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DateSeptember 8, 2017July 26, 2019

Moderator Ann Marie Lipinski (from left), Nieman Foundation curator, led the conversation during "The Future of News: Journalism in the Post-Truth Era" with panelists Gerard Baker of The Wall Street Journal; Lydia Polgreen of the Huffington Post; and David Leonhardt of The New York Times.

Pursuing veritas in a ‘post-truth’ era

Media officials probe the erosion of their influence and the clouded future of news

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DateFebruary 1, 2017February 2, 2017

Following one of the most divisive elections in history, political polarization in the U.S. appears to be at an all-time high. Harvard scholars discussed how communities across the U.S. might work toward post-election compromise.

New national motto: You’re wrong, I’m right

In polarized post-election U.S., coming together seems a distant, but no less necessary, dream

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DateNovember 21, 2016March 5, 2019

Nicco Mele, the new director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, sees plenty of opportunity for a strong free press in the digital age.

For journalism, the future is now

In a Q&A session, new Shorenstein director peers down rocky road ahead

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DateAugust 15, 2016August 15, 2016

Nicco Mele, the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the University of Southern California, has been named the new director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Nicco Mele named director of Shorenstein Center

Journalist, author, and publisher Mele is interested in 'a healthy future for digital journalism'

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DateApril 26, 2016

Super PAC App, the brainchild of recent Harvard Kennedy School graduate Jennifer Hollett and her MIT classmate, gives voters information on the big-money donors behind this season’s campaign ads in real time. The app, which was developed over the past year, was launched last month. Catching the entrepreneurial bug “wasn’t my plan,” Hollett said. “It kind of just happened. But I couldn’t have asked for more at graduation. This has been a great partnership between Harvard and MIT.”

An app aimed at transparency

HKS grad puts super PAC details at voters’ fingertips

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DateSeptember 4, 2012June 21, 2019