Tag: Shorenstein Center

  • Nation & World

    When mixed-race couples talk about race

    New study finds duration of relationship affects comfort level of Black women in discussing topic with white male partners.

    6 minutes
    Marya Thembi Mtshali.
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    How demagogues wield social media

    Cognitive scientist details research on the different ways Republicans and Democrats, use Twitter.

    5 minutes
    Stephan Lewandowsky.
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    How an authoritarian wields social media

    Filipino journalist and 2021 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa issues a warning about information warfare on social media, and what it may mean for democratic institutions such as free press and free elections.

    5 minutes
    Maria Ressa with Latanya Sweeney.
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    Humanizing technology

    Public Interest Technology Lab brings together experts from across Harvard to pursue technologies that serve the interests of the public.

    4 minutes
    Illustration of person using computer.
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    The GOP house divided

    Why are so many elected members of the Republican Party still following Trump? Self-preservation, said Tim Alberta, who covered Republican and conservative politics for Politico magazine and is a newly named staff writer for The Atlantic, during a Shorenstein Center virtual talk about the GOP’s future with Harvard Kennedy School lecturer Richard Parker.

    6 minutes
    Zoom panel.
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    How to be an antiracist nonprofit or company

    A Harvard Kennedy School research initiative that studies racial bias in the private sector will consider why diversity and inclusion efforts fail.

    11 minutes
    Khalil Gibran Muhammad.
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    ‘He was fearless’

    In a deeply competitive business not known for magnanimity, top editors, publishers, and media critics explain why The Washington Post’s Martin Baron is such an admired newsroom leader.

    12 minutes
    The Washington Post newsroom.
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    Battling the ‘pandemic of misinformation’

    Analysts in public health, politics, and technology discuss the “pandemic” of COVID-19 misinformation being shared around the world.

    8 minutes
    People looking at smartphones.
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    Why ‘truth’ beats facts

    Harvard Kennedy School discussion takes a look at why we can’t agree on facts any more.

    4 minutes
    Gwyneth Williams and Michael Sandel onstage at HKS.
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    A Platonic ideal of a news website

    Adam Moss, now a fall fellow at the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, launches an eight-week workshop for students to consider the current business realities of political journalism and develop an ideal of a financially viable news site that delivers what readers want and need.

    8 minutes
    Legendary NY magazine editor Adam Moss
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    A long road, well chronicled

    Denise-Marie Ordway, with a large family and impressive resumé, excels as Nieman Fellow, HGSE master’s candidate

    5 minutes
    Denise-Marie Ordway
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    ‘The same in private as they are in public’

    Shorenstein Center Fellow Miguel Head, who served for a decade as chief of staff and press secretary to Prince William and Prince Harry, talks about the royals and the changing role of the British press

    15 minutes
    Prince Harry and Meghan
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    Journalist, whistleblower, or dangerous security leak?

    Legal, intelligence, and news analysts discuss the arrest in London of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces conspiracy charges by U.S. federal prosecutors for the disclosure of classified national security documents stolen by Pfc. Chelsea Manning

    9 minutes
    Julian Assange in a police van.
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    Probing the roots and rise of white supremacy

    Adam Serwer, a staff writer for The Atlantic and a Shorenstein fellow, discusses the lasting appeal of white supremacist ideology in light of an avowed white supremacist’s attack on two mosques in New Zealand that killed 50 people and injured dozens more.

    11 minutes
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    The new rules of covering sex assault

    Journalists covering sexual misconduct charges and the #MeToo movement stop to reflect on the seismic impact the Harvey Weinstein scandal has had on the wider culture and on the profession, and consider what more needs to be done.

    7 minutes
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    Wanted: A firewall to protect U.S. elections

    A new bipartisan initiative at Harvard Kennedy School picks up where the federal government leaves off, bringing together experts in national security, cybersecurity, and politics to develop practical strategies, tools, and guidance to help U.S. political campaigns protect themselves from cyber threats.

    9 minutes
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    Campaign ’16: How coverage rerouted

    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.

    9 minutes
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    Pursuing veritas in a ‘post-truth’ era

    Top reporters and editors discuss the future of news, as well as the opportunities and the challenges the industry faces in what many observers call the “post-truth” era.

    7 minutes
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    The unchanging election

    Veteran pollster Peter D. Hart analyzes the 2016 election and sees far less volatility than headlines would suggest.

    4 minutes
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    Debating the debates

    On the eve of the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Harvard analysts discuss whether presidential debates offer citizens civic value anymore and how to improve them as the nation navigates its political differences.

    16 minutes
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    From captivity to classroom

    Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter who was imprisoned for 543 days by Iranian authorities before the U.S. government negotiated his release in January in tandem with the Iran nuclear deal, joins the 79th class of Nieman Fellows this fall. His wife, Yeganeh, is a Shorenstein fellow.

    11 minutes
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    For journalism, the future is now

    In a sign of the times, political technologist Nicco Mele is taking the helm at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy. In a Q&A session, he discusses the issues that he and his center will face.

    9 minutes
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    Politics in a ‘post-truth’ age

    Harvard analysts discuss the unusual dynamics and events of the 2016 presidential election, and what they mean for our political system going forward.

    19 minutes
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    The making of the campaign, 2016

    New analysis by Harvard Kennedy School’s Thomas Patterson finds the conflicted motivation of news outlets covering the 2016 election has resulted in significantly lopsided and disparate attention paid to the Republican and Democratic candidates.

    13 minutes
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    Nicco Mele named director of Shorenstein Center

    Nicco Mele, the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the University of Southern California, is the new director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

    3 minutes
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    Election spotlight turned on media

    Veteran political journalists Jill Abramson, formerly of The New York Times, and CNN’s Sam Feist discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the 2016 presidential election coverage.

    7 minutes
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    That first draft of history

    Longtime CBS News reporter and now Shorenstein Center Fellow Bob Schieffer reflects on his 50-year career covering politics.

    13 minutes
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    2016 issues: Voter anger, distrust

    Public opinion analyst Peter Hart sizes up the country’s mood and the primary field during a talk at the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy.

    5 minutes
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    A price too high

    The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg talks about how the Islamic State has fundamentally changed the nature of Middle East war coverage.

    6 minutes
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    Radio revolution

    In a new paper, Shorenstein Fellow Steve Oney details the radical vision of NPR????s earliest days.

    6 minutes