Behind the Reporting: The Goldsmith Award Finalists
The Shorenstein Center’s podcast is dedicated this week to a series of interviews with the finalists for the 2019 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Journalism. Shorenstein Center Special Projects...
View ArticleBroadband Everywhere
Internet access is coming to the other half of the planet through rapid expansion of broadband technologies. Media organizations that recognize the speed and reach of this expansion will enjoy major...
View ArticleBig Tech and Democracy: The Critical Role of Congress
In March 2019, two projects at Harvard Kennedy School—the Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Project at the Belfer Center and the Platform Accountability Project at the Shorenstein Center—hosted a...
View ArticlePrivacy Design Forecast 2019
Privacy Design Forecast 2019 is a collection of design concepts illustrating how designers, researchers, and engineers are improving data privacy experiences in products around the world. The post...
View ArticleStreaming War Won
Every era and every new medium — print, radio, television, cable, and the Internet — has found news essential to building and keeping audience. What does news on streaming, direct-to-consumer, and...
View ArticleAnnual Report 2018-2019
Read the Center's 2018-2019 Annual Report to learn more about how our major research, programs, and projects are strengthening the future of journalism and our democracy. The post Annual Report...
View ArticleDr. Joan Donovan, Shorenstein Center expert, comments on El Paso, 8chan, and...
Dr. Joan Donovan, Research Director, responds to El Paso shooting, use of manifestos as a tactic, and explains how extremists manipulate the media to control public conversation Cambridge, MA – Dr....
View ArticleDigital Pay-Meter Playbook
The past half-decade has seen a digital subscription renaissance in the news publishing industry. Our research suggests publishers should invest in capabilities to engage in constant testing and...
View ArticleFall 2019 Political Media Workshop with Adam Moss
Harvard students, both graduate students and undergrads, are encouraged to sign up for our fall semester workshop on building a better political media with Walter Shorenstein Fellow Adam Moss, former...
View ArticleThe Homecomers Podcast
Sarah Smarsh was a Spring 2018 Fellow at the Shorenstein Center. During her fellowship she began work on a podcast featuring voices from the American heartland, which has now been released as The...
View ArticleCase 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...
View ArticleTara Westover in conversation with Nancy Gibbs
Tara Westover, the author of the New York Times #1 Bestseller Educated, is the Fall 2019 A.M Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Shorenstein Center. She joined Center Director Nancy Gibbs on Tuesday,...
View ArticleOn the Trail of Xi Jinping: a new Podcast by Jane Perlez
U.S./China relations have seen huge shifts over the past decade. Jane Perlez, former Beijing Bureau Chief for The New York Times, witnessed much of it during her seven years reporting from China....
View ArticleSpring 2020 Shorenstein Fellows
This spring, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy will welcome a group of highly accomplished media professionals to Harvard Kennedy School as Shorenstein Fellows. The cohort...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2020 Goldsmith Prize Winner
This year’s Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting could not be announced as it normally would be, in front of a packed house at the JFK Jr. Forum at Harvard Kennedy School. We know this was...
View ArticleUnder the Hood: Tech During Times of Crisis
Hear from technologists on the front lines of crisis response, from healthcare.gov (2013) to U.S. Digital Service (2014-now) to COVID-19 with the U.S. Digital Response (2020). Learn about what it takes...
View ArticleNew Round of COVID-19 Survey Shows Continued High Support for Policies,...
The second round of the multi-university project to survey public opinion on COVID-19 response measures in all 50 states was released today. It shows continued high rates of support for state...
View ArticleUnderstanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers (MIMs) in...
This mixed-methods research project in Nigeria, India, and Pakistan consisted of surveys, survey experiments, and semi-structured interviews, designed to better understand the spread and impact of...
View ArticleThis is a Moment of Generational Change for Black People – If We Learn the...
This commentary by Executive Director Setti Warren was first published in The Telegraph (UK) on June 5, 2020. We are living at a time of generational change and if we embrace principles from previous...
View ArticleResources and Reading on Racial Justice, Racial Equity and Anti-Racism
A list of books, articles, podcasts, organizations, and other resources, curated by the Institutional Anti-Racism and Accountability Project, to help better understand current issues about race, and...
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