Read the report from the Documentary Film in the Public Interest initiative’s groundbreaking Documentary Ideas Symposium (April 2025). The report is a distillation of the vital conversations that took place amongst the many filmmakers, institutional leaders, scholars, thinkers, and industry professionals, as they grappled with ethical questions in the documentary field set against a backdrop …| Shorenstein Center
The Shorenstein Center is proud to announce the Fall 2025 cohort of Documentary Film Fellows, who will be working closely with the Documentary Film in the Public Interest (DFPI) initiative. Through the Fellows’ projects, the Shorenstein Center will engage in examinations of public impact and media policy. Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs said, “We are …| Shorenstein Center
The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is pleased to announce the Fall 2025 cohort of Shorenstein Fellows. Shorenstein Fellows join the center for a year of research, events, and engagement with HKS students, faculty, and the wider university community. This semester’s new cohort includes technologists, behavioral scientists, content creators, and journalists. Center […] The post Meet the Fall 2025 Shorenstein Fellows appeared first on Shorenstein Center.| Shorenstein Center
On this episode of Unlocked, Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs talks with Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, about how vaccines get from the research lab to the doctor’s office and the federal policies and practices that […] The post How Are Vaccines Approved and Recommended in the United States? appeared first on Shorenstein Center.| Shorenstein Center
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly publishes a suite of reports and datasets that businesses, journalists, government agencies and the public use to understand the health of the U.S. economy. The monthly Employment Situation — sometimes called the jobs report — is one of the most widely covered. Specifically, reporters widely cover the preliminary estimates of job gains or losses […] The post Unlocked: How and why the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises US job numbers...| Shorenstein Center
The Trump administration’s efforts to influence U.S. medical practice have drawn new attention to the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Little known by the public, the USPSTF plays an important role in U.S. primary care and health insurance coverage, evaluating a broad body of scientific research to make evidence-based recommendations about ways to prevent […] The post Unlocked: The US Preventive Services Task Force appeared first on Shorenstein Center.| Shorenstein Center
On this episode of Unlocked, host Nancy Gibbs talks with Juliette Kayyem, former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security under President Obama, about the legal complexities surrounding immigration enforcement in the United States. From detention and deportation procedures to what happens at the border, Kayyem breaks down the rights afforded […] The post Unlocked: What are the legal limitations of US immigration enforcement? appeared first on ...| Shorenstein Center
On this episode of “Unlocked,” host Nancy Gibbs taps Syracuse University professor and leading immigration policy expert Austin Kocher to help break down the complex world of immigration enforcement in the United States, and untangle the roles of agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Homeland Security. They discuss […] The post Unlocked: Who Enforces America’s Immigration Laws? appeared first on Shorenstein Center.| Shorenstein Center
On this episode of Unlocked, Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs talks with Justin Mankin, associate professor of geography and earth sciences at Dartmouth College, about the impacts of government-collected climate data. They discuss the history and vital importance of publicly funded data collection, the growing risk of privatization, and what it means for access to […] The post Unlocked: Who is collecting America’s climate data—and why does it matter? appeared first on Shorenstein...| Shorenstein Center
Working paper co-published by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Northeastern University’s School of Journalism. This research was supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation and the Barr Foundation with special assistance provided by Media Impact Funders. View interactive graphics and data. Introduction The 2016 U.S. …| Shorenstein Center
Brandi Collins-Dexter researches, writes, and presents on issues pertaining to Black participation in democracy and the US economy, with particular focus on the role technology and information integrity play in improving or deteriorating community health. As former Senior Campaign Director of media, culture and economic justice at Color Of Change, she led a number of …| Shorenstein Center
Fall 2019 Fellows Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow Adam Moss, editor-in-chief of New York Magazine from 2004–2019. During his 15-year tenure he oversaw an ambitious digital expansion of parent company New York Media, which included five digital publications in addition to New York: Vulture, The Cut, Intelligencer, The Strategist, and Grub Street, each of which were created …| Shorenstein Center
Even as Black people are disproportionately dying from the virus due to systemic racism, harmful inaccuracies about COVID-19 are metastasizing in Black online spaces. Using multi-site digital ethnography, Shorenstein Center Fellow Brandi Collins-Dexter tracked and identified the spread of this disinformation, and makes recommendations on how to combat it.| Shorenstein Center
Brandi Collins-Dexter was a dynamic, visionary, courageous scholar whose work melded the study of race, media, history, and social justice into a unique lens for understanding today’s world. She was a member of the Shorenstein Center’s research community for nearly six years, as a visiting fellow, associate research director, and Schuster Media & Technology fellow. …| Shorenstein Center
This fall, the Shorenstein Center is thrilled to welcome its first cohort of documentary film fellows under the auspices of the center’s newly-established Documentary Film in the Public Interest research initiative. Documentary films play a vital role in our civic culture by investigating injustices, unearthing forgotten histories, connecting to new perspectives and speaking truth to …| Shorenstein Center
A new report from Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzes news coverage of the 2016 presidential candidates in the year leading up to the primaries. This crucial period, labeled “the invisible primary” by political scientists, is when candidates try to lay the groundwork for a winning campaign—with media exposure …| Shorenstein Center
A new report from Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzes news coverage of the 2016 presidential primary races and how it affected the candidates’ chances of winning the nomination, concluding that coverage of the primaries focused on the horse race over the issues – to the detriment of candidates …| Shorenstein Center
A new report from Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzes news coverage of the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions, and whether this coverage, which was overwhelmingly negative, best served the needs of the public. This report is the third in a multi-part series of research analyzing news coverage of candidates and …| Shorenstein Center
Journalism is facing a trust crisis. Audiences are increasingly skeptical that mainstream media serves their interests and are turning their attention away from traditional news outlets. Meanwhile, online content creators who engage in journalist-style work are building huge, loyal audiences that eclipse those of traditional media. Walter Shorenstein Fellow Julia Angwin, a longtime technology and investigative journalist, explains what journalists can learn from creators about building audien...| Shorenstein Center
A new report from Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzes news coverage during the 2016 general election, and concludes that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump received coverage that was overwhelmingly negative in tone and extremely light on policy. The negativity was not unique to the 2016 election cycle …| Shorenstein Center
The Shorenstein Center is proud to announce the Fall 2024 cohort of Documentary Film Fellows. The group joins the Center under the auspices of the Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative and will spend the semester conducting research and engaging with the HKS community about the challenges facing the field and its impact on …| Shorenstein Center
