Feb. 5, 2019 – As American lawmakers argue over whether to fund a wall along the United States’ southwestern border, the federal government is moving ahead with plans to replace some of the fencing it built there years ago with 30-foot-tall steel bollard walls. Meanwhile, a growing number of countries worldwide have built border walls […]
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Shorenstein Center’s First Draft Project Launches Free Course on Identifying Misinformation Online
Cambridge, MA, March 19, 2018 – First Draft, a project of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, has launched a free one-hour online course to teach journalists, students, and members of the general public basic tools to verify the authenticity of content found online. Countless examples of people earnestly sharing […]
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Shorenstein Center Announces Six Finalists for 2017 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Jan. 30, 2017 — Six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. The winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 2, 2017, at the Kennedy […]