Do you know a highly-skilled, fearless journalist whose work illuminates the stories behind our politics & policy making? Is it you? Nominations are now open for the 2026 David Nyhan Prize for Public Policy Journalism! The deadline to submit is September 17th. shorensteincenter.org/awards/david...

Are you watching the World Cup with friends, family or co-workers? (it's on in the Shorenstein Center kitchen right now!) Todd Rogers is researching sports fandom as civic infrastructure, and why fandom brings people together as powerfully as anything we know. www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

Autocrats are shifting from bullets to budgets. Julia Angwin (Shorenstein Center Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence, fall 2025) and Ami Fields-Meyer on the financial threats to journalists, from their book “On Courage.” shorensteincenter.org/resource/aut...

Looking for a meaningful way to celebrate America 250 on July 4? Take a free, short, nonpartisan HarvardX online course on the U.S. Constitution: bit.ly/FreeCourseHa... (click “audit” for free version)

We’ve launched a new Substack from the Shorenstein Center: Critical Information — our working notes on how media, politics, and technology shape the information we all depend on. Subscribe here: criticalinformation.substack.com

Explore opportunities to tackle loneliness and drive social change with Dame Tracey Crouch, Olivia Field, Trey Leveque, @alexsmith1982.bsky.social, and @egsch.bsky.social in a webinar on June 2 at 9am ET / 2pm BST, co-hosted with @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social. Register here: lnkd.in/ejVBPa_x

Congratulations to Hannah Dreier and the staff of The New York Times, winners of the 2026 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for their series "Exposed and Expendable": https://loom.ly/QYRYH84

Meet the finalists for our 2026 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting! Read more about this incredible group of reporters and the stories they uncovered, and join us April 9 when we announce the winner live at the Goldsmith Awards Ceremony: https://loom.ly/q1VDZmI

Excited to share that Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, and moderator of Washington Week With The Atlantic on PBS, will be the recipient of this year's Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism! Join us for the Goldsmith Awards April 9 + learn more: https://loom.ly/-41AqFA

We are so excited to share the semifinalists for this year's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting! This group represents the top 30 entries that our judges deemed to be of extremely high quality and in keeping with the Prize's criteria for impact on US government: https://loom.ly/b1vGj3s

There's still time to register for today's 1PM ET webinar with the winner's of this year's Nyhan Prize for Public Policy Journalism—Judd Legum and Samantha Maldonado. Join us! https://loom.ly/SC34x7w

Who can deploy the National Guard, and what can they be called up to do? Following Governor Tim Walz’s recent deployment of the Minnesota National Guard, we’re taking a look back at our Unlocked episode with Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick for answers: https://loom.ly/eZhuiMg

“What would public media look like if we designed it from scratch, for this moment?” Doc Film Fellow Jax Deluca is attempting to answer this question in a new series for the Shorenstein Center, and she wants your input. Check out her 1st post + survey: https://loom.ly/YyG5Wec

One week left to submit your work for the Goldsmith Prizes for Investigative or Explanatory Reporting! Not too late to hit that deadline of Jan 5 at 11:59pm ET. Learn more about the criteria and how to submit - https://goldsmithawards.org/nominations-open-for-2026-goldsmith-awards/

One week left to submit your work for the Goldsmith Prizes for Investigative or Explanatory Reporting! Not too late to hit that deadline of Jan 5 at 11:59pm ET. Learn more about the criteria and how to submit - https://goldsmithawards.org/nominations-open-for-2026-goldsmith-awards/

Has your investigative reporting made an impact on public policy or government in 2025? Submit it for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting! Winners receive $25k, finalists $10k. Deadline: Jan 5, 2026. https://goldsmithawards.org/the-goldsmith-prize-for-investigative-reporting/

Has your investigative journalism in any medium made an impact on public policy or government? Submit it for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting! Small, independent, local & nontraditional orgs are encouraged to submit. Deadline: Jan 5, 2026. https://loom.ly/uDxZSu4

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Goldsmith Awards! Submit your investigative or explanatory reporting on government by Jan 5, 2026. More information and guides to preparing your submissions are at GoldsmithAwards.org.

From detention and deportation procedures to what happens at the border, @juliettekayyem.bsky.social breaks down the rights afforded to citizens & non-citizens alike on a new episode of #Unlocked: https://loom.ly/DE3Zv-M

NEW #Unlocked: Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs talks w/ Dartmouth climate scientist Justin Mankin about the history & importance of publicly-funded data collection, the risk of privatization, & what it means for access to life-saving info in the face of climate change https://loom.ly/xz_mHIc

Congrats to @postopinions.bsky.social for winning our inaugural Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting! The writers of their “Who Is Government?” series highlighted the value of government work & the dedicated civil servants that are rarely written about or celebrated: loom.ly/Z1lD6Mw

Meet the finalists for our 2025 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting! Read more about this incredible group of reporters and the stories they uncovered, and join us April 3 when we announce the winner live at the Goldsmith Awards Ceremony: loom.ly/UMyb72E

Announcing the semifinalists for this year's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting! This group represents the top 30 entries that our judges deemed to be of extremely high quality and in keeping with the Prize’s criteria for impact on US government: loom.ly/Rqu0D…