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introduction

As of September 2023 

the Shorenstein News Leaders program 
has moved to be a core project of the 
Shorenstein Center. You can learn more  about the current News Leaders program at  shorensteincenter.org/newsleaders

sponsors

an effort by

Open Schorensteincenter.org Open Technology and Social Change Project Site

with funding from

Open Knightfoundation.org Open craignewmarkphilanthropies.org

cohort

Laila Al-Arian
Raney Aronson-Rath
Nicole Childers
Edward Felsenthal
Peter Hamby
Alan Henry
Cheryl Philips
Silvia Killingsworth
Sipho Kings
Charles Ornstein
Mat Skene
Robyn Tomlin
Jennifer Williams
Keith Woods
Over the course of Fall 2021-Spring 2023, The News Leaders program brought together small cohorts of press executives and journalists to analyze the problem of misinformation-at-scale and media manipulation. As News Leaders, these cohorts worked with The Technology and Social Change Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center to develop procedures and protocols to address threats to the media ecosystem and US democracy. Through convenings and case studies, News Leaders shared their experiences about the complex challenges facing modern newsrooms and what solutions they adopted to deliver high-quality journalism every day.