In light of the rapid transformation of the media landscape, in early 2026 the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School will launch a new initiative focused on independent media. This multi-year project will expand the center’s longstanding work on traditional media to advance research into the emerging media landscape.
Julia Angwin, award-winning investigative journalist, pioneering journalism entrepreneur, and New York Times contributing opinion writer will serve as the initiative’s founding director. “This initiative is critical to understanding how people engage with information across multiple platforms, and how that engagement affects attitudes and behavior,” said Shorenstein Center Faculty Director Nancy Gibbs. “Julia’s superb track record as a journalist, entrepreneur, and visionary makes her the perfect person to lead this initiative.”
The new initiative will conduct and host research into the emerging independent media landscape, with a focus on mapping the new information terrain that shapes public discourse, the evolution of standards and practices in reporting the news, and the role that independent media plays in safeguarding democracy.
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ckinberg
Can someone define for me more fully what "independent media" means in the context of this article?
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