Sep 12, 2022 - Economy & Business

First look: Brian Stelter's next gig

Mike Allen
Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter. Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

Brian Stelter, whose "Reliable Sources" was canceled by CNN last month, is headed to Harvard as a home base while he figures out his next gig.

Driving the news: He'll join the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Kennedy School as the Fall 2022 Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow.

  • Stelter will convene discussions about threats to democracy — and possible responses by the media — with news leaders, policymakers, politicians, and Kennedy School students, fellows, and faculty.

Between the lines: Stelter thinks of the fellowship as bringing the "Reliable Sources" show to campus — holding 60-minute discussions about media and democracy, instead of six-minute chats on TV.

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