Future of Science Journalism
Symposium Schedule

Monday, February 18

6:30–8:30pm

Knight Fellowships reunion and reception. Open to all.

Tuesday, February 19

9:00–9:15

Welcome remarks
Susan Hockfield, president of MIT

9:15–10:00

The past of science journalism
Boyce Rensberger, director, Knight Science Journalism Fellowships

10:00–10:30

Break—view exhibits of excellence in online science journalism

10:30–12:00

Can we maintain standards in a changing journalistic world?
Tom Rosenstiel, director, Project for Excellence in Journalism, and Vice Chairman, Committee of Concerned Journalists

12:00–1:30

Lunch

1:30–2:30

The health of science and health journalism today
Cristine Russell, president, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing

2:30–3:30

Lively science: Using new media for new concepts
Alan Boyle, science editor, MSNBC.com

3:30–4:00

Break

4:00–5:00

Blogging, crowdsourcing and the hivemind: How living online made me a better science journalist
Clive Thompson, freelance journalist covering science, technology and culture

Tuesday evening: Gala Dinner

(attendance limited to registrants)

6:30–7:00

Drinks and mingling

7:00

Dinner
Guest speaker: Julia Sweeney, actress and comedian, "Letting Go of God”

Wednesday, February 20

9:00–10:00

"Operation Frontal Lobe" Revisited: Popular Science, New Media Literacy, and The New Participatory Culture
Henry Jenkins, director of MIT’s Comparative Media Studies program

10:00–11:00

Packaging your reporting for the YouTube and video game generation
Mindy McAdams, Knight Chair for Journalism Technologies, University of Florida, and author of Flash Journalism: How to Create Multimedia News Packages

11:00–11:30

Break, view exhibits

11:30–12:30

Capture the wow: Telling multimedia science stories
Alfred Hermida, professor of multiplatform journalism, University of British Columbia, and a former founding news editor of BBCNews.com

12:30–1:30

Lunch

1:30–2:30

Fostering the rise of independent media
Dianne Lynch, dean of journalism at Ithaca College, creator of the Center for Independent Media

2:30–3:30

Electronic paper—A new technology that could save print publications
David Jackson, director of marketing and planning at E-ink

3:30–4:00

Break—view exhibits, including electronic paper demo

4:00–5:15

Bloggers panel
moderated by Phil Hilts, Knight Fellowships director designate

5:15–5:45

How to make money with your blog
Henry Copeland, founder of Blogads.com, which aims to put advertising on blogs