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25th Anniversary Symposium:
The Future of Science Journalism—Audio
 February 19 & 20, 2008—Knight alumni and other science journalists met for two days in Cambridge to explore where our field is heading. Despite much uncertainty, it became clear that major changes are underway and that some may well lead to journalism that is better than ever. What journalists need is not just added skills in both reporting and writing but the willingness to give readers tools to explore their world on their own.
Dip into the recorded talks below and hear what's coming.
Tuesday, February 19 |
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Introduction and welcoming remarks
Susan Hockfield, president of MIT
Introduced by Boyce Rensberger
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The past of science journalism
Boyce Rensberger, director, Knight Science Journalism Fellowships
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Maintaining standards and empowering readers
Tom Rosenstiel, director, Project for Excellence in Journalism, vice chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. A journalist for some 20 years, he now writes frequently on maintaining high journalistic standards in an era of change.
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The health of science and health journalism today
Cristine Russell, president, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, currently at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. For many years she was a medical writer at The Washington Post.
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Lively science: Using new media for new concepts
Alan Boyle, science editor of MSNBC.com, who focuses on developing educational sidebar material
to accompany major news stories. He is a winner of the AAAS Science Journalism Award, and the NASW
Science-in-Society Award.
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Blogging, crowdsourcing and the hivemind: How living online made me a
better science journalist
Clive Thompson, contributing writer on science, technology and culture for The New York Times Magazine, also writes for Wired, Discover and others. A former Knight Fellow (02-03), Thompson will explain how “crowdsourcing” has made him a better journalist.
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Wednesday, February 20 |
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“Operation Frontal Lobe” Revisited: Popular Science, New Media Literacy, and The
New Participatory Culture
Henry Jenkins, director of MIT’s Comparative Media Studies Program. Jenkins lectures widely about media consumption and media convergence. He sees lessons for journalists in popular media such as television, movies and electronic games.
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Packaging your reporting for the YouTube and video game generation
Mindy McAdams teaches journalism at the University of Florida and is the author of Flash Journalism: How to Create Multimedia News Packages. She was the first content developer at Digital Ink, The Washington Post's first online newspaper. Later she was the "web strategist" for the American Press Institute. She writes a blog called "teaching online journalism."
McAdams' online resources for this presentation available here
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Capture the wow: Telling multimedia science stories
Alfred Hermida, founding member and technology editor of BBCNews.com, now a professor at
the University of British Columbia’s journalism school.
His research examines multiplatform journalism, blogging, podcasting and user-generated content.
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Fostering the rise of independent media
Dianne Lynch, dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. In 2006, Lynch founded the Park Center for Independent Media, a national think tank for the study and production of media content created and distributed outside traditional media systems and news organizations.
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Electronic paper—A new technology that could save print publications
David Jackson, Director Marketing and Planning at E Ink Corporation, the leader in electronic paper display technology. David specializes in bringing new products to marketing and developing ecosystems around new enabling technologies.
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How to make money with your blog
Henry Copeland, founder of Blogads.com, which aims to put advertising on blogs.
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