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The Knight Science Journalism Program offers a variety of programming, including seminars featuring world-class scientists and storytellers, and workshops designed to help journalists hone their craft. Click on an event to learn more.

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August 2022

Workshop

KSJ@MIT August Advanced Fact-Checking Workshop

August 26 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Zoom Webinar

A virtual workshop that will bring together journalists and editors to learn about fact-checking, with a focus on science journalism. Applications due by July 26th!

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September 2022

Seminar

Seminar: Marc Abrahams, Founder of the Ig Nobels and Annals of Improbable Research

September 13 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Knight Science Journalism Office, 400 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142 United States
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Middle aged white man with gray hair and wire-rimmed glasses

For more than 30 years Marc Abrahams has been making people laugh, then think, through his journal, the Annals of Improbable Research, and annual awards ceremony, the Ig Nobels. In our first seminar of the semester, Marc will speak to the KSJ Fellows about his unusual career celebrating the weirdest and wildest science research and discoveries. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.

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Special Event

Ig Nobels Watch Party

September 15 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Knight Science Journalism Office, 400 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142 United States
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Join the founder of the Ig Nobels, Marc Abrahams, plus a special surprise guest, at the KSJ office for a 2022 Ig Nobel webcast watch party. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.

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Seminar

Seminar: Pam Belluck, Pulitzer Prize Winning Heath and Science Writer

September 22 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Knight Science Journalism Office, 400 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142 United States
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The Knight Science Journalism program is excited to welcome New York Times health and science writer Pam Belluck. Her seminar topic will be updated prior to the event. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.

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Seminar

Seminar: Storage, Disposal, and Transport of Radioactive Material

September 27 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Knight Science Journalism Office, 400 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142 United States
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Mitch Galanek, MIT's Institutional Radiation Safety Officer, will join us for an electrifying show and tell of items with (a low level of!) radioactivity. Mitch will also discuss how radioactive items and fuels used at MIT are safely stored, transported, and disposed of. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending. Photo: TheBeSphereOfCourse. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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October 2022

Seminar

Seminar: African-Americans, health, and suffering during the Civil War

October 4 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Knight Science Journalism Office, 400 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142 United States
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Professor Jim Downs, Gilder Lehrman NEH Chair of Civil War Era Studies and History at Gettysburg College, will discuss his research on the health, wellness, and suffering of African-Americans during the Civil War. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.

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December 2022

KSJ@MIT December Advanced Fact-Checking Workshop

December 2 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Zoom Webinar

A virtual workshop that will bring together journalists and editors to learn about fact-checking, with a focus on science journalism.

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