Upcoming Events
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.
KSJ 2023-2024 Fellow Project Presentations
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT invites you to hear from its 2024 class of fellows and learn about the work they have accomplished over the course of their fellowship. Day one of presentations will feature the projects of Jessica Hamzelou, Dyna Rochmyaningsih, and Lisa Grossman. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar […]
KSJ 2023-2024 Fellow Project Presentations
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT invites you to hear from its 2024 class of fellows and learn about the work they have accomplished over the course of their fellowship. Day two of presentations will feature the projects of KSJ Fellows Peter Whoriskey, Madeline Ostrander, and Chikezie Omeje as well as Sharon Begley Fellow […]
KSJ 2023-2024 Fellow Project Presentations
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT invites you to hear from its 2024 class of fellows and learn about the work they have accomplished over the course of their fellowship. Day three of presentations will feature the projects of Justin O'Neill, Nicky Phillips, Kai Kupferschmidt, and Inayat Singh. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator […]
Seminar: Thiago Medaglia on Ambiental Media
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to virtually welcome back Thiago Medaglia, KSJ '20, for a seminar on his work after KSJ- attending Harvard and founding Ambiental Media in his home country of Brazil. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.
Book Talk: Ferris Jabr on Becoming Earth
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to welcome journalist Ferris Jabr, a 2022 KSJ project fellow, for a talk about his latest book Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life. The notion of a living world is one of humanity’s oldest beliefs. Though once scorned by some scientists, the concept of […]
Seminar: Literary Agent Mackenzie Brady Watson
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesMackenzie Brady Watson, of the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency and a former research technician, is a literary agent focusing on narrative non-fiction for all ages, and select fiction and illustrated books. She is particularly interested in interdisciplinary narratives that sit at the intersection of science and society. In her seminar, she’ll answer all your questions about landing a book deal […]
Book Talk: Ellen Ruppel Shell on Slippery Beast: A true crime natural history with eels
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to welcome Journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell, KSJ '85, for a talk about her new book Slippery Beast: A true crime natural history with eels. What is it about eels? Depending on who you ask, they are a pest, a threat, a fascination, or a pot of […]
Book Talk: Nicky Twilley on Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to welcome Nicky Twilley, KSJ project fellow '21, for a talk on her new book Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves. Today, nearly three-quarters of everything on the average American plate is processed, shipped, stored, and sold under refrigeration. It’s impossible to […]
Seminar: Asu Ozdaglar on AI Governance
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to welcome Dr. Asu Ozdaglar for a seminar discussing the work she and her collaborators have done in regards to AI Governance Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.
Seminar: Jennifer Allen on the Impact of Misinformation and Vaccine-Skeptical Content on Facebook
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is honored to welcome Dr. Jennifer Allen for a seminar on the impact of misleading headlines and vaccine hesitancy. The talk will focus on recent work published in Science quantifying the impact of misinformation and vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook. In the paper, Allen and her co-auther find that […]
Seminar: David Kaiser on Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to welcome Dr. David Kaiser for a talk on black holes and dark matter. For fifty years, physicists have been stymied by the puzzle of dark matter. From the motion of enormous clusters of galaxies to the rate at which individual galaxies spin, decades of careful […]
Seminar: Dr. Shayla L. Monroe on What is Rendered versus What Remains: An Integrated Chronology of Human-Animal Relationships in Saharan Prehistory
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to welcome Dr. Shayla L. Monroe of Harvard for a seminar on zooarchaeology. Human-animal relations have always been essential for the survival of Saharan peoples. These relationships between people, wild fauna, and domesticated animals, however, go far beyond survival, impacting the ideology, sociality, and political relationships […]