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December 2021
The Art of the Book Deal (Fellows Only)
MacKenzie Brady-Watson, of the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency and a former research scientist, is a literary agent focusing on adult narrative non-fiction and select Young Adult fiction. She has a great passion for science books. Watson began her publishing career as an intern at Fine Print Literary Management and Farrar, Straus & Giroux. She was an agent with Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency and New Leaf Literary & Media before joining SKLA in 2016. In her seminar, she’ll answer all your…
Find out more »January 2022
The Making of “Timber Wars” (Fellows Only)
Aaron Scott, producer and host of Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Timber Wars" podcast, takes guests behind the scenes of the Victor K. McElheny Award-winning series. https://www.opb.org/show/timberwars (Attendance for this seminar is limited to current KSJ Project Fellows.)
Find out more »March 2022
Fellows Mid-Semester Roundtable (Fellows Only)
(Attendance for this session is limited to current KSJ Project Fellows.)
Find out more »A User’s Guide to Data Journalism (Fellows Only)
Charles Seife, a professor of journalism at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, has been writing about physics and mathematics for almost three decades. He is the author of seven books, including Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea (2000), and, most recently, Hawking Hawking: The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity (2021). In this online seminar, Seife will give an overview of the ways that data journalism can be used to make science stories smarter, with some instructional…
Find out more »April 2022
All About Fact-Checking (Fellows Only)
What counts as a fact? Who counts as a reliable source? What do you do when an interview subject asks to review quotes before publication? In this session, Jane Roberts, Deputy Editor and head fact-checker for Undark magazine, and Brooke Borel, Undark Articles Editor and author of The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking, break down the dos and don’ts of fact-checking — and take you behind the scenes of Undark Magazine’s vaunted fact-checking operation.
Find out more »KSJ@MIT Fact-Checking Workshop
A virtual workshop that will bring together journalists and editors to learn about fact-checking, with a focus on science journalism.
Find out more »May 2022
Kill Shot: Investigative Reporting with Jason Dearen (Fellows Only)
Jason Dearen is an award-winning investigative journalist for the Associated Press and author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction narrative book, Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Disease. In this seminar, Dearen will give a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the reporting process that went into Kill Shot, a true crime story of the deadliest drug contamination outbreak in U.S. history, and he’ll share hard-won tricks of the investigative reporting trade.
Find out more »August 2022
KSJ@MIT August Advanced Fact-Checking Workshop
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!
Find out more »September 2022
Seminar: Marc Abrahams, Founder of the Ig Nobels and Annals of Improbable Research
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.
Find out more »Ig Nobels Watch Party
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.
Find out more »Seminar: Pam Belluck, Pulitzer Prize Winning Heath and Science Writer
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.
Find out more »October 2022
Seminar: African-Americans, health, and suffering during the Civil War
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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