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July 2021
Editing Controversial and “Controversial” Science
There are some areas of science where the controversies are real and fierce — what was really the downfall of the dinosaurs? — and then there are scientific “controversies” ginned up for political or economic purposes. Learn how to tell the difference and how to responsibly convey that to your audience.
Find out more »August 2021
Using Social Media to Source and Spread Science Journalism
Like it or not, social media has a role to play in how people get their news and in what news people talk about. Learn how to mine social media for ideas and then use the platforms to promote your stories and engage readers.
Find out more »September 2021
The Fundamentals of Science, from Funding to Publishing
The industry of science is built on basic principles of funding, research and publishing. Learn about these fundamentals, how they work, the way they shape science, and how to use this understanding to better inform the public.
Find out more »October 2021
Strategies For Accessing Public Records & All About “FOIA” (Fellows Only)
Michael Morisy, co-founder of Muckrock, a Cambridge-based nonprofit specializing in access to public records, will discuss everything from illuminating intelligence agencies to battling for public records act reform. Muckrock works with publications from Vice to Businessweek, seeking to pry information loose from reluctant government agencies. In this session, he will explore some key case studies in accessing public records, review successful techniques for acquiring information (and some less successful), offer a comparison of how to approach local, state, and federal…
Find out more »November 2021
Fellows Mid-Semester Roundtable (Fellows Only)
(Attendance for this session is limited to current KSJ Project Fellows.)
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 »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 »