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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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March 2020

Seminar

The Global Rise of Platform Firms in Urban Mobility Markets

March 3, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Video Conference

Jason Jackson is Ford Career Development Assistant Professor in Political Economy and Urban Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Jason’s research focuses on the relationship between states and markets. It seeks to understand the historical origins and evolution of the institutional arrangements through which states and markets are constituted from the late 19th century to the present. Jason’s work is particularly focused on the role of economic ideas and moral beliefs in shaping market institutions. Jason is…

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Seminar

AI and Human Flourishing

March 5, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Video Conference

Professor and Director of Affective Computing Research at the MIT Media Lab, Rosalind Picard invents technologies for understanding the emotions and behaviors that impact health and wellbeing. She wrote the book Affective Computing, which described how to give machines the skills of emotional intelligence, and is credited for launching the growing field of Affective Computing. Author of over 300 peer-reviewed scientific articles and inventor on over a dozen patents, Picard co-founded two companies: Empatica, providing the first AI-based smart watch…

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Special Event

STAT Newsroom Tour

March 10, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Video Conference

STAT newsroom tour (Fellows only. Special Time and Location: 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm, STAT headquarters)

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Seminar

AI in the Press; AI in Reality

March 31, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Video Conference

Randall Davis has been a Full Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT since 1989. He has served as Associate Director of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (1993-1998), as a Research Director of CSAIL from 2003-2007, and as Associate Director of CSAIL from 2012-2014. Dr. Davis has been a seminal contributor to the fields of knowledge-based systems and human-computer interaction, publishing more than 100 articles and playing a central role in the development of several systems. He…

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April 2020

Seminar

Title TBA

April 2, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Video Conference

Mariette DiChristina is the dean of the College of Communication at Boston University and a nationally recognized science journalist. Before arriving in 2019, DiChristina was the editor-in-chief and executive vice president of Scientific American, as well as executive vice president, magazines, of the magazine’s publisher, Springer Nature. The first woman to head Scientific American since its founding in 1845, she led the editorial team to honors including the coveted National Magazine Award for General Excellence. In her Springer Nature role,…

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Seminar

Space to Sea: A Journey Into Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

April 7, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Video Conference

MIT Sea Grant visiting artist Keith Ellenbogen explores the diverse marine ecosystem off the coast of Boston and Cape Cod through underwater photography and imaging techniques like microscopy. The photographer was awarded a National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Ernest F. Hollings Ocean Awareness Award to fund “Space to Sea,” a three-year characterization of the sanctuary. Ellenbogen works with key scientists, engineers and students at the intersection of art, science, and technology to enrich public perception of local waters, and recently presented…

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Seminar

Building the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

April 14, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Video Conference

Daniel Huttenlocher is the inaugural dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. Previously he helped found Cornell Tech, the digital technology oriented graduate school created by Cornell University in New York City, and served as its first Dean and Vice Provost. His research and teaching have been recognized by a number of awards including ACM Fellow and CASE Professor of the Year. He has a mix of academic and industry background, having been a Computer Science faculty member at…

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Seminar

Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change Programs

April 16, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Video Conference

Sarah Kopper is a Research Manager at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). She works to improve research operations at J-PAL with a focus on research resources shared across J-PAL’s offices and projects. Her research focuses on the relationship between agricultural input markets, input use, and production in Eastern and Southern Africa. Claire Walsh is a Senior Policy Manager and leads J-PAL’s Environment & Energy team, J-PAL’s Innovation in Government Initiative, and works on J-PAL’s Gender sector. In…

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May 2020

Special Event

Fellows’ Showcase, Day 1

May 5, 2020

Fellows’ Showcase, Day 1

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Special Event

Fellows’ Showcase, Day 3

May 14, 2020 @ 4:30 am - 6:30 pm

Fellows’ Showcase, Day 3

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November 2020

Seminar

Strategies for Accessing Public Records & All About ‘FOIA’

November 12, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

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.

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December 2020

Seminar

The Power of Conscious Presenting

December 10, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Jane Beard, co-founder of Invisible Light, is a nationally-known speaking coach with an additional specialty in successful online presentations and Powerpoint, who has worked with journalists, company executives, and scientists in improving their storytelling skills. In this seminar, she will talk about her company’s research into what audiences are looking for, discuss analytics, analyze successful Powerpoint presentations, and provide online speaking tips from structure to lighting. (This is a private, virtual event for fellows only.)

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