The 2017-18 Knight Science Journalism fellow, an editor at New Scientist in the U.K., wins a Logan fellowship to study at the Marine Biological Laboratory — a place of “amazing research.”
2018-19 Fellows Announced
The Knight Science Journalism program at MIT, an internationally renowned mid-career fellowship program, is proud to announce that ten elite science journalists from four countries will make up its Class of 2018-19. Each year the KSJ program, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, brings journalists to Cambridge for a ten-month fellowship that allows […]
Nuclear Power Can Be Saved, an Innovator Tells the Fellows
Michael Short, head of an MIT lab that bears his name, visits the Knight Science Journalism program to talk about the problems besetting an industry that generates most of the U.S.’s clean power. They’re manageable, he says, if you break them into five-year chunks.
Book Ideas Wanted: A Visit From MIT Press
Three editors join 10 fellows (including some aspiring authors) for a lively two-hour conversation, ranging from what makes a best-seller to the most memorable book proposals to the future of the e-book publishing industry.
Power On! Help for Puerto Rico, With a Hand From KSJ
To help hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico regain safe drinking water and electricity, the MIT D-Lab recently volunteered in a project to build solar-paneled trailers with purification and charging systems. One of the volunteers was Teresa Carr, a 2017-18 Knight Science Journalism fellow.
The Envelope, Please: Teresa Carr Is an Ellie Finalist
The 2017-18 fellow, an award-winning investigative reporter for Consumer Reports, is up for a National Magazine Award for her article “Too Many Meds? America’s Love Affair With Prescription Medication.”