Reporters from the Charleston Post and Courier, the Seattle Times, and the Tampa Bay Times are among the honorees of the inaugural Victor K. McElheny Award for local and regional science journalism, presented by MIT’s Knight Science Journalism Program.
Benjamin Decker Talks Journalism in the Age of Disinformation
Benjamin Decker wants to understand disinformation—where it originates, how it spreads, and how it can be corralled. He and his colleagues spent the 2018 election cycle finding and cataloging false and misleading internet content. He talked with KSJ fellows about what he learned.
This Year’s Fellows: Jeff DelViscio
Jeff DelViscio has big dreams for science communication. As a one-time climate researcher, now veteran science journalist and multimedia producer, he feels it is a critical time to find innovative ways to show how the world is changing — and to prepare people to adapt. That’s why he recently took leave from his role as director of multimedia at STAT to become a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT.
This Year’s Fellows: Elana Gordon
The fact that Cambridge is a hub for research, innovation, and policy is only part of what drew Elana Gordon to the Knight Science Journalism program. She also wanted to focus on how to be a more informed journalist, and to explore ways to unveil the stories behind science that don’t always get reported. Ultimately, for her, this year is about learning how to tell stories with creativity as well as nuance.
This year’s fellows: Rachel Gross
“I want to make stories that help women and everyone better understand their own bodies.” Rachel E. Gross has long been fascinated with science, religion, and the way the two intersect. The science part seems almost preordained. The California native grew up around a dad who was a theoretical physicist, a stepmom who was a […]
Saving Lives With AI: Rosalind Picard on the Power of Affective Computing
The Media Lab professor spoke with KSJ fellows about her efforts to build AI that can predict seizures and tell us when we’re sliding into depression.