The Knight Science Journalism program at MIT, an internationally renowned mid-career fellowship program, is proud to announce that ten elite science journalists representing seven countries and four continents will make up its class of 2019-20. The fellows, selected from more than 120 applicants, are an award-winning and diverse group. They include accomplished reporters from the […]
A Year in Words, Pictures, and Virtual Reality: Highlights From the KSJ Showcase
The 2018-19 Knight Science Journalism fellows arrived on campus last August with big ambitions, and now they’re leaving with even bigger accomplishments. During a three-day Showcase in May, the fellows’ drive, creativity, and journalistic talents were on full display. “I came here in search of the perfect empathy machine,” recalled Pakinam Amer, referring to a […]
Getting off the Ground: Dee Ann Divis on the Power of Drone Journalism
During her time as editor of Inside Unmanned Systems, Divis has seen the miniature flying machines evolve into a newsroom must-have. In the midstream of a journalism career that had already taken her to the Washington Examiner, United Press International, and Inside GNSS, Dee Ann Divis decided to start a magazine — about drones. And […]
Ellen Shell, on the Passion Paradox and the Meaning of Work
Work has meant different things to people over the years, and its meaning continues to change today, Shell explained. But there’s no doubt that, as a way to provide both necessities and personal fulfillment, it is essential.
Alumni Notes: May 17, 2019
Maura O’Connor (‘17) recently published her second book, Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World (St. Martin’s Press). She says the book, which is receiving wide-ranging praise, was positively influenced by her year as a KSJ fellow. “It includes a half a dozen interviews with scholars and scientists at MIT and […]
Writing Under Pressure: Simson Garfinkel on (Almost) Meeting His Deadline For ‘The Computer Book’
When Garfinkel, a veteran journalist with a PhD in computer science, was offered the chance to write “The Computer Book,” he knew right away that he wanted to take on the project. “Books are more work than you think, but they stay on the library shelves after you die,” he said to the KSJ fellows in April.