Marcus Kronforst's Life With Butterflies
Marcus Kronforst's Life With Butterflies
Produced by Susan Moran, Knight Science Journalism Fellow, 2010-11
Denialism: Media in the Age of Disinformation
Denialism: Media in the Age of Disinformation
04/27/2010 7:00 PM MuseumMichael Specter, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Chris Mooney, Discover Blogger and Knight Fellow ; Shannon Brownlee, Instructor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Shankar Vedantam, National Science Writer, The ...
Jenkins' Farewell: Reflections on a Career at MIT
MIT Commnuications Forum: Jenkins' Farewell — Reflections on a Career at ...
04/22/2010 5:00 PM Bartos theaterHenry Jenkins, Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California; William Uricchio, Professor of Comparative Media StudiesDescription: In conversation with William Uricchio, ...
Civics in Difficult Places
MIT Communications Forum: Civics in Difficult Places
In a live demonstration of globe-straddling communication technologies like Skype, this forum connects to citizen journalists and activists around the world, some of whom frequently test the limits of governmental authority.
Government Transparency and Collaborative Journalism
Government Transparency and Collaborative Journalism
Linda Fantin and Ellen Miller, with moderator Chris Csikszentmihalyi In December, the Obama administration directed federal agencies and departments to implement "principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration," including deadlines for providing ...
Government Transparency and Collaborative Journalism
Government Transparency and Collaborative Journalism
What new ways of gathering and presenting information are evolving from the nexus of government openness and digital connectedness?
Death of the News?
Death of the News?
A Starr Forum event presented on March 2, 2010 A discussion with Maria Balinska, Jason Pontin, and Susan GlasserFirle Davies, the Center's Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow, introduced the event About the event and speakers:Journalism is in a crisis. Newspapers are going out of business; editors and ...
Jen's Kungpao Chicken - Knight Science Journalism at MIT
Jen's Kungpao Chicken - Knight Science Journalism at MIT
Produced by Craig Simons, Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT. Simons is one of 12 fellows at KSJ. They spend nine months auditing courses in science, health, technology and new media. Watch Jen Lin-Lui, Simons' wife, make authentic Kungpao Chicken. Lin-Lui is the ...
Death of the News?
Death of the News?
03/02/2010 5:30 PM Wong AuditoriumMaria Balinska, Nieman Fellow, Harvard University (on leave from BBC); Susan Glasser, Executive Editor, Foreign Policy; Jason Pontin, Editor in Chief and Publisher, Technology ReviewDescription: While not dead, the U.S. news industry is severely depleted and ...
The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband"Enabled World
The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband"Enabled World
03/01/2010 4:00 PM Wong AuditoriumEugene J. Huang, Government Operations Director, National Broadband Task Force, Federal Communications CommissionDescription: The digital revolution that brought us Facebook, Twitter and YouTube could help revive participatory ...
The Future of Digital Public Media
The Future of Digital Public Media
03/01/2010 5:45 PM Wong AuditoriumJake Shapiro, PRX Director; Robert Bole, VP, Dig Strategy, CPB; Marita Rivero, VP and General Mgr for Radio and Television, WGBH ; Kinsey Wilson, Senior VP and GM, Digital Media, NPR; Damian Thorman, Ntl Program Director, Knight Foundation; Sue Schardt, ...
Leading through Adversity
Leading through Adversity
02/18/2010 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumPaul Sagan, President & CEO, Akamai TechnologiesDescription: Few companies have endured such hardship, or risen to such heights in a brief span of time as Akamai Technologies. Paul Sagantells how he became the CEO of this young firm, and helped it survive ...
The Great Climategate Debate
The Great Climategate Debate
12/10/2009 3:00 PM 26"100Henry D. Jacoby, Professor of Management, MIT Sloan; Kerry Emanuel, '76, PhD '78, Professor of Atmospheric Science; Judith Layzer, PhD '99, Linde Career Development Associate Professor of Environmental Policy; Stephen Ansolabehere, Professor, Department of Political ...
The Culture Beat and New Media
MIT Communiations Forum: The Culture Beat and New Media
Celebrity culture and the brutal economics of print journalism have conspired to kill arts criticism, but it has begun migrating to the web, where it just may survive and even thrive.
What's New at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media?
MIT Communications Forum: What's New at the MIT Center for Future Civic ...
Based on this roster of speakers, the MIT Center for Future Civic Media exists in a constant state of productive ferment, if not adrenaline rush.
The Art of Science Television
The Art of Science Television
10/15/2009 4:15 PM 10"250Paula S. Apsell, Senior Executive Producer, PBS"NOVA, and Director of Science Unit, WGBHDescription: Paula Apsell, NOVA's senior executive producer laments the sad state of science journalism and discusses how NOVA is more essential than ever. In a world where the ...
Race, Politics and American Media
Race, Politics and American Media
10/08/2009 5:00 PM Juan Williams, News analyst, NPR; J. Phillip Thompson, Associate Professor of Urban Politics, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT; David Thorburn, MIT Professor of Literature, MacVicar Faculty FellowDescription: The collapse of print and other traditional news and ...
The Future of Science Journalism
The Future of Science Journalism
04/28/2009 7:00 PM MuseumJill Abramson, Managing Editor, The New York Times; Andrew Revkin; Ivan Oransky; Evan Hadingham, Senior Science Editor, NOVA; Phil Hilts; Cristine RussellDescription: Susan Hockfield states that science journalism "is now, and in the decades ahead, absolutely ...
New Media, Civic Media
New Media, Civic Media
As old media die, new forms are emerging, but it's not clear they will serve such vital civic functions as "helping people form publics," as Pat Aufderheide puts it.
Global Media
MIT Communications Forum: Global Media
Just as digital technology has expanded the means of producing media, so has it increased the geographic range new media may travel.