Telling the Stories of Science: Panel 2
Telling the Stories of Science: Panel 2
Fifty Years Ahead: Imagining Nanotechnology, Quantum Computing, and Molecular Biology in 2062 Stata Center 32-141, March 24, 2012 Angela Belcher, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MITSeth Lloyd, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MITPhillip Sharp, Institute Professor, ...
The Arab Discourse, Al-Jazeera and the International Role
The Arab Discourse, Al-Jazeera and the International Role
Hafez Mirazi, Washington Bureau Chief, Host of "Al-Jazeera Weekly"; Al-Jazeera Television Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based Arab news network, wasn't the Bush Administration's favorite media outlet. But Hafez Mirazi states that his network's motto is "both sides of the ...
The Art of Science Communication
The Art of Science Communication
10/14/2010 5:30 PM 46Alan Alda, Actor and WriterDescription: You wouldn't know that Alan Alda felt nervous in advance of addressing this audience of neuroscientists. In his trademark style, Alda chats up the crowd like an old friend, sharing anecdotes involving one of his great pursuits: "I ...
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 ...
The Emergence of Citizen's Media
The Emergence of Citizen's Media
09/19/2006 5:00 PM BartosAlex Beam, Columnist, The Boston Globe; Ellen Foley, Editor, the Wisconsin State Journal; Dan Gillmor, Director, Center for Citizen Media; David Thorburn, MIT Professor of LiteratureMacVicar Faculty FellowDescription: Extra, extra, browse all about it! The newspaper ...
The Emerging Mediascape
The Emerging Mediascape
03/18/2004 5:00 PM 4-237Mark Jurkowitz, Media Writer, The Boston Globe; Jeffrey Dvorkin, Ombudsman, National Public Radio; David Thorburn, MIT Professor of LiteratureMacVicar Faculty FellowDescription: '500 channels and still nothing on' is the gloomy assessment of these two media experts. In ...
The Financial Crisis, the Recession, and the American ...
The Financial Crisis, the Recession, and the American Political Economy: A ...
11/09/2010 4:00 PM 54"100Charles H. Ferguson, Ph.D. '89, FilmmakerDescription: Charles Ferguson shows how useful a varied background in math, political science and business can be, as he dissects the complexities and recent crisis of the U.S. financial system. In a ...
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 Civic Media
The Future of Civic Media
A plenary from the 2011 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference, featuring: Sasha Costanza-Chock, MIT Comparative Media Studies Chris Csikszentmihályi, MIT Center for Civic Media Ethan Zuckerman, Berkman Center/MIT Center for Civic Media
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, ...
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 ...
The Future of the News
The Future of the News
11/18/2008 6:00 PM MuseumEllen Hume, Research Director, MIT Center for Future Civic MediaDescription: Ellen Hume predicts a "good news conversation" with her MIT Museum crowd about the future of news, but all participants end up working very hard to find a silver lining in the dire situation ...
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 Last Battle of the Vietnam War
The Last Battle of the Vietnam War
Produced by Marcin Jamkowski and Michael Barnes, Knight Science Journalism Fellows, 2009-10
The Light of the Dark Ocean
The Light of the Dark Ocean
A brief look at bioluminescence in deep sea creatures with Harvard Professors Woody Hastings & Karsten Hartel. By Knight Fellow Wojciech Mikoluszko.
The World is Flat 3.0
The World is Flat 3.0
Elaborating on his World is Flat thesis, Friedman describes how this new global order puts creative, entrepreneurial individuals in the driver's seat, and poses distinct new challenges and opportunities.
Letter from the Editor
TR Nov/Dec Letter from the Editor
Our November/December 2011 issue features new technology for eavesdropping on the hive mind, an essay on the evolution of privacy, and much more.
TR Sept/Oct 2011 Letter from the Editor
TR Sept/Oct 2011 Letter from the Editor
Technology Review features the TR35, 35 innovators under the age of 35, in its September/October 2011 issue.
TV News in Transition
TV News in Transition
04/06/2006 5:00 PM BartosStuart Brotman, Founder and President, Brotman Communications; Visiting Scholar, Comparative Media Studies, MIT; Neal Shapiro, Former President, NBC News ; ; Juju Chang, Correspondent, ABC News Description: One of broadcast journalism's power couples reminisce about ...
Whitehead director talks Y chromosome with Stephen Colbert
Whitehead director talks Y chromosome with Stephen Colbert
Whitehead Institute Director David Page appears on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report to engage in a little lively banter about the future of the human Y chromosome.