World in Motion

Documentary by the students in the Graduate Program in Science Writing, featuring Peko Hosoi's Robo Snails, and robotic swimmers.

Words for the Web with Neal Kane

Neal Kane, President of Libretto, Inc. shares pointers on best practices for web writing. Neal is widely regarded as one of New England's leading business writers and messaging strategists.

The Writing of Fantasy

11/14/2007 7:00 PM 32"123Susan Cooper, Author; Gregory Maguire, Author; Roger Sutton, Editor in Chief, The Horn Book; Dr. Robert M. Randolph, Chaplain to the InstituteDescription: Sometimes the world gives off a glare "that's hard to look at directly," says Susan Cooper, and for her, making ...

The Perfect Oyster

The definition of a "perfect oyster" depends a lot on whether you're a fisherman or a conservationist. But can conservation efforts create an environment that will preserve everyone's perfect oyster?

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 Craft of Science Fiction

11/16/2006 BartosJoe Haldeman, Adjunct Professor of Writing, MITDescription: Joe Haldeman provides a sneak preview of an upcoming novel whose story plays out in MIT's past, present and distant future. In his conversation with Henry Jenkins, Haldeman admits that he has -a lot of fun with the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Television's Great Writer

04/20/2006 5:00 PM BartosDavid Milch, Creator, Executive Producer and Writer, DEADWOOD, HBODescription: This talk, by one of television's most dark-minded auteurs, may inspire some viewers to upgrade their cable service to HBO, or at least to rent DVDs of his classic police dramas. David ...

No One Writes Alone: Peer Review in the Classroom, A Guide For Instructors

Neil Gaiman, part 2

Bestselling author, screenwriter and comics luminary Neil Gaiman, interviewed by Henry Jenkins as part of the Julius Schwartz Memorial Lecture in 2008. The lecture was hosted by the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT, and was founded to honor the memory of longtime DC Comics editor ...

Narratives of Science

Robert Kanigel poses the central question of this panel: "The storytelling express is leaving the station. Do we want to jump aboard, or under some circumstances, stay where we are?"

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 3 of 5: Karen Weintraub

Talk by Karen Weintraub, deputy editor of health and science at the Boston Globe. Part 3 of 5 of the IAP Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT careers office.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 2 of 5: Jonathan Fildes

Talk by Jonathan Fildes, BBC News Science and Technology reporter. Part 2 of 5 of the MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel.

MIT IAP Science Journalism Panel 1 of 5: Intro

Introductory remarks to the 2009 IAP Science Journalism Panel at MIT, organized by the MIT Careers Office. Part 1 of 5.