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With her characteristic intelligence and humor, bestselling author Mary Roach (@mary_roach) kicked off the Saturday morning lineup with a keynote talk on her seven “bad habits”of highly effective science writing.
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@bittelmethis @deborahblum Pshaw, thanks, Jason! Thanks for capturing one of the day's many, many happy moments. #KSJ40
Enjoyed a fantastic weekend and experience with classmates, peers, colleagues and fellow #KSJ40 alums. Thank you!
For 40 years, the KSJ program has offered the most desired fellowship by science and technology journalists in the world.
Over a 200 KSJ alumni have returned to Cambridge for two days of celebration.
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Terrific fellowship and one of the finest, funniest humans I know. Thanks for letting me share the #KSJ40 fun, @deborahblum and @KSJatMIT
“My name is Deborah Blum and it is my honor to be the fourth director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT”
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An absolute privilege to hear & meet the stars of the @undarkmag issue on the persistence of Race Science #KSJ40 🙌
@CharlesMBlow @smjyoti @AHGoodman18 @ashleythesmart @tomzellerjr @deborahblum @big_data_kane @jonathan_moens @duylinhtu @Melba_Newsome https://t.co/SF8kQtHxXe
Congratulations @deborahblum @ashleythesmart @KSJatMIT #KSJ40. Definitely the best fellowship.Looking forward to the next meeting.
The first keynote of today:
"The Seven Bad Habits of Highly Effective Science Writing" by the amazing Mary Roach, author of “Stiff,” “Spook,” “Bonk,” “Gulp,” “Grunt", “Packing for Mars”, “FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law".
@mary_roach
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"Thank you for making KSJ a success"
Deborah Blum (@deborahblum), Director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT
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Thanks for having me speak to brilliant science journalists at #ksj40. I answered the question below and sort of told a Rand Paul joke. 🙏 @deborahblum
Our next keynote:
"Can Journalism Save Democracy? How Serious Reporting Matters Now More Than Ever" by Margaret Sullivan, a groundbreaking journalist and award-winning media critic.
@Sulliview
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"Modern science was built on the racist science of the past. It is impossible to think about these issues without their connection to the historical context."
Angela Saini
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The @undarkmag #LongDivision panel at #KSJ40. @smjyoti @federAngela @ashleythesmart @big_data_kane and Alan Goodman
Ashley Smart (@ashleythesmart) describes the behind the scenes of the project "Long Division: The Persistence of Race Science"
https://t.co/sYNwTvpJSv
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Tom Zeller Jr (Editor in Chief of @undarkmag), @tomzellerjr, presents the afternoon panel:
"Long Division: Race, Science, and Journalism at a Crossroads"
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"AI is perhaps a bigger change than the move from analog to digital. I think that journalists are not very prepared to adapt to this change."
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"We are in a very chaotic situation. Internet has changed everything, the business model. We are figuring out as we go."
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"As journalist, the best is to go where things happen. The closest to where the action is."
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