Genomics and the Media Seminar Series
Event Details
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will host a virtual lecture series throughout 2021 and 2022 that features trailblazers in science communication. Each distinguished speaker is an expert in communicating about genomics across media, including radio, podcasting, writing, speaking, publishing and everything in-between. The series aims to demonstrate the various approaches for communicating about genomics as well as the unique challenges and opportunities each medium can bring.
These lectures will provide communicators with the opportunity to talk about what it’s like to cover genomics today, such as the special challenges in reporting on the quickly growing scientific field, and how it’s changed since the Human Genome Project.
Virtual
Recorded Video
Past Seminars
Frontline Scientific Reporting in the Age of COVID-19
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. ET
Speaker: Apoorva Mandavilli, M.A., M.S.
Reporter (Science and Global Health), The New York Times
Moderator: Chris Gunter, Ph.D.
NHGRI
Preprints and the Scientific Media Landscape
Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET
Speaker: John Inglis, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Co-founder, bioRxiv, medRxiv
Moderator: Chris Gunter, Ph.D.
NHGRI
Using the Media to Connect Science and Humanity
Monday, September 20, 2021, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET
Speaker: Amy Harmon
National Correspondent (Science and Society), The New York Times
Moderator: Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D.
NHGRI
How Media and Language Can Fight Scientific Racism
Thursday, November 4, 2021, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET
Speaker: Dorothy Roberts, J.D.
Professor of Law and Sociology, Civil Rights, University of Pennsylvania; Author, Fatal Invention
Moderator: Sarah Bates, M.S.
NHGRI
Expanding SciComm with Podcasting and New Media
Thursday, January 20, 2022, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET
Speaker: Elizabeth Wayne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University; Co-host, PhDivas Podcast
Moderator: Alyssa Jones
NHGRI
Bringing Science to the Masses Through Radio
March 8, 2022, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. ET
Speaker: Joe Palca, Ph.D.
Science Correspondent, NPR
Moderator: Sarah Bates, M.S.
NHGRI
Reflections on Modern Scientific Publishing
June 30, 2022, 12:30 p.m. EDT / 6:30 p.m. BST
Speaker: Magdalena Skipper, Ph.D.
Editor in Chief, Nature; Chief Editorial Advisor, Nature Research
Moderator: Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D.
NHGRI
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Last updated: July 5, 2022