Thanks to Liz Seegert for inviting me to speak to a group of outstanding reporters today at the Journalism & Women Symposium's Health Journalism Fellowship. Go @womenjournos! So great to finally meet Liz, @barav@RhituC and @jessiehellmann in person.
Looking for a refresher on covering polls or new to political reporting? Join @NPCInstitute's free webinar tomorrow (Jan. 31) on covering polls: tinyurl.com/4557yuzh
Journalists: Come meet editors in the DC area who are accepting freelance articles 📰
On 12/8 at @PressClubDC, you'll learn strategies for winning pitches, managing freelancing as a business & building the writer and editor relationship. pressclubinstitute.org/event…
NEW PRICE! Join us at @PressClubDC for a workshop designed for freelance journalists & those interested in starting a freelance business.
Learn strategies for pitching, managing finances & working with editors. Tickets on sale:
pressclubinstitute.org/event…
Thank you @StateDept for giving me the opportunity to narrate your digital story AND for clarifying which character I played in that space movie. 🙏❤️👍
stories.state.gov/space
Science fiction is becoming jaw-dropping fact, largely thanks to collaboration among many nations. Launch into a real-life space adventure with @MarkHamill, who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, in our latest digital story: stories.state.gov/space
LIVE NOW: The Czech Republic is signing the #Artemis Accords, joining more than 20 nations from all over the world committed to the peaceful and safe exploration of space: nasa.gov/live
ALT This graphic shows the list of countries that have signed the Artemis Accords. Flags from 24 different nations are listed over an image of the shadowed lunar surface. The flags represent Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The bottom of the image reads: "United for Peaceful Exploration of Space."
I am moderating a panel at the Association of Health Care Journalists - Health Journalism 2023. Please check out my panel if you're attending the event! #HJ23 - via #Whova event app
Yesterday, the Coronavirus Vaccines R&D Roadmap was released. Its an important document summarizing steps that need to be taken to have better coronavirus vaccines in the future. A great tool for policymakers to direct funding.
cvr.cidrap.umn.edu/
There seems to be a translation error from Khmer to English. The report below (in khmer) states there are 12 contacts to the index case and 4 amongst those 12 report flu like symptoms. m.freshnewsasia.com/index.ph…
#H5N1#birdflu is garnering headlines galore. I'm not here to tell you H5 isn't a dangerous virus. But how likely it is to ever be able to spread easily among people isn't currently knowable.
Few people alive know more about H5 than @CDCgov's Tim Uyeki. cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/spotlig…
A key quote in @HelenBranswell's story on understanding avian flu: “Trying to predict what H5N1 will do in the human population absolutely requires a great deal of scientific humility,” said CIDRAP’s Michael Osterholm. bit.ly/3XktcCn
Interested in the latest research on long COVID? Join @barav for a webinar with the #NIH's Dr. Gary Gibbons on Feb. 10, 2 p.m. ET.
healthjournalism.org/calenda…
Interested in the latest research on long COVID? Join @barav for a webinar with the #NIH's Dr. Gary Gibbons on Feb. 10, 2 p.m. ET.
healthjournalism.org/calenda…
Interested in the latest research on long COVID? Join @barav for a webinar with the #NIH's Dr. Gary Gibbons on Feb. 10, 2 p.m. ET.
healthjournalism.org/calenda…
ALT Science writer and co-founder of the go-to site for science journalists, The Open Notebook, Siri Carpenter’s THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING, offering advice from Carpenter and other journalists, including Ed Yong, Laura Helmuth, Carl Zimmer, and Sarah Zhang, for all writers covering stories of science, technology, environment, and medicine; acquired along with an unnamed anthology, annotated by top journalists dissecting the best of pieces of science writing, at auction, to Joseph Calamia at the University of Chicago Press, in a two-book deal, by Gillian MacKenzie at Gillian MacKenzie Agency (world English).