A Special Lecture Series Presented by the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society and the Knight Science Journalism Program

Join us on Monday, March 31st, from 5:15-6:45 pm in E51-145 for a special talk by Hillary Rosner

Bearing Witness: Reporting on Nature in Tumultuous Times

Science journalism has never been more important. At the very moment when journalism is struggling to redefine itself and find new business models, truth is being undermined—and now science is also under attack. It’s crucial that journalists document what is happening and that they explain to the public how the pieces all fit together. Drawing on her two decades of experience covering environmental issues, as well as on recent reporting from around the U.S. and abroad for her forthcoming book on wildlife movement and the importance of reconnecting landscapes, Hillary Rosner will explore the importance of journalism that highlights connections. Increasing public understanding of those connections—between, say, a demand for avocadoes in one country and a biodiversity crisis in another, or between a drought in one region and the rise of fascism in another—may help restore trust in the vital enterprise of science in the U.S. Environmental journalism offers a model for how to cover complexity because it involves so many intersecting issues.

About Hillary Rosner

Hillary Rosner is an award-winning science journalist and the assistant director of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has written for National Geographic, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, Scientific American, The Washington Post, Undark, Nautilus, Men’s Journal, Audubon, and dozens of other publications. Her book Roam: Wild Animals, Human Landscapes, and the Race to Knit the Natural World Back Together will be published this fall by Patagonia Books.

To Attend the Lecture

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