Bringing “the greatest show in the universe” to the people
The promise of compelling science communications was on full display at MIT Oct. 9-13, as the Institute welcomed some 800 science writers, editors, and producers to ScienceWriters2015, the largest annual meeting of professional science communicators in the United States. The meeting, a collaboration between the Knight Science Journalism (KSJ) program at MIT, the National Association of Science Writers (NASW), and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, provided a mixture of professional development workshops, updates on recent advances in science and engineering, and an opportunity to learn from and engage with faculty at MIT and other local institutions working on the front lines of scientific innovation. The event also served to highlight several programs within the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences that train early- and mid-career communicators: KSJ, a nine-month fellowship in which a dozen of the world’s top journalists each year hone their skills in the communication of...