Petrie-Flom Center: ‘COVID-19, Science, and the Media: Lessons Learned Reporting on the Pandemic’ - 26 October 2021, 12.30-13.30 (EDT)

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From the transmission debate, to the origins investigation, to changes in mask guidance, to vaccine safety concerns, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a particularly precarious nexus of science, politics, journalism, social media, and policy. This panel discussion will reflect on this tenuous situation, potential areas of improvement in pandemic reporting, and lessons learned from recent experience. 

Panelists:

Chloe Reichel - Editor-in-Chief, Bill of Health and Communications Associate, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School

Kai Kupferschmidt - contributing correspondent, Science magazine

Apoorva Mandavilli - health and science reporter, The New York Times

Amy Maxmen - senior reporter, Nature

Emily Woodruff - health reporter, The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate

Alexandra L. Phelan (Moderator) - Assistant Professor, Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University