Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
--Smart, thoughtful public discussion about emerging science and technology is a great goal. How can journalists manage the challenges of reporting on developments that stir excitement, hope, cultural controversy, anger and fear and best serve their readers and society? Distinguished editors responded to the recommendations coming from small-group discussions focused on covering gene editing, solar geoengineering, artificial intelligence/predictive technology, and brain-machine interfaces.
This session was part of a workshop, "Journalists and Scientists at the Frontiers: A dialogue about values and responsibility," sponsored by the Kavli Foundation and produced by the Council for the Advancement of Science as part of the ScienceWriters2020 conference. Alan Boyle, GeekWire contributing editor and president of CASW, moderated the closing session.
Speakers:
--Brooke Dulka, neuroscientist and freelance writer, scribe for the gene editing discussion group;
--Karen Andrade, Civic Science fFellow with the Science Philanthropy Alliance, scribe for the solar geoengineering discussion group;
--Maria Carnovale, Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, scribe for the artificial intelligence discussion group;
--J. Alex Grizzell, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, scribe for the brain-machine interfaces discussion group;
--Victoria Jaggard, executive editor for science, National Geographic; and
--Alison Snyder, managing editor, Axios.
--Smart, thoughtful public discussion about emerging science and technology is a great goal. How can journalists manage the challenges of reporting on developments that stir excitement, hope, cultural controversy, anger and fear and best serve their readers and society? Distinguished editors responded to the recommendations coming from small-group discussions focused on covering gene editing, solar geoengineering, artificial intelligence/predictive technology, and brain-machine interfaces.
This session was part of a workshop, "Journalists and Scientists at the Frontiers: A dialogue about values and responsibility," sponsored by the Kavli Foundation and produced by the Council for the Advancement of Science as part of the ScienceWriters2020 conference. Alan Boyle, GeekWire contributing editor and president of CASW, moderated the closing session.
Speakers:
--Brooke Dulka, neuroscientist and freelance writer, scribe for the gene editing discussion group;
--Karen Andrade, Civic Science fFellow with the Science Philanthropy Alliance, scribe for the solar geoengineering discussion group;
--Maria Carnovale, Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, scribe for the artificial intelligence discussion group;
--J. Alex Grizzell, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, scribe for the brain-machine interfaces discussion group;
--Victoria Jaggard, executive editor for science, National Geographic; and
--Alison Snyder, managing editor, Axios.
