{"id":44428,"date":"2021-02-18T15:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T20:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=44428"},"modified":"2021-02-18T17:31:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:31:20","slug":"city-of-science-truth-and-lies-covering-covid-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/02\/city-of-science-truth-and-lies-covering-covid-18.html","title":{"rendered":"City of Science<\/font><\/em>
Truth and Lies: Covering COVID-18<\/font><\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How do journalists cover a crucial and complex topic like COVID-19 in this era of polarization and soundbites?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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“Besides the challenge of quickly translating life-and-death medical and technical information to a broad audience, how do they guard against misinformation, lies, and the politicization of science? How can they dig through the many layers to bring lifesaving facts to the public?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Emily Laber-Warren<\/strong>, director of the Health and Science Reporting Program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, CUNY, moderates a panel featuring: Lauren Friedman<\/strong>, a top health and food editor at Consumer Reports<\/em> and adjunct professor at Newmark J-School; Roxanne Khamsi<\/strong>, a science journalist and WIRED<\/em> contributor who has taught at Newmark J-School; and Apoorva Mandavilli<\/strong>, a health and science reporter at The New York Times<\/em>.“<\/b> \n
\u2014 The Graduate Center, CUNY<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n

Presented with the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, CUNY.<\/em>
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