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About the Center
The
Knight Center for Science and Medical Journalism at Boston University
is dedicated to improving the quality of science and medical journalism
worldwide by training students and veteran journalists to recognize,
investigate, analyze and explain scientific and medical findings
and issues.
The Center's interdisciplinary nature and special
concentration in medical reporting encourage students and journalists
from diverse disciplines to learn from each other as well as from
the faculty. Graduates of the Center enter the profession with
a strong grounding in research and journalistic and narrative
techniques, serving a growing public need for specialized information.
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Boston is a hub of medical, biotechnological, academic and journalistic
expertise. The combination of Boston University’s medical
school and journalism department makes it a natural spot for
locating a new center that will help broaden our society’s
understanding of medicine and medical research"
— Dr. W. Gerald Austen, chairman of the
Knight Foundation Board of Trustees and former chief of surgery
at Massachusetts General Hospital
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The
Knight Center for Science and Medical Journalism encompasses
a diversity of programs aimed at both beginning and veteran
journalists. The components include:
Graduate program in science journalism: Boston
University's internationally-known Master's Degree Program
in Science Journalism that prepares beginning journalists
for careers in science, medical and public health reporting.
Visiting scholar program: a program that enables
a distinguished mid-career journalist to take a year's
leave from reporting to teach and conduct research on
issues in science, medicine, and the environment.
On-campus training for mid-career professionals:
short intensive training seminars for reporters who cover
medicine and health.
Conferences on science and medical journalism: meetings
that bring together leading editors and reporters with scientists,
historians of science, physicians, policy makers and others
who understand the practice and politics of science and medicine.
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