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How Science Journalists Confront Bias–in Their Stories and in Themselves

Event Date:

October 7 - 8, 2024 | 10:00 PM UTC

ADDRESS:

Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
47-49 East 65th Street

New York, NY 10065

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OpenMind Magazine explores the cognitive science of truth decay.

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With a glut of accessible information and ceaselessly accelerating technologies that curate and multiply it for us, public understanding of science is increasingly vulnerable to manipulation and misinformation. How do journalists confront misinformation, conspiracy theories, and misleading ways of communicating scientific ideas? Where does bias manifest in scientific research, from ideation, methodologies, observation, conclusions, and discussions?

OpenMind Magazine Editors-in-Chief Corey Powell and Pamela Weintraub will explore these questions on Monday, October 7, 2024, at the Roosevelt House in New York City, hosted by Professor Sissel McCarthy, director of Hunter College’s journalism program.

The evening will begin with a presentation from Powell and Weintraub on anti-racist and anti-bias accountability efforts, algorithmic bias, and ethical challenges in medicine. McCarthy will then moderate a discussion with audience questions, followed by a reception with food and drinks. RSVP is required; a livestream is available for those unable to join in person.

The following day, Powell & Weintraub will visit classrooms and speak with journalism students at Hunter College. 

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