Is There a Future for In-Depth Science Journalism?

Traditional media outlets have been facing budget cuts and layoffs for years, with specialized reporters often among the first to go. And yet last year, Boston Globe Media Partners made a significant investment in launching STAT, a new publication that focuses on health, medicine and scientific discovery. STAT's leadership and reporting team will discuss the publication’s progress and how the field of science journalism is changing. Speakers Rick Berke is the executive editor of STAT and former executive editor of POLITICO. Berke joined The New York Times in 1986 and served as a political correspondent and senior editor for nearly three decades. Carl Zimmer is a national correspondent for STAT and hosts the site's “Science Happens" video series. Zimmer also writes the "Matter" column at The New York Times and has written 12 books including Soul Made Flesh, which was named as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Rebecca Robbins is a reporter for STAT covering money in life sciences. Moderator: Seth Mnookin, associate director of MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing and author of The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy.