Upcoming Events
Writing Effective Op-Eds: A Training for Researchers
Wednesday, October 25, 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Virtually on Zoom
Juliana Cohen, ScM, ScD, Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at HSPH, moderates this panel on how researchers can use use op-eds to share their research findings and perspectives on current issues related to their work. In this webinar, participants will learn about the role and influence of op-eds as a strategic communication strategy, how the writing style and components of op-eds differ from academic pieces, selecting an outlet, and what editors look for in an op-ed. The webinar will feature perspectives from a researcher experienced in publishing op-eds and a media professional and will give participants practical strategies for crafting their own op-eds.
This webinar is hosted by Duke University.
Register here.
Seminar | Creators for Change
Tuesday, October 31, 1-1:50 pm | Kresge 200
Join us to learn how creators are using social media to communicate about and advocate for social change. Featuring David Craig, Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Rebooting Social Media at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center and Clinical Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
This is an on-campus event presented jointly by the Center for Health Communication and the Health Communication Concentration. Lunch will be served.
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Seminar | Crisis Communications and Reputational Management in Our Times 
Wednesday, November 8, 1:00 – 1:50 pm | Kresge 502
Featuring Gabby Stern, director of communications at the World Health Organization
This is an on-campus event presented jointly by the Center for Health Communication and the Health Communication Concentration. Lunch will be served.
Register here.
Seminar | Today’s Media Landscape and What it Means for Public Health 
Wednesday, November 15, 1:00 – 1:50 pm | Kresge 502
Featuring Dick Tofel, a veteran news executive and former president of ProPublica.
This is an on-campus event presented jointly by the Center for Health Communication and the Health Communication Concentration. Lunch will be served.
Register here.
Past Events
Covering race and racism: A view from the newsroom
Covering race and racism: A view from the newsroom 
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 1pm ET | The Studio, 10th Floor, Kresge Building
It isn’t enough to write about race and health separately: to tell the whole story, journalists must explore the many complex ways in which race, racism, and health intersect. In this fireside chat, renowned journalists Akilah Johnson of The Washington Post and Amber Payne of The Emancipator will be joined by health equity expert and former NYC health commissioner Mary Bassett. They will take your questions about the opportunities and challenges of reporting on race and health equity and communicating with the public on these critical issues. How can journalists combat misinformation and misconceptions about health disparities? What can the public health community learn from journalists about communicating with the public? What stories about race and health are still going untold? Bring your questions.
Seminar | Unprecedented: Lessons learned from covering fast moving pandemics
Seminar | Unprecedented: Lessons learned from covering fast moving pandemics
Wednesday, September 20 | 1:00–1:50 pm ET | Kresge 502
Join veteran New York Times science reporter Apoorva Mandavilli to talk about what she has learned from reporting from the front lines of multiple emerging pandemics.
This is an on-campus event; lunch will be provided.
