Class 16 Guest speaker: Nancy Surrel
Guest speaker: Nancy Surrel
Nancy writes press releases for Dartmouth College. She was a science writer for the Valley News before she came to Dartmouth. The topic of her talk is on reporting scientific news, especially issues related to the NewYork Times article " " (which was discussed in Class ??). Some questions asked by the students were: " If you know that certain scientific results such as a cup of wine a day is good for the heart is very preliminary, why do you keep writing about them?", " What are the rules governing protecting your sources?", "What is your best work?". Issues that were discussed included: the role of news in guiding your behavior, the power of news, scientific study and funding, objective reporting, etc.