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Outbreak Week: Media in the Age of Contagions: Journalists

Led by the Harvard Global Health Institute, Outbreak Week was a Harvard University-wide effort to commemorate the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed more than 50 million people around the globe. At this symposium on "Media in the Age of Contagions," held at Harvard Law School on Sept. 26, journalists who have covered public and global health for print, television, radio, and digital media outlets including NPR, PBS, the New York Times, the Washington Post, STAT, and more discussed the role of the media when an outbreak occurs, and the dangers of rumors and disinformation. In this panel, "Challenges and Opportunities in Covering Infectious Disease Outbreaks," Karen Weintraub, Independent Health/Science journalist, Lena Sun, National Reporter focusing on health, The Washington Post, Michaeleen Doucleff, Reporter, NPR Science Desk and Goats and Soda, NPRs Global Health and development blog (via Skype), and Helen Branswell, Senior Writer for Infectious Diseases and Public Health, STAT were panelists. Moderator: Stefanie Friedhoff, Senior Editor; Nieman Fellow '01; Assistant Director of Communications, Harvard Global Health Institute