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Adapting Journalism to the Web

MIT Media Lab, Room 633 75 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA, United States

How can professional reporters and editors help to assure that quality journalism will be recognized and valued in our brave new digital world?

A Conversation with Nate Silver

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater (Room 070) 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Statistician and political polling analyst Nate Silver will discuss his career -- from student journalist to baseball prognosticator to the creator of FiveThirtyEight.com.

The Phoenix Burns Out: Remembering a Boston Institution

MIT Media Lab, Room 633 75 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA, United States

When the Phoenix announced its closing, the city lost a powerful cultural force and a vibrant source of information. We'll discuss the Phoenix's legacy.

Long-form Journalism: Inside The Atlantic

MIT Building 66, Room 110 25 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

James Fallows and Corby Kummer of The Atlantic chart the journey of a major feature story from conception to publication and speculate about the future of long-form journalism in the digital age.

Is There a Future for In-Depth Science Journalism?

MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MA, United States

The leadership and reporting team of STAT -- a new publication that focuses on health, medicine and scientific discovery -- will discuss the publication’s progress and how the field of science journalism is changing.

Virtual Reality Meets Documentary: A Deeper Look

MIT Building 32 (Stata Center), Room 123 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

A panel with some of the leading creators in virtual reality -- Raney Aronson-Rath, Jessica Brillhart, Nonny de la Peña, and Caspar Sonnen -- to better understand VR’s potentials and implications for documentary and journalism.

Time Traveling with James Gleick

MIT Building 2, Room 190 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United States

International best-selling author and science historian James Gleick discusses his career, the state of science journalism, and his newest book Time Travel: A History, which delves into the evolution of time travel in literature and science and the thin line between pulp fiction and modern physics.

Race and Racism in the 2016 Presidential Election

MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MA, United States

Slate's Jamelle Bouie on how race and ethnicity framed the election and how journalists and content creators can improve coverage of these issues moving forward.