Thrilled to be co-curating this after-hours event at the MIT Museum on 4/9 with Cristina Parreno Alonso - we’ll chat w/ inventor Danny Hillis & geologist Marcia Bjornerud, hear a sound bath from DJ Joseph Ntaimo, eat & drink Pagu & meet Janet Echelman.Tickets: tickets.mitmuseum.org/events/019ca...
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Do NYC voters expect Zohran Mamdani to actually make all the buses free? I wrote about what New York can learn from the election and reelection of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu about city politics & daydreams.
Thanks for asking me for my take, @mitrakalita.bsky.social
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AI Spotlight Series - AN Editor's Guide to AI - August 25, 2025 - 11 AM EDT - This workshop is geared towards journalists in the North America, South America, Africa, and Europe timezones - Instructors: Gideon Lichfield and Bina Venkataraman - This track is designed for managing editors, executive editors, desk editors, social media editors -anyone in charge of directing coverage, commissioning stories, or packaging and producing them for public consumption. - Apply by July 31, 2025
There is still time to apply for the AI Spotlight Series Editor’s course are still open!
Learn with coaches @glichfield.bsky.social and @binajv.bsky.social how to identify AI stories, reporting opportunities, and avoid common pitfalls that can mislead an audience.
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AI Spotlight Series - AN Editor's Guide to AI - August 25, 2025 - 11 AM EDT - This workshop is geared towards journalists in the North America, South America, Africa, and Europe timezones - Instructors: Gideon Lichfield and Bina Venkataraman - This track is designed for managing editors, executive editors, desk editors, social media editors -anyone in charge of directing coverage, commissioning stories, or packaging and producing them for public consumption. - Apply by July 31, 2025
Applications for the AI Spotlight Series Editor’s course are still open!
Learn with coaches @glichfield.bsky.social and @binajv.bsky.social how to identify AI stories, reporting opportunities, and avoid common pitfalls that can mislead or confuse an audience. #AI
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4o6Bgp4
Wait for it.
Ft. @drewlgoins.bsky.social & @binajv.bsky.social
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Ireland is positioning itself to gain from the brain drain from the United States as research scientists and scholars flee Trump's violent assault on colleges and universities. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
"Whether they are geeks in garages or eggheads in university labs, American entrepreneurs have built their ideas and fortunes on the back of basic research supported by taxpayers, who then reap the rewards," @binajv.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/3S00PJK
Pulitzer Center - AfricaCheck - AI Spotlight Series - An Editor's Guide to AI - June 10, 2025 - The workshop is geared towards journalists in the North America, South America, Africa, and Europe time zones - Instructors: Tom Simonite and Bina Venkataraman - This track, co-organized with Africa Check, is designed for managing editors, executive editores, desk editors, and social media editores -anyone in charge of directing coverage, commissioning stories, or packaging and producing them for public consumption. Apply by May 15, 2025.
Applications for the AI Spotlight Series Editor’s course, in collaboration with @africacheck.org, close soon!
Learn with @binajv.bsky.social & @simonite.bsky.social how to identify #AI stories, reporting opportunities, and to avoid common pitfalls that can mislead your audience.
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Brilliant column with a profoundly important message. Kudos to
@binajv.bsky.social 👏👏👏
wapo.st/4keFurS
RIP, American innovation. It’s been great to be from the most inventive country on earth. My eulogy for what’s being lost as political leaders slash science research budgets. For @postopinions.bsky.social (gift link) wapo.st/4keFurS
Thank you for sharing it, Bill!