Frontline Scientific Reporting in the Age of COVID-19 - Apoorva Mandivalli
Channel: National Human Genome Research Institute
Date: 2021-05-25

The Genomics and the Media Seminar Series features experts in communicating about genomics across media, including radio, podcasting, writing, speaking, publishing and everything in between. Apoorva Mandivalli, M.S., M.A., New York Times reporter, kicks off the series, presenting "Frontline Scientific Reporting in the Age of COVID-19." Chris Gunter, Ph.D., Senior Advisor to the NHGRI Director on Genomics Engagement, moderates the discussion.

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Related Links:
About Genomics and the Media Seminar Series: https://www.genome.gov/genomics-and-the-media
Genomics and the Media on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/GenomicsandtheMedia?src=hash
About Chris Gunter: https://www.genome.gov/staff/Chris-Gunter-PhD
About Apoorva Mandivalli: https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mandavilli
The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Is Still Unfolding: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-is-still-unfolding/560726/ 
India's Government is Becoming Increasingly Antiscience: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/india-s-government-is-becoming-increasingly-antiscience/
India Blames a Virus Variant as Its Covid-19 Crisis Deepens : https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/world/asia/india-covid19-variant.html


Chapters:
0:00 - About the Genomics and the Media Seminar Series (Sarah Bates)
2:19 - Introduction (Chris Gunter)
3:49 - Value of two masters degrees in my career (Apoorva Mandivalli)
6:01 - Career path advice for aspiring science journalists (Mandivalli)
8:35 - Interaction with genetics/genomics while working at Nature Medicine (Mandivalli)
11:20 - Challenges for reporters to cover new discoveries (Mandivalli)
12:35 - Lessons learned from launching the Spectrum website for the autism community (Mandivalli)
16:38 - How my opinion changed on value of genomics in autism research (Mandivalli)
20:49 - Keeping my writing engaging and accessible for scientists and non-scientists (Mandivalli)
23:20 - Changes in diversity in science journalism since co-founding Culture Dish (Mandivalli)
29:43 - Diversity in science communication possibly boosting diversity in clinical trials (Mandivalli)
32:18 - Lessons learned from reporting for the Bhopal disaster story in The Atlantic (Mandivalli)
35:05 - Plans to go to India and report on their COVID-19 pandemic (Mandivalli)
36:50 - The anti-science movement in India (Mandivalli)
40:51 - Thoughts on the current set of variants in circulating in India (Mandivalli)
44:26 - How social media may enhance/detract from work process (Mandivalli)
47:03 -  Pushback and double-standard from scientists after tweeting/writing about the NY variant  (Mandivalli)
51:28 - What NHGRI can do to improve communication between science journalists and scientists about basic genomics research (Mandivalli)
53:22 - Most surprising aspects from reporting about COVID (Mandivalli)
54:32 - NY Times Spelling Bee word I'm most proud of (Mandivalli)
55:39 - What excites me about the future of genomics (Mandivalli)
58:26 - Closing Remarks (Bates)