We are part of the Massachusetts Institue of Technology in Cambridge, Massaschusetts. A fellow's work usually includes courses audited at MIT and Harvard, attendance at departmental colloquia, lab visits, interviews, reading and writing. Each fellow designs his or her own course of study in discussion with the director.
Some fellows audit three or four courses.
Others choose to focus much of their time on a single lab, spending hours each day with the researchers or helping out with experiments. A number of seminars are devoted to the craft of science writing and issues involving interactions between science and society. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is the principal sponsor of the Fellowships. Collegiality Many Knight Fellows have said that one of the most valuable and lasting benefits of their year at MIT is the interaction with other Knight Fellows. For many at smaller news organizations and for freelance writers, science writing can be a lonely pursuit.