3Ps in a Pandemic: On Trust and Truth (ID Epi Seminar Series)

This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Kai Kupferschmidt, freelance science journalist for the Science Magazine. The in-person portion will be held in FXB G13 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here.

Kai Kupferschmidt is a science journalist based in Berlin. He has worked as a freelance editor and writer for numerous German newspapers and is a contributing correspondent for Science Magazine. During the pandemic he also launched a German language science podcast called “Pandemia” with his colleagues Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt and Nicolas Semak. He has written two books, one on infectious diseases and one on the science of the color blue. Kai has received numerous awards for his work, including the Media Prize of the German Aids Foundation and the NIHCM Trade Journalism Award (shared with Gretchen Vogel). He is currently an MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow focusing on misinformation and disinformation.

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