CIR dialogue series #4: Getting the COVID-19 science right

Date: Friday, 15 May 2020

Time: 11 00 a.m. (IST)

Venue: via Zoom

By prior registration only. To register, please e-mail cir@cir.lk on or before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Resource Person: Subhra Priyadarshini, Editor, Nature India

Is it to do with bats, pangolins, monkeys or something else?

As journalists had to convert themselves to health reporters overnight due to a global pandemic, one of the biggest challenges reporters covering COVID-19 are confronted with is the science around it.

As reporters chase possibly the biggest health story in their lifetime, it is not a story easily told. Getting the science is key to successful storytelling.

Subhra Priyadarshini, one of India’s best science journalists and Editor of Nature India will join us on a Zoom discussion to share insights and offer tips on getting the COVID-19 story right and explore one of the biggest and multi-dimensional stories of our time.

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