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Sound Science and Sound Journalism in an Era of Fake News

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 12:00pm EST
Webinars

Island Press, in partnership with the Security and Sustainability Forum, hosted a webinar featuring veteran journalist Carey Gillam, Research Director for the non-profit U.S. Right to Know and author of Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science. On January 31 at 1:15 PM EST Carey was joined by Dr. Dana Barr, Environmental Health Professor at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health for a conversation on the impacts of glyphosate on our food and health and how this research serves as a case study for the importance of scientific and journalistic rigor. Journalist Paul Thacker moderated the discussion and question and answer session.

Participants

Carey Gillam

Investigative journalist Carey Gillam has spent more than 20 years reporting on the health and environmental impacts of the agrochemical industry, including 17 years working for Reuters news agency. Her 2017 book about pesticide dangers, Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science, won the 2018 Rachel Carson Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists and has become a part of the curriculum in several university environmental health programs.