When:
March 8, 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
2019-03-08T17:00:00-05:00
2019-03-08T18:30:00-05:00
Where:
Hilton Chicago Hotel
720 South Michigan Avenue Chicago
IL 60605
The Pulitzer Center Communications Workshop
How to Tell Your Global Health Story (So People Hear It)
The Pulitzer Center and Global Health NOW will lead a workshop on tips and tools for engaging the news media. Alongside global health journalists and communications specialists, participants will learn the skills needed to pitch a story, translate to a lay audience, and make both traditional and nontraditional media work for you.
Moderator:
– Ann Peters, University and community Outreach Director, Pulitzer Center
Speakers :
– Seema Yasmin, Emmy Award-winning Journalist, Author and Medical Doctor 
– Brian Simpson, Editor in Chief, Global Health Now; Editor, Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine 
– Sonia Shah, Science Journalist and Award-winning Author
– Marcia Biggs, Award-winning Freelance Journalist and Regular Contributor to PBS NewsHour 
– Julie de Meulemeester, Pulitzer Center-McGill University Reporting Fellow and Medical Student
The workshop is free and open to the public, but registration is requested.