National Press Week
What is Press Week?
Each July, Johns Hopkins University joins with The Jackson Laboratory to host Press Week, during the second week of the world-renowned Short Course in Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics, now in its 50th year. Press Week gives science writers and journalists from across the nation a chance to hear first-hand from some of the world's leading researchers and clinicians about the latest breakthroughs in the rapidly advancing fields of molecular biology and medical genetics.
Major research findings are often announced during Press Week briefings, giving journalists the opportunity to file national news stories. And with the number of Press Week participants limited to fewer than two dozen, journalists can have direct, one-on-one access to top scientists who attend the Short Course.
Press Week 2009
Sunday, July 26, 5 p.m. through Friday, July 31
Design your own Press Week! Feel free to come early to attend the scientific lectures and workshops at the Short Course, which takes place Sunday, July 19 through Friday, July 31. Find more information about the 50th Annual Short Course in Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics, including the special day-long 50th anniversary symposium and dinner on July 31.
Who attends Press Week?
Press Week attendees have included journalists from virtually every major news outlet, including Newsday, Wired, The Boston Globe, Scientific American, Time. Newsweek, Dallas Morning News, Associated Press, UPI, Readers Digest, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Nature, Science, Toledo Blade, The Washington Post, Science News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
Press Week logistics
Press Week kicks off Sunday evening, July 26, with a reception at the Bar Harbor Inn. Press Week sessions are held Monday through Thursday mornings at The Jackson Laboratory. The Friday, July 31, Symposium will take place at the College of the Atlantic. Press week also includes afternoon and evening social activities in Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
Attendance at Press Week is free, but journalists are responsible for their own travel and accommodations. A limited number of discount rooms have been reserved at the historic Bar Harbor Inn (800-350-3352). For information, contact us or or visit the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce.
2009 Press Week Travel Fellowships
The organizers are sponsoring four $1,000 Press Week Travel Fellowships to enable science and medical writers to attend Press Week 2009. Preference will be given to recent graduates of science-writing graduate programs and relatively new professional science journalists. The application deadline is March 30 and fellowship recipients will be notified by April 30.
Press Week 2008 topics included:
- Complex traits
- Individualized medicine
- Ethical, legal and social implications of the genetics revolution
- Genetic treatment and diagnostics: the latest
Learn more! Contact:
Audrey Huang
Director, Basic Science Research Communications
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Phone: (410) 614-5105
Fax: (410) 614-8951
E-mail: audrey@jhmi.edu
Joyce Peterson
Public Information Manager
The Jackson Laboratory
600 Main Street
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609-1500
Phone: (207) 288-6058
Fax: (207) 288-6076
E-mail: news@jax.org
More program details will be available in early 2009.
