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Jonathan M. Katz to discuss media and public health Nov. 16

Published on November 10, 2016

jonathan_katz_webAs part of Global Public Health Week, the college welcomes guest speaker Jonathan M. Katz.

“In the Public Interest: The Media and Public Health”
Wednesday, Nov. 16
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Callaghan Auditorium (N110 CPHB)

Katz is an award-winning journalist and author with a strong interest in global health issues. He is also the College of Public Health’s first journalist-in-residence.

Katz was the Associated Press correspondent in Haiti from 2007 to 2011, the only full-time U.S. news reporter there during the devastating 2010 earthquake. He later broke the story that United Nations soldiers likely caused a post-quake cholera epidemic that killed thousands. Katz has reported from more than a dozen countries and territories. In 2011, he was awarded the Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism.

Read more about his work.

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