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Jonathan M. Katz to discuss media and public health Nov. 16
Published on November 10, 2016
As 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.