I'm honored that a deep dive into the very strange story of the GISAID Initiative database, by Jon Cohen and me, is among the finalists for an NIHCM award.

We're in great company - including Charles Piller's blockbuster investigation of a stroke drug, also in Science Magazine.

Truly a fantastic podcast episode! **Highly recommend** Great backstory on Judy Mikovits (of XMRV & “Plandemic” infamy).. learned a lot and enjoyed it.. Didn’t realize Martin was in it until I recognized a familiar Dutch accent!

'We're Coming After You, Honey'

I helped shed light on the origins of the first major COVID-19 conspiracy in a new episode of the BBC podcast 'Things Fell Apart'.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… (Also on Spotify, Apple etc)

Great storytelling by jon ronson and Sarah Shebbeare

I'm giving a public lecture tonight at Uni Heidelberg about the importance of independent, critical science journalism. (Part of the my visiting professorship at the Marsilius Kolleg.)
It's at 7 PM at the Alte Aula - entry free for all.

I'm organizing a workshop on academic whistleblowing on January 11. With veteran whistleblower Josefin Sundin and Joachim Kirsch, research integrity ombudsman. If you' re at the Uni Heidelberg: There are still a few places! Registration here: uni-heidelberg.de/en/transfer/co…

The 'Fireside chat' that kicked off my Nature Marsilius visiting professorship at Uni Heidelberg - with Friederike Nüssel, Kornelius Kammler-Suecker, and Kathia Serrano Velarde - is available online here: youtube.com/watch?v=D5rP-G…

I'm very excited to be this winter's Nature Marsilius visiting professor in science journalism and communication at Uni Heidelberg . I'll start next week. Here's the program: uni-heidelberg.de/en/transfer/co…

#Happening_Now #SJF23 Long-awaited Panel Discussion ”A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: New Perspectives on Global Reporting” moderated by Ashley Smart , featuring Richard Stone , Iván Carrillo, Esther Nakkazi , and Martin Enserink . Brought by KSJ at MIT .

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We've posted an interesting update to the remarkable story on GISAID Initiative written by Martin Enserink and Jon Cohen this spring. Were both counts of Peter Bogner's felony conviction dismissed? Not so fast. 1/n

I spoke to World Health Organization (WHO)'s new chief scientist Jeremy Farrar about why he decided to take the job, what new technologies the world needs to prepare for and how dangerous #SARSCoV2 remains.
Q&A is here (and short thread coming in a bit):
science.org/content/articl…

Whether you believe them or not, here are on the record denials from 2 of 3 WIV scientists anonymously accused of being the first COVID-19 patients and of sparking the pandemic. a Jon Cohen exclusive. science.org/content/articl…