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From: RSchatte <RSchatte@aol.com> [Rebecca]
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 13:57:32 EDT
Fwd Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 14:10:55 -0400
Subject: Vanderbilt Scientist, Veteran Newsman To Testify

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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 12:32:56 EDT

Vanderbilt Scientist, Veteran Newsman To Testify Before House Committee On
Science

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Former NASA scientist Rick Chappell
and veteran newsman Jim Hartz will testify before a congressional committee
May 14 about the gap in understanding between America's scientific community
and the news media.

The hearing before the House Committee on Science is scheduled for 10 a.m. in
Room 2318 in the Rayburn House Office Building.

As visiting scholars of The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt
University, Chappell and Hartz conducted a yearlong study of the media's
portrayal of news related to science and technology.  Their report, "Worlds
Apart -- How the Distance Between Science and Journalism Threatens America's
Future," concluded that few scientists have confidence in the media's ability
to report science accurately, while most journalists see serious shortcomings
in the scientists' ability to describe their work in plain English. The result
is that the electorate is ill-prepared to make informed judgments about major
issues related to science, health and technology.

Chappell, a space physicist and former chief scientist for NASA's Marshall
Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., recently joined Vanderbilt University
as an adjunct professor of physics and director of science and research
communications.  Hartz has frequently chronicled science matters for NBC News
and PBS.

This hearing is part of a comprehensive effort led by House Science Committee
Vice Chairman Vernon Ehlers, to develop a new, long-range science and
technology policy for the United States.

SOURCE  Vanderbilt University

CO:  Vanderbilt University

ST:  Tennessee, District of Columbia

IN:  EDU

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