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2021 Johns Hopkins-Pulitzer Center Symposium

Nearly is hesitant about COVID-19 vaccination, putting them at risk for severe disease. 

• How can public health officials reach adolescents and young people? 

• What messages in social media and elsewhere resonate with them? 

• How are journalists reaching younger audiences? 

For this online event, the Pulitzer Center and the Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ convened journalists from the CNN/BBC documentary Race for the Vaccine and public health experts to discuss opportunities and pitfalls in this pandemic communication challenge. A recording can be found below.

Speakers

• Medical journalist Caleb Hellerman, director of Race for the Vaccine 

• Award-winning filmmaker Janet Tobias, executive producer of Race for the Vaccine

• Johns Hopkins experts: 

  • Rupali Limaye, director of Behavioral and Implementation Science, International Vaccine Access Center 

  • Nick Moran, associate director of Audience Development, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½   

The speakers also will share examples of successful communication to young people from news articles, documentaries, and social media. Two Bloomberg School graduate students will lead the post-discussion Q&A.

• Quiana Lewis, doctoral student, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
• Aneri Pattani, MPH student, a Bloomberg fellow, and national correspondent with Kaiser Health News

Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ is part of the Pulitzer Center’s Campus Consortium network. The Global Health Reporting Center and Wingspan Productions produced CNN/BBC’s Race for the Vaccine in association with , which was also a scientific advisor for the documentary. This film, which followed leading scientists developing the Covid vaccine during the pandemic, also was supported by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.