Reporter’s Workshop: Covering Vaccines & Immunizations
 
   
 
The National Partnership for Immunization offers journalists useful information from our recent program Reporter's Workshop: Covering Vaccines and Immunizations.

Get up to speed about issues affecting current and future vaccine stories with viewpoints from five experts now available as on-demand web casts. Click Here to view an index of the presentations.

Each 20-minute presentation includes the speaker and his/her slides, explaining:

Vaccine Supply

  • Why do we have vaccine supply problems like the current Flu vaccine shortage?
  • What are the various factors that can affect a vaccine’s supply?
  • What can be done to fix them?
    Georges Peter, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School
    Chairman (1998 – 2004) National Vaccine Advisory Committee

Research and Development of Vaccines

  • What does it take to develop new vaccines?
  • How much of a threat is avian flu?
  • Could it develop into a worldwide influenza pandemic?
    Myron M. Levine, M.D., Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland


Reporting on Vaccines: Special Challenges

  • What are the important points to include in a vaccine story?
  • What are the hot vaccine topics on the horizon?
    Ricki Lewis, Ph.D. Science Journalist

Vaccines In The Community: The Role of Public Health Officials

  • What can local health departments do during outbreaks and vaccine shortages?
  • What is the best way to work with a public health officer?
    Joshua Lipsman, M.D., M.P.H, Commissioner of Health, Westchester County (NY)

Awareness, Acceptance and Use of Vaccines

  • What does the public believe about vaccines?
  • What are the challenges for vaccine acceptance and use?
    David A. Neumann, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Partnership for Immunization