An Associated Press technology reporter and the deputy editor of defense coverage for Business Insider have been selected for The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT.
All the fellows will be in Cambridge studying at MIT and other leading research universities in the Boston area. They’ll also attend seminars by leading scientists and storytellers, take part in workshops, visit world-renowned research laboratories, and take field trips to learn more about scientific research.
Here are the business-related fellows:
Sam Fellman is the deputy editor for defense at Business Insider, where he leads coverage of military affairs and works with journalists based around the world. A US Navy veteran who served in Iraq, he earned a master’s degree on the GI Bill at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism and has worked at Harper’s Magazine, BuzzFeed News, and Military Times. His journalism has changed biased military rules, spurred the discarding of a dangerous uniform and the fast-tracking of a safer replacement, and examined the modern battlefield in ways that gave voice to troops and their loved ones.
Matt O’Brien is a technology reporter who writes about artificial intelligence for The Associated Press. He’s been tracking AI and
robotics research and entrepreneurship for the AP since 2017. His reporting has explored the implications of AI development on work, culture, privacy, society and the environment, with a focus on the people building and shaping these technologies or having their lives altered by them. Prior to joining the AP’s Rhode Island bureau, he was a tech reporter at the San Jose Mercury News. He spent more than a decade reporting for California newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune and the Contra Costa Times, producing award-winning stories on immigration, government accountability and other topics.
See all of the fellows here.
