SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Betsy has extensive experience speaking about science, journalism, and cartography. She has given talks to many types of audiences including professional journalists, public information officers, cartographers, map enthusiasts, the general public, and students from grade school to graduate school. She has made numerous radio and podcast appearances and is a frequent guest lecturer and conference speaker, moderator, and panelist. Below is a partial list of her speaking engagements.
June 6, 2024
MIT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP
Topic: Reading maps, graphs and data visualizations
Virtual lecture
November 17, 2022
CRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
Topic: Reading maps, graphs and data visualizations
Virtual lecture
October 8, 2021
SCIENCE WRITERS CONFERENCE 2021
Topic: How (and Why) to Pitch a Story that Happened 100 Years Ago
October 15, 2020
SCIENCE WRITERS CONFERENCE 2020
Topic: Complexities of Covering Science on the Cutting Edge
August 25, 2020
ESRI SCIENCE OF WHERE PODCAST
Topic: Data & Discovery — The Power of Visualization
May 18, 2020
UC SANTA CRUZ SCIENCE COMMUNICATION PROGRAM
Topic: Telling stories with maps, book writing
Virtual Lecture
March 4, 2020
KAVLI CONVERSATIONS ON SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
October 25-29, 2019
SCIENCE WRITERS CONFERENCE 2019
July 1-9, 2019
WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS
May 8, 2019
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
May 2, 2019
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
February 8, 2019
MCGILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
Topic: Why maps are awesome
Salt Lake City, UT
February 7, 2019
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Topic: The stories maps tell
Department of Geology and Geophysics Distinguished Lecture Series
Salt Lake City, UT
January 30, 2019
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
April 26, 2018
UC SANTA BERKELEY EXTENSION SCIENCE WRITING COURSE
Topic: Freelancing
Berkeley, CA
April 21, 2018
CALIFORNIA MAP SOCIETY
Topic: Mapping the Grand Canyon
Oakland, CA
October 18, 2018
NORTH AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SOCIETY
October 25-30, 2017
WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS
Topic: Understanding statistics for science journalism
Topic: Covering research on lab animals — challenges and opportunities
San Francisco, CA