The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Science Unit

麦克尼尔·莱勒制作公司通过创建一个科学单位作为其制作人员的一部分，为每晚的“吉姆·莱勒新闻小时”节目增加了重要的科学存在。在三年的时间里，该股每年将制作至少12份长篇纪实报告(每份8至12分钟)，制作较短的(4至5分钟)录像带背景报告以安排演播室访谈，并酌情制作简短(2分钟)的新闻摘要报告。NewsHour科学制作小组还将通过以下方式与WGBH的Nova团队合作，例如制作与计划中的Nova纪录片有关的NewsHour配套报告，以及使用Nova片段作为关于NewsHour的政策讨论的导言。故事主题的选择、不同科学领域的发展信息以及科学内容的验证将由一个核心咨询小组指导，该小组成员包括：斯蒂芬·萨斯，康奈尔大学(材料科学，纳米技术)肯·米勒，布朗大学(生物科学)拉里·斯马尔，加州电信和信息技术研究所所长玛丽亚·吉拉迪，国家可再生能源实验室(能源)约翰·洛格斯登，乔治华盛顿大学(太空)该项目将由“在线新闻小时”支持。该网站将通过电子邮件通知观众即将到来的片段；提供与科学家、研究人员、伦理学家和政策制定者的公共论坛；并允许观众获得广播的文字记录。这些论坛在播出后进行，包括出现在节目中的一名或多名校长，他们回答了观众提出的问题和/或问题。形成性评估将由Rockman等人进行，终结性评估将由Goodman Research Group，Inc.进行。

MacNeil Lehrer Productions is adding a significant science presence to the nightly "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" program by creating a Science Unit as part of their production staff. Each year for three years, the unit will produce at least 12 long-form documentary reports (8 to 12 minutes each), shorter (4 to 5 minute) videotape background reports to set up studio interviews, and brief (2 minute) news summary reports when appropriate. The NewsHour science production team also would collaborate with the NOVA team at WGBH through such means as production of a NewsHour companion report related to a planned NOVA documentary and use of a NOVA segment as a lead-in to a policy discussion on the NewsHour. Selection of story topics, information about developments in different fields of science, and validation of science content would be guided by a core advisory group that includes: Stephen Sass, Cornell University (Material Science, Nanotechnology) Ken Miller, Brown University (BioScience) Larry Smarr, Director of the California Institute of telecommunications and Information Technology (Infotechnology) Maria Ghirardi, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Energy) John Logsdon, George Washington University (Space)The project will be supported by "The Online NewsHour." This web site will notify viewers via email of upcoming segments; provide public forums with scientists, researchers, ethicists and policy makers; and allow viewers to obtain transcripts of the broadcasts. The forums, conducted after the broadcast, include one or more of the principals who appeared in the program responding to questions and/or issues raised by viewers. Formative evaluation will be conducted by Rockman Et Al and summative evaluation will be conducted by the Goodman Research Group, Inc.