The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Science Unit

麦克尼尔·莱勒制作公司（MacNeil Lehrer Productions）在晚间“吉姆·莱勒新闻一小时”（the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer）节目中设立了一个科学小组，作为制作人员的一部分，为该节目增加了一个重要的科学元素。在三年内，该单位每年将制作至少12篇长篇纪录片报道（每篇8至12分钟），较短（4至5分钟）的录像带背景报道，以建立工作室采访，并在适当的时候制作简短（2分钟）的新闻摘要报道。《新闻一小时》的科学制作团队还将与WGBH的NOVA团队合作，通过制作《新闻一小时》与计划中的NOVA纪录片相关的配套报道，并利用NOVA片段作为《新闻一小时》政策讨论的开场白。故事主题的选择、不同科学领域的发展信息和科学内容的验证将由一个核心咨询小组指导，该小组包括：Stephen Sass，康奈尔大学（材料科学，纳米技术）Ken Miller，布朗大学（生物科学）Larry Smarr，加州电信和信息技术研究所（信息技术）主任Maria Ghirardi，国家可再生能源实验室（能源）John Logsdon，乔治华盛顿大学（太空）该项目将由“在线新闻一小时”支持。本网站将通过电子邮件通知观众即将到来的片段；为科学家、研究人员、伦理学家和决策者提供公共论坛；并允许观众获得广播的文字记录。在节目播出后举行的论坛上，有一位或多位曾在节目中露面的主持人回答观众提出的问题和/或问题。形成性评价将由Rockman Et Al进行，总结性评价将由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.