PBS NewsHour Coverage of Non-Medical, Non-Clinical Care Research Addressing The Ebola Challenge

这份快速提案是为了回应NSF亲爱的同事的信，征求与应对埃博拉挑战的研究有关的建议。 PBS新闻一小时将制作8个电视报道和网络报道的科学家，工程师，数学家，计算机和技术专家，因为他们运用他们的知识来应对埃博拉病毒。 这些节目将通过PBS、NewsHour网站和多个社交媒体渠道在全国范围内传播，覆盖全国广大观众。公众需要以广大普通观众可以理解的方式了解埃博拉研究。 目前的新闻报道主要集中在受害者和医务人员的紧急危机上，而对埃博拉病毒的科学研究则较少。 相反，《新闻一小时》节目将帮助人们了解非医学、非临床护理研究，这些研究有助于找到埃博拉病毒的解决方案;这些信息也可能适用于类似疾病。 视频和网络内容将展示和解释一些领先的科学家，工程师，计算机专家和大数据收集者正在做的科学工作。 这些研究人员的故事和工作将以吸引大量不同观众的方式进行讲述，增加他们对解决埃博拉危机至关重要的科学，工程和数学/计算机数据/建模工作的知识。PBS NewsHour通过其每晚的全国广播，网站和大量的社交媒体追随者拥有重要的影响力。 每周晚上有300多个PBS电台播放该节目，受众达140万人（11%是非裔美国人，51%女性）。 该网站有380万独立访问者，推特上有575 000名追随者。 此外，超过150万名注册教师使用PBS NewsHour的教材。 这些视频和文字记录将被合并在NewsHour网站上，它们将永久存在，为公众和研究人员提供资源。

This RAPID proposal was submitted in response to the NSF Dear Colleague letter soliciting proposals related to research addressing the Ebola challenge. The PBS NewsHour will produce 8 Television reports and Web coverage of scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and computer and technology experts as they apply their knowledge to tackling the Ebola virus. The programs will be distributed nationally through PBS, the NewsHour website, and multiple social media channels reaching a large national audience.The public needs to be kept informed about the research into Ebola in a way that is understandable to a broad general audience. Current news reports focus primarily on the immediate crisis of the victims and medical personnel while less so on the science of Ebola. The NewsHour programs will instead help people learn about the non-medical, non-clinical care research that can help lead to solutions about Ebola; information that may also be applicable to similar diseases. The videos and web content will show and explain the scientific work being done by some of the leading scientists, engineers, computer experts and big data gatherers. These researchers' stories and work will be told in ways that will be engaging to a large and diverse audience, increasing their knowledge of the scientific, engineering, and mathematical/computer data/modeling work that is critical to solving the Ebola crisis.The PBS NewsHour has significant reach through its nightly national broadcasts, its website, and its large social media following. Over 300 PBS stations broadcast the program each week night reaching 1.4 million people (11% African American and 51% female). The website has 3.8 million unique visitors and there are 575,000 Twitter followers. In addition over 1.5 million registered teachers use the PBS NewsHour educational materials. The videos and transcripts will be consolidated on the NewsHour website where they will exist permanently providing a resource for the public and researchers.