Join us on the final day of the Baltimore Book Festival for a morning conversation at our amazing Book Festival sponsor hotel, The Study at Johns Hopkins, featuring Information Sick co-authors Joanne Kenen, Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, and Lymari Morales. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, the book explores how the decline of journalism and rise of misinformation are shaping public health and public trust.
This event is offered in partnership with the Study Hotel and Johns Hopkins University Press and is free and open to the public.
Limited seating is available; RSVP via Eventbrite.
About the Authors
Joanne Kenen is a journalist nationally known for her coverage of health policy and public health. She covered health policy on Capitol Hill for Reuters, oversaw Politico health coverage for nearly a decade, and has written for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Slate, Undark, the Washingtonian, and other outlets. She is a regular on the KFF What the Health podcast and an assistant lecturer at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein is Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he also serves as Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement and as Director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. A pediatrician by training, he is a former health commissioner of Baltimore, Principal Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Lymari Morales is a communications executive at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health whose work blends timeless journalism tactics with modern digital strategies.
