CSICOP / Council for Media Integrity
The Council for Media Integrity was founded in the summer of 1996 at the first World Skeptics Congress, held at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The Council is comprised of a network of distinguished international scientists, academics, and members of the media concerned with the balanced portrayal of science in the media. Members of the Council include E.O. Wilson, Martin Gardner, and Sir John Maddox.
In an era of tabloid news, pleas for accuracy and balance must become more insistent and pervasive. The Council for Media Integrity can actively promote the importance of scientific literacy, and the appreciation of the scientific method and critical thinking.
Coordinating Committee
Paul Kurtz, professor emeritus, SUNY at Buffalo, chairman, CSICOP
Joe Nickell, senior research fellow, CSICOP
Barry Karr, executive director, CSICOP
William Evans,prof. of communications Georgia State University
Matt Nisbet, coordinator, CMI
Members
Phillip Adams, TV / film producer
Alun Mark Anderson, editor, New Scientist
Stephen Barrett, M.D., psychiatrist, doctor
Susan J. Blackmore, psychologist, University of the West of England
Jim Bohannon, syndicated radio broadcaster
Barbara Lynn Eisenstadt, exec. dir., Creative Options
Kendrick Frazier, editor, Skeptical Inquirer
Martin Gardner, Science Writer
George Gerbner, prof. communications, University of Pennsylvania
Paul R. Gross, biologist, University of Virginia
Van Harvey, religious studies educator, Stanford University
Gerald Holton, physicist, Harvard University
Donald Johanson, Institute of Human Origins
Leonard Krishtalka, director, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas
Edwin C. Krupp, director, Griffith Observatory
Norman Levitt, professor of mathematics, Rutgers University
Jere Lipps, director, Museum of Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley
Lee Loevinger, lawyer
Sir John Maddox, editor emeritus, Nature
Gerald Piel, former president, AAAS; former publisher, Scientific American
John Rennie, editor-in-chief, Scientific American
Wallace Sampson, MD, professor of medicine, Stanford University
Amardeo Sarma, project supervisor, EURESCOM
David Schwimmer, paleontologist, Columbus College, Georgia
Eugenie C. Scott, anthropologist, Executive Director, National Center for Science Education, Inc., Berkeley, CA
E.O. Wilson, Harvard University