Sarah Gilbert

Albany

President and CEO at WAMC, Northeast Public Radio

President & CCO at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, previously NPR, BBC, APM, ITN. My comments are my own.

Articles

Factors, Enablers and Challenges for COVID-19 Vaccine Development

1 month ago | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Jean-Louis Excler |Melanie Saville |Lois Privor-Dumm |Sarah Gilbert

KeywordsHumans, COVID-19 Vaccines, Pandemics, COVID-19, Ecosystem, Vaccines, Vaccines, Health economics, Health policy, ImmunisationAbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic triggered a sense of vulnerability and urgency that led to concerted actions by governments, funders, regulators and industry to overcome traditional challenges for the development of vaccine candidates and to reach authorisation.
Three reasons Meta will struggle with community fact-checking

2 months ago | technologyreview.com | Sarah Gilbert

Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will cut back on its content moderation efforts and eliminate fact-checking in the US in favor of the more “democratic” approach that X (formerly Twitter) calls Community Notes, rolling back protections that he claimed had been developed only in response to media and government pressure. The move is raising alarm bells, and rightly so.
Class Actions: Rethinking The Class Actions Strategy

Jan 17, 2025 | mondaq.com | Jennifer C. Romano |Sarah Gilbert

As high-stakes class action lawsuits multiply, the standardplaybook for defending against them may no longer work. A revisedstrategy involves some key departures from the traditionalapproach. Class action lawsuits continue to proliferate, often withincreasingly high stakes in terms of larger class sizes andpotential exposure.
A little about myself

Aug 29, 2024 | wamc.org | Sarah Gilbert

I spent the first decade of my career in public media at the BBC in London and Brussels, where I worked on the international desk leading teams in the field throughout Europe and the Middle East. In 2006 I relocated to Washington, D.C., where I oversaw the BBC’s 2008 election coverage and served as Executive Producer for Americana, a weekly politics and culture show.
El Hierro: How the youngest Canary Island escaped mass tourism

Aug 26, 2024 | bbc.com | Sarah Gilbert

While protests against mass tourism rage on neighbouring islands, El Hierro – the wildest and most westerly of the Canary Islands – has quietly chosen to do things very differently. I had only been hiking for two hours but already I'd passed through a fairy-tale forest of ancient laurels, trunks wrapped in velvety moss and branches dripping with lichen, walked along trails flanked with luxuriant ferns and reached the black ash slopes of a volcanic caldera.
In Case You Missed It… The Comment Period on The Federal Government Consultation on Plastic Waste and Pollution from Textile and Apparel Sector Closes September 1

Aug 21, 2024 | lexology.com | Sharon Singh |Sarah Gilbert |Julia Schatz |Claire Lingley

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) published a consultation document on July 4, 2024, seeking input from stakeholders on a proposed roadmap for addressing plastic waste and pollution from the textile and apparel sector. Governments, Indigenous groups, industry members, public advocacy and environmental groups, and the general public are invited to provide their feedback on the proposed elements of the roadmap, with the consultation process closing shortly on September 1, 2024.
Steel Dynamics sets third quarter dividend at $0.46 per share

Aug 16, 2024 | wealthinsidermag.com | Sarah Gilbert

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Steel Dynamics , Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: NASDAQ:), a major American steel producer and metals recycler, has declared a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2024. The company’s board of directors announced a dividend of $0.46 per common share, which is to be distributed to shareholders recorded by the close of business on September 30, 2024. The payment is scheduled for on or around October 11, 2024.
The Class Action Weekly Wire - Episode 69: Litigation Trends & Legislative Reform Under California’s PAGA

Aug 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Gerald L. Maatman |Sarah Gilbert

Click here to watch the videoDuane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partner Jerry Maatman and associate Sarah with their discussion of key developments in litigation and legislation related to the California Private Attorneys General Act.
Corporate/Commercial Law

Aug 13, 2024 | mondaq.com | Suzanne Byrne |Radha Curpen |Sarah Gilbert |Sharon Singh

Regulatory requirements relating to ESG in Canada arise from many different statutes. The distribution of legislative powers in Canada is divided between the federal and provincial governments, as set out in the Constitution. As such, there is relevant ESG legislation from both levels of government, as well as municipal governments and Indigenous governing bodies. Canada does not have a specific and comprehensive ESG-directed code or statute.
A first-time guide to Chiriqui, Panama

Jul 17, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Sarah Gilbert

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