Month: March 2013

  • A Science Media Centre for ERA? / Why science journalists must be vigilant

    A Science Media Centre for ERA? / Why science journalists must be vigilant

    From the Spring 2013 issue of EUSJA news A Science Media Centre for ERA? The UK Science Media Centre (SMC) has just celebrated its 10th anniversary and is widely acclaimed for its positive role in (re)engaging the media with science and acting as an intermedi- ary between the research community and journalists. The SMC concept…

  • Keep up with change – a letter from the President

    Keep up with change – a letter from the President

    From the Spring 2013 issue of EUSJA news I am sure most of you know that the UK’s BBC has been under attack for what has been described by the chairman of the BBC Trust, Sir Chris Patten, as “its shoddy journalism”. He says that the worldwide reputation the Corporation achieved for its first class…

  • The Spring issue of EUSJA news is out

    The Spring issue of EUSJA news is out

      The Spring issue of our newsletter has just come out: the first, highlighted articles are also published online.     A letter from the President A Science Media Centre for ERA? Why science journalists must be vigilant Ministers in South-East Europe urged to support science journalism The passsionate: interview with Angela Posada-Swafford Sad news…

  • Are we for sale?

    The conference came to an end with a great scandal. No other scheduled speech could be of an interest after the statement of a deputy minister for communication. He was invited to speak to the conference “Journalism in 2012” organized by the faculty of journalism of Moscow University. One could expect some boring address like…

  • Study trip to Copenhagen

    EUSJA has got 8 invitations to participate 3 days press tour (May 28-30) to Copenhagen focused to biotechnology, medicine and health research in Baltic region. The trip is a part of the ScanBalt Region programme and the BSHR HealthPort project. The goal is to give an insight into the Danish Health and Biotech sector as…