Tag: 2013

  • WCSJ 2013: Science Journalism is fine, but let it be journalism, first

    WCSJ 2013: Science Journalism is fine, but let it be journalism, first

    Notes on the World Conference of Science Journalists 2013 Science journalism has always been a form of public relations. This idea fell as a bombshell in the room where a group of journalists were discussing the frontier between science journalism and PR in the framework of the World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ), held from…

  • EUSJA’s «blood infusion» at the Helsinki conference – some materials from the workshop

    EUSJA’s «blood infusion» at the Helsinki conference – some materials from the workshop

    EUSJA workshop at the 2013 Helsinki World Conference of Science Journalists on «Blood Infusion» EUSJA is committed to raise the professional standards. At the 8th World Conference of Science Journalists in Helsinki, it ran a training workshop for some 30 colleagues from around the world. It addressed three major challenges of the job: investigation*, statistics,…

  • Let’s fight back (from the summer 2013 issue of EUSJA News)

    From the Summer 2013 issue of EUSJA news, just out A letter from the President Let’s fight back It’s a worrying precedent. In Australia, where many fine science correspondents have lost their jobs, PhD students are being asked to write science stories from published research papers – for publication in the mainstream media without any…

  • Award: Nominations wanted for ESO’s Best Cancer Reporter 2013

    Award: Nominations wanted for ESO’s Best Cancer Reporter 2013

    The European School of Oncology (ESO) is seeking nominations for its annual Best Cancer Reporter Award which honours excellence in cancer journalism. The Award is presented each year to a professional journalist who has made an outstanding contribution to enhancing public understanding about cancer. The 2013 Best Cancer Reporter Award winner will receive a prize…

  • Welcome to the 8th World Conference of Science Journalists in Helsinki in 2013

    Dear colleagues, The first details of WCSJ2013 have now been revealed at a press conference in the AAAS Annual meeting. The next important WCSJ 2013 dates are Call for session proposals, open on March 1, 2012, exhibition details available by June 2012 and the early registration, begins September 10, 2012. WCSJ 2013 takes place right…