Tag: ECSJ 2017 Copenhagen

  • ECSJ2017: An American in Copenhagen

    By Robert Frederick digital managing editor, American Scientist magazine From the time I was a child, whenever I heard the word “Copenhagen” I would think of the song that starts “Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen” from the 1952 film “Hans Christian Andersen.” I’d never visited the city before. But I have even more reason to sing that song:  ECSJ2017,…

  • Shooting Star: Easy-To-Read – How to Write it

    Shooting Star: Easy-To-Read – How to Write it

    It’s a real shooting star: The new writing format emerges wherever you look throughout Europe and the world. With new job opportunities for science journalists! At the European Conference of Science Journalists ECSJ 2017 in Copenhagen, Hamburg-based trainer Ilse Furian showed examples from Germany, UK, Sweden. RAPID TEXT NAVIGATION She explained why an increasing percentage…