Tag: science communication

  • Welcome to Confession Session!

    Science Cafés have become pretty boring. Exciting new dialogue formats needs the world. Here come the Finns with: Confession Session. Mikko Myllykoski,  president of the Finnish science journalists FASEJ and director of the Finnish Science Center Heureka explains it: Learn from your mistakes! Confession sessions are a new creation to enhance interactive and participative workshops.…

  • Who’s afraid of science journalists? Portugal’s scientists step into journalists’ shoes

    By Vera Novais, Observador  The “Who’s afraid of journalists?” session at SciComPT2017 meeting, in Portugal, explored the tricky relationship between journalists, scientists and press officers by having them role play each other’s jobs What would happen if you put a scientist into a newsroom, and a journalist into a research lab? They might just have…

  • Moving from research career into science writing: lessons from Ireland and UK

    By Tom Kennedy Researchers sometimes wonder if they should, or even could, start broadcasting or writing about science. Is it possible to take leave of the lab and become a science communicator? This was the question uppermost in the minds of science postdocs at Queen’s this month when they gathered to hear what a panel…

  • GRANTS FOR SCIENCE JOURNALISTS

    The European Commission’s Science and Knowledge Service, the Joint Research Center, organizes its annual conference on 26 September around the topic of “(Scientific) Evidence for policy in a post-fact world”. The conference aims to discuss the interaction between science and policy in light of the post-fact phenomenon, involving renowned scientists, experts, journalists and media professionals…

  • 4th European Conference for Science Journalists June 26-30

    The Danish Science Journalists association (DV), in collaboration with EUSJA, are co-organising the European Conference for Science Journalists (ECSJ2017), offering a global perspective on how science is communicated by the media.  Innovation in journalism, post truth – alternative facts, social media, responsible communication and climate change will be major themes of the event. The conference…