Tag: science journalism

  • 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…

  • Workshop on science journalism and media careers in Belfast

    British and Irish science journalism associations are organising a joint workshop on careers in science media in Belfast on the 19 October 2017. The half-day event is organised by Queen’s University Centre for Experimental Medicine PDC, in association with Irish Science and Technology Journalism Association (ISTJA) and Association of British Science Writers (ABSW). The entry…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • European Science TV & New Media Festival & Awards 2017/18

    The organizers of the Festival are pleased to announce the Call for TV programmes or New Media productions for the 2017/18 European Science TV and New Media Festival and Awards. The range of categories is similar to that in 2016, expanded to nine Awards set out below. These include all the TV and New Media…