Month: July 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,…

  • “Next Generation of Science Journalists” Award 2013 – Call for Applications

    “Next Generation of Science Journalists” Award 2013 – Call for Applications

    “Next Generation of Science Journalists” Award 2013 Call for Applications To analyze and communicate complex scientific topics is more than just a profession – it is an art.  Medical science journalism is no exception. Accordingly, launching a career as science journalist proves to be an arduous endeavor. To help recognize emerging medical science journalists, Germany’s…

  • Midsummer Ethics

    Midsummer Ethics

    During midsummer, the Finnish capital was the northernmost extension of the Mediteranean Sea – with special light effects. Blue sunny skies and temperatures of up to 35 centigrades made the University of Helsinki a sauna and made the participants of the 8th World Conference of Science Journalists work up a sweat. How refreshing to take…

  • International support to Russian scientists

      Brussels, July 1st 2013 OPEN LETTER To the President of the Russian Federation, V.V. Putin To the President of the Government of the Russian Federation, D.A. Medvedev To the President of the Parliament of the Russian Federation (Duma), S.E. Naryshkin To the President of the Russian Academy of sciences, V.E. Fortov The International Union…