Month: October 2013
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Eight things Grenoble taught me
Text: David Redeker, freelance science journalist and communications adviser in the Netherlands Photo’s: Anna Shatalova, science journalist of POISK Russia, Diana Hornung, freelance science writer in Switzerland & Raili Leino, science journalist at Talentum Media in Finland The Eusja was invited for a 3-day press trip to the GIANT-campus in Grenoble (France). It was an…
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THE ECHO OF FRENCH ALPS
Have you ever been in a clean room? Ask EUSJA members, they will explain you what a difficult experience it is! Last week 22 science journalists from Belgium, Hungary, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK attended the study trip in Grenoble to learn more about a prestigious project of GIANT which…
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Train investigative skills: Lee Hunter’s “Story-based Inquiry” for download
More than 1300 journalists from 87 countries had flocked to Rio de Janeiro for the 8thGlobal Investigative Journalism Conference past weekend. This is the largest international gathering of investigative journalists. The next conference is scheduled 2015 in Norway. EUSJA board, delegates and members should mark this in their calenders. This would be a perfect timing to…
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Trust me, I’m a science journalist!
Europe’s health system is in crisis. Science journalism is in crisis. At the European Health Forum Gastein EHFG 2013 researchers, policy makers and journalists joined to discuss common issues and an exit strategy. At the high-level roundtable in the Austrian Alps participants produced a multi-facetted snapshot of what science journalism ought to be, why the…
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Austerity hits home and jeopardizes European Science Journalism
Submitted and reported by Vasiliki Michopoulou (“Vaso”) at EHFG 2013 The austerity has caused huge economical problems to Greek journalists also. More than half of them are officially unemployed but the number is hard to discover because it increases every day. Thousands of jobs have been lost and dozens of outlets have been shut down, denying newsrooms…