EUSJA

Month: January 2014

  • EFSA is looking for someone to help with writing a Lexica

    Barbie Drillsma writes: We all like eating food but does anybody have an in-depth knowledge of food terminology who may be able to find work with the European Food Safety Authority? EFSA is looking for someone to help with writing a Lexica. In a nutshell, this is the work that the company should do: Develop…

  • Deadline approaching for weeklong science immersion workshop

    NARRAGANSETT, RI – Journalists seeking career-changing professional development on climate change science have until Friday, February 7, to apply for Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting’s 16th Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists: Climate Change in Coastal Ecosystems.  The workshop runs from June 1 through June 6 at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Metcalf Fellows roll up their…

  • In Memoriam of Robert Jungk – Austria’s Outstanding Science Journalist

    In Memoriam of Robert Jungk – Austria’s Outstanding Science Journalist

    Jungk’s quest for HUMAN technology is legendary: “We’re not slaves, but MASTERS of progress!”, he claimed. The mentor of sustainablity set standards how soulless hitech converts into HU(man)-TECH.  EUSJA’s national delegates will gather in March 2014 for their General Assembly in Vienna. Recently, the City of Salzburg honored its Honorary Citizen Robert Jungk1 and his…

  • Study trip to Barcelona

    EUSJA with the help of the European network CommHERE (http://www.commhere.eu ) is organizing study trip to Barcelona (May 19 -22, 2014), the city, which hosts cutting-edge research facilities that join forces on many common projects to understand the complexity of life – from the genome to the cell to a whole organism, and the mechanisms…

  • Study trip to Switzerland

    The Swiss Association of Science Journalism has organized the study trip (March 19 – 21, 2014) for 35 EUSJA members. The journalists have to take care for their travel costs and the organizers will cover the accomodation, meal and transportation during the trip. Electric bikes are now more popular traditional pedal-powered bikes, yet the next…