Author: Mico Tatalovic

  • 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…

  • Croatian University Pamphlet Accuses Journalists of Destroying The National Order

    By Mico Tatalovic A worried science journalist from Croatia  A worrying development in Croatia, the EU’s newest member state, highlights a creeping and overlooked trend of making journalists feel unwelcome and unsafe by some of the country’s top academic elite. Several professional journalists in the country cover science and higher education policy, often critically –…

  • New Association of Science Journalists of Montenegro launched in Podgorica

    New Association of Science Journalists of Montenegro launched in Podgorica

    Journalists from many of Montenegro’s main media, including daily newspapers Pobjeda and Dan, Radio Television of Montenegro (RTCG), and various online media portals and radio stations have decided to come together in a new national association. Some of us met at international events such as Erice International School of Science Journalism, in Italy, or at 100xCIENCIA…

  • European Science Writer of the Year award NOW open for entries

    National associations are invited to nominate their candidate for the European Science Writer of the Year award worth £500 and a free trip to attend the reception at the 3rd European Conference of Science Journalists in Manchester, UK. The deadline is 17:00 on Friday 15 April 2016. Here’s how to do it  (info is from the…

  • Spain provides travel grants for journalists attending 100xCiencia Conference: Communicating Frontier Science

    How do you communicate frontier science? This is the focus of a science communication meeting at La Palma, Canary Islands, in October – the first edition of the 100xCiencia Conference: Communicating Frontier Science. The conference is providing grants for about 30 students and young science journalists, myself included, from countries across Europe, including Belgium, Bulgaria,…