When 01-05 December 2025

Where Tshwane, South Africa and online

About
The World Conference of Science Journalists 2025 (WCSJ2025) is accepting proposals for sessions, workshops, and presentations.

The WCSJ2025 promises to bring together science journalists, communicators, and experts from around the globe to share insights, develop skills, and foster a stronger, more informed science communication community.

This year’s theme is “Science Journalism and Social Justice – our role in promoting resilience”. Proposals may address a range of topics, including but not limited to:

• State of the profession: science journalism and journalism
  Issues, challenges and solutions within our profession
• Social justice: the role of science journalism
  Our role in making science meaningful at all levels of society
• Misinformation, disinformation and fake news
  Working with and countering a problem that affects the sciences in critical ways
• The art of communication
  New ideas for telling science stories powerfully
• Wellbeing for People and Planet
  Health, climate change, and environmental sustainability stories are coming thicker and faster – we need to put our best foot forward
• Out of the box and ex Africa
  An invitation to come at the theme from different angles and different parts of the world

Guidelines on submitting a proposal

Submit your proposal (deadline 05 May 2025)