Tag: austerity

  • Trust me, I’m a science journalist!

    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…

  • Austerity hits home and jeopardizes European Science Journalism

    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…

  • Austerity in European Research – a special issue of “Euroscientist”

    Austerity in European Research – a special issue of “Euroscientist”

    Austerity has taken its toll on European research and has disturbed its cycles. Particularly affected are scientists from Southern Europe. The Euroscientist magazine–the first pan-European magazine for scientists and by scientists published by Euroscience — brings citizen journalism to the science community. In its latest Special Issue, the Euroscientist shares testimonies from scientists in Greece,…