Tag: civil society
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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…
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International support to Russian scientists
Brussels, July 1st 2013 OPEN LETTER To the President of the Russian Federation, V.V. Putin To the President of the Government of the Russian Federation, D.A. Medvedev To the President of the Parliament of the Russian Federation (Duma), S.E. Naryshkin To the President of the Russian Academy of sciences, V.E. Fortov The International Union…
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Beat The Crisis with Science Debates
The Science Debate is on. The German Association of Science Writers TELI has launched a new platform of unique exchange at the Annual Reunion of Science Journalists “Wissenswerte” in Bremen. It shall link science and researchers, political and economical leaders with the Civil Society. The initiators are worried that a lot of research is not…
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Wealthy and healthy, with a dose of literacy! By Wolfgang C. Goede
Once upon a time there was a socialist system which tried to treat all citizens equally. Health care was guaranteed, but it stayed on an overall low level and could not compete with capitalism. This system encouraged consumption and growth, without any strings attached. While the first one collapsed and is history by now, the…
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Is Science Journalism Dead–Or Does it Just Smell Funny? By Wolfgang C. Goede
While there is a lot of big-time research going on, which costs billions of Euros, our profession likes to act as „descendents of Prometheus, taking the fire from the scientific olympus and bring it down to the people“. This is a quote from Dorothy Nelkin’s book „Selling Science“. For example, the dream of nuclear fusion…