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The Fourth Industrial Revolution in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg International invites selected science journalists from different countries to take part in a press trip to the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany from 28th of June to 1st of July 2016. The deadline for application is April 29th, 2016.
The topic of the press trip is “The Fourth Industrial Revolution in Baden-Württemberg”.
The programme includes visits and specialist meetings with selected universities, companies and political institutions in Baden-Württemberg. Participants will consequently have the opportunity of finding out about the latest developments in this field in Baden-Württemberg. The programme is performed in English. The costs for the flight to and from Baden-Württemberg, board and lodging and logistics in Baden-Württemberg are covered by Baden-Württemberg International (see contents and terms of participation).

Read more to

on the Baden-Württemberg website.

Please send your application for the trip by April 29, 2016 to Marlene Piper via marlene.piper@bw-i.de.

9 April, 2016
Meet science in Lindau!

The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and the European Union of Science Journalists´ Associations (EUSJA) have agreed to support the participation of EUSJA member journalists in the coming meeting of Nobel Laureates with young researchers. 30 Nobel Laureates and Vinton Cerf (ACM A.M. Turing Award 2004) have confirmed their participation in this unique meeting that will be dedicated to physics. They will meet approximately 400 aspiring undergraduates, PhD students, and post-docs from 80 countries.

EUSJA members – employed as well as freelance science journalists – interested to covering the Lindau Meeting are eligible to apply for funding of their travel and accommodation. The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings will cover the costs of a return-flight in economy class to a nearby international airport (transfers not included) and a three-night’s stay at a hotel in or around Lindau (additional nights may be booked at one’s own expense). Additional expenses, e.g. train tickets/taxi costs/boarding/etc., will not be refunded.

Please send your application consisting of a short CV and a motivation letter indicating your specific journalistic interests by email to the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting by 1 April 2016 (deadline).

Contact person: Gero von der Stein, Project Manager Communications

Phone: +49 (0)8382 277 31 26

Email: gero.vonderstein@lindau-nobel.org

See more information about the 66-th Lindau Laureste Meeting to

http://www.lindau-nobel.org/

Photo: Nobel Laureate Harold Kroto to Lindau Meetings.

Credit:http://www.lindau-nobel.org/

16 March, 2016
Ein Sommer voll Wissenschaft

By Senne Starckx,

Belgian science journalist

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, summer doesn’t equal with relaxing on the beach or hiking in the mountains.

Since a couple of years I always try to have some blank space in my agenda in the last week of June and the first week of July. That’s because I know this is the time of the year for my annual ‘retreat’: one week amongst the brightest and most inspiring minds of the planet, amidst the beautiful surroundings of little charming Lindau and the magnificent Bodensee.

I don’t lie when I’m saying that by now I’ve become a regular of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. The last edition, which was held from 28 June until 3 July, was already the fifth one I participated in. The highlight of my stay – which again was bathed in the summer heat of this sunny part of Germany – was a long interview with François Englert, the Belgian physicist who won the Nobelprize in 2013 for his discovery of the Higgs boson. This year the Meeting was dedicated to the ‘Interdisciplinary’ sciences – a clever excuse of the organization to choose and invite the most interesting people from all scientific areas. For a science reporter this is a goldmine: as interdisciplinary means that everything is connected with everything, it’s much easier to find interesting stories that are no too detailed, specific or complex for a lay public.

Although I have been in Lindau several times, I’m always struck by the organizational perfection of conferences like the Nobel Meeting. Wherever it’s a plenary lecture, an arranged interview or a social event, everything really breaths German Gründlichkeit. And no to forget tradition. While the economic crisis has cut deeply in many institution’s budgets, removing conferences’ garnishing like good food, enjoyable gatherings and entertaining and inspiring side events, this is not true in Germany. The organizers of the Lindau Meeting seem to live in another universe, where tradition and continuity with the past are more important than the hype of today.

Last August, I went to Germany again, for a similar meeting: the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, which took place in Heidelberg from 22 until 29 August. The Forum is similar to Lindau because also here the brightest minds in a specific field of study are invited: mathematics and computer science – in which there are no Nobel Prizes to win. The laureates that are invited all have won the Fields Medal, the Abel Prize (mathematics) or the Nevanlinna Prize (computer science). Another difference with Lindau is that this event is rather young: the last Forum was only the 3^rd edition.

One of the absolute stars of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum – of all three editions – is Vinton Cerf, vice-president of Google and nicknamed ‘the chief evangelist of the internet’. It’s really inspiring to hear him speak, not only about the past – Cerf was one of the fathers of the internet – but especially about the future. Many hot potatoes, like privacy, net neutrality, big data and artificial intelligence. For reporters covering these ‘new tech’ subjects, the Forum is a must to attend.

Picture/Credit: Christian Flemming/HLF

25 November, 2015
Cancer World Journalist Grants 2015

The Cancer World Journalist Grant was created in order to encourage high-quality reporting on cancer. Print, broadcast and new media journalists are invited to apply for a Cancer WorldJournalist Grant that will enable them complete a reporting project on a particular topic relating to cancer. We are looking for projects that explore systemic issues that have a significant impact on cancer patients and that provide comprehensive coverage on the topic rather than short spot-reports from the field.

The grant is open to print, broadcast and new media journalists. Preference will be given to early- to mid-career journalists who are based in Europe and are freelancers.

The amount of grant awarded will depend on the specific proposal and successful applicants will receive a grant of up to 2,500 Euro, half to be paid in advance and the remainder on submission of the principal material for publication or broadcast. Recipients of the grant will be required to complete their project within an agreed time-frame and submit their articles, radio reports or videos for publication in Cancer World magazine and on the Cancer World website.Cancer World magazine will give grant recipients the right to reproduce articles/videos through other media channels. Grant recipients must use their grants within 6 months of receiving confirmation that their application has been successful.
Grant recipients will be selected by the Cancer World magazine team in consultation with the European School of Oncology. The criteria for selection will be:

1. Strength of the proposed topic;
2. The quality of the applicant’s work as demonstrated in their work samples;
3. Evidence that the applicant can tackle complex, analytical stories;
4. Applicant’s track record on covering cancer stories.
The deadline for grant applications is the 16th October 2015 and successful applicants will be informed by end-November 2015.

If you are interested in receiving a Cancer World Journalist Grant you need to complete our online application procedure, before applying please prepare the documents listed below (pdf, jpeg or word format) you will be asked to upload them onto our online application system.

Documents to be submitted online:
1- Copy of your CV in English which includes details of any other grants/scholarship or awards of which you are in receipt
2. Evidence of your press accreditation, and translation in English if necessary
3. Complete the attached Story Proposal form (typed not by hand), which outlines details of your story and how you plan to execute it. You can download the Story Proposal form here.
4. Three samples of your work (these can be submitted in original language but in this instance you must submit a one-page summary of each piece in English). Your samples of work can either be uploaded or you can complete the designated box with a direct web link to your work
If you have any questions please contact Corinne Hall chall@eso.net

Past winners
In 2014 a grant of 2,250 euros was awarded to two European freelance journalists: Maria Delaney from Ireland for her story proposal on Systematic BRCA Screening and to Prune Antoine from France for her proposal to write an article on the long-terms effects on having been treated for and survived paediatric cancer.

Maria Delaney’s article appears in Issue 67 of Cancer World and was also published in Ars Technica.

Prune Antoine’s article will appear in Issue 68 of Cancer World which will be published at the beginning of September 2015.

The winning journalists are also able to publish their final piecse in other publications or media outlets.

Prune Antoine is a freelance author. She currently lives in Berlin and works with Le Monde magazine, Géo, Madame Figaro, Elle, XXI…amongst many others. Her stories, both print or multimedia, featured through Eastern Europe, Russia, Balkans, South Caucasus, Turkey or Northern Africa. Once her story for Cancer World is finished she plans to also try and publish it as a long feature story in XXL or Feuilleton and as a series of shorter articles for French magazines Elle or Le Monde.

Maria Delaney is a freelance journalist who regularly publishes news and features in The Sunday Times and The Irish Times. She is also a science writer and has her own blog www.sciencecalling.com and co-authored the bestselling book, A Neutron Walks Into A Bar.

25 September, 2015
The Science Tour of Heidelberg and Network Event
Bringing together European members of National Association of Science Writers NASW*, International Science Writers ISWA** and the German Baden-Württemberg local group of science writers around Judith Rauch!

A Two-Day Event at:

Heidelberg House of Astronomy (c) Krumenaker
- The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)
- The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
- The House of Astronomy and Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)
PROGRAM

Tuesday 29 September @ HITS

9.30: Morning-Welcome talk by Dr. Peter Saueressig, Head of Communications

The Structure of the Universe and Dark Matter – Dr. Volker Springel

Speed Interviewing with Representatives of the 15 Topic Groups!

Lunch will be provided in the excellent HITS cafeteria

Afternoon – Presentations by Science Journalists

The Statistics of Being a Freelancer – L. Krumenaker

Things I’ve Learned about Freelancing in Europe – C. Reed

The 100^th Anniversary of Chemical Weapons – S. Everts

Science Debates as a new tool in International Science Journalism – H.-J. Neubert

There’s room for addition presentations—proposals welcome!
Evening – Dinner at a restaurant TBA

World Famous Site: Heidelberg Castle (c) Wikimedia Commons_Anaconda 74

Wednesday 30 September

Morning@EMBL: Short talks on current research topics of the institute, e.g. personalised health plus a 2nd scientific speed dating opportunity with some of the researchers. Also a tour through the Advanced Training Centre which is quite spectalular, followed by lunch.

Afternoon@MPIA and the House of Astronomy, including a program in their spectacular digital planetarium!

Conference end: 17.00

Space is limited to about 20 persons. Accommodations: Hotel Denner, Hotel BoardingHouse Heidelberg at discount or others. All-day tickets for public transportation are being provided, a tour on the Neckar River aboard a solar boat is planned.

MORE INFO

More details, questions or to make reservations, please email or call:

Dr. Larry Krumenaker

lksciwriter@gmail.com or larry.krumenaker@h-its.org or +49 (0)176 7273 5831

PARTNERS

* NASW, Nat. Assoc. of Science Writers, United States, founded 1934, 2^nd oldest organized group of science writers and science journalists in the world.

** ISWA, Int. Science Writers, founded 1967, oldest world-wide operating organization of science writers and science journalists.
The ISWA and NASW science tour and network event is being organized in collaboration with the
European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations EUSJA and the German Science Writers Association TELI.

TELI, founded 1929, world’s oldest association of technical scientific writers and journalists.

See also posting of World Federation of Science Journalists WFSJ –>
http://wfsj.org/v2/2015/09/17/science-tour-of-heidelberg-germany-network-event-29-30-sep t/
15 September, 2015