Ever wonder what its like to be around 950 science journalists? I found out last week when the World Conference of Science Journalists came to London.
Over three days journalists, writers, press officers and science communicators from all over the world gathered in Westminster Central Hall to discuss their craft, which is either evolving or dying, [...]
Nature is running a special on science journalism, to coincide with the 6th World Conference of Science Journalists, taking place in London (if you’re going, I’ll see you there!) this week.
The articles are free for the next few weeks, and amongst them are three excellent essays. The first, by Toby Murcott, asks how science can [...]
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>> Latest on Simon Singh. He will appeal, so the campagin goes on. Be sure to sign the Sense About Science Petition. In the meantime, chriropractors are told to take down their websites.
>> Lord Drayson engages with [...]
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>> Latest on the Simon Singh case is that he has until 8 June to appeal the High Court verdict and carry on fighting, possibly to the European Courts. A support event was held on the 18 May in a London pub, with several [...]
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Unless you’ve had your head in the sand, the big news in the science communication world is Simon Singh losing his recent libel case with the British Chiropractic Association, which could have major implications for all science journalists looking to fight pseudoscience. A selection of coverage:
>> Guardian
>> Nature
>> New Scientist
>> The Economist
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