Mass Media Fellowships bridge Science and Journalism

Careers in Virology: Science Writing and Journalism.

This article condenses some highlights from a presentation that I have now given at several universities about the bench-to-newsroom career path. For readers who simply want a short explanation of how to parlay their hard-earned critical-thinking skills from graduate school into a lucrative job in a growing industry, go to law school.

Journalism and Social Media as Means of Observing the Contexts of Science

The transformation of today’s mass media system leads to uncertainty about communication behaviors concerning scientific issues. So far, few researchers have investigated this issue among scientists. We conducted a survey of neuroscientists in Germany and the United States in which we asked them about their own information-seeking behaviors and their assessment of the influence of various types...

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award winners named.

362 27 JANUARY 2017 • VOL 355 ISSUE 6323 sciencemag.org SCIENCE Consequential stories on important issues in medical research are among the winners of the 2016 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards, including a Swedish documentary that raised disturbing questions about the research conduct of a surgeon at the famed Karolinska Institute, a series in a small weekly newspaper that challenged claims...

How the Internet changed science journalism

Journalism 2.0: Exploring the Impact of Mobile and Social Media on Journalism Education

According to Hirst (2011) Journalism must change to survive in response to Web 2.0, however in “The Cult Of The Amateur” Keen (2007) argues that Web 2.0 (social media) is f***** (Ha, 2009), as it undermines and decimates the ranks of our professional literary ‘gatekeepers’. In response this paper explores the impact of social media upon Journalism education from two perspectives: both from the ...