science journalism

Balkan science journalists form a regional association

Posted 2 April 2013 by Mićo Tatalović

A Balkan Association of Science Journalists has been launched in Novi Sad, Serbia, following a meeting in Tirana, Albania in June 2012. The association comes after a launch of an informal Balkan Network of Science Writers after two sessions dedicated to the region's science media at the 12th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST2012) in April 2012 in Florence, Italy. It is also the latest move in a recent push for a greater regional networking and collaboration in... Read more

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Ministers in South-East Europe urged to support science journalism

Posted 15 March 2013 by Mićo Tatalović

UNESCO's Venice Office is behind a new drive to get science journalism on the agenda of science ministers in the Balkans. A recent two-day UNESCO meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (22-23 November) brought together experts, including science journalists and EUSJA members, to draft and present a list of priorities for regional collaboration and funding to science ministers from Albania, BiH, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey. Supporting science journalism was one of the five priorities... Read more

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Can you RELATE to this? Research Labs for Teaching Journalists experience

Posted 20 December 2010 by Mićo Tatalović

Over the past two years a European Union project has taken 80 journalism students and early-career journalists for one-week courses visiting research labs across Europe. I was lucky enough to take part in the last cohort of journalists sent to universities in either Paris or Bologna. I joined a group of four journalists travelling to the latter. The RELATE project promised to bring journalists face-to-face with cutting edge research and provide open access to some of Europe’s best researchers. All... Read more

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So you want your first science journalism job?

Posted 1 July 2010 by Mićo Tatalović

Every year dozens of students complete science communication courses – but are there enough science journalism and writing jobs to go round? As the end of my science communication course was looming, the main concern I had was to get a job. A year spent as a science media student gets one to appreciate how difficult it is to get your dream career. Competition is tough and I’m not alone. There are dozens of other eager new science communicators out... Read more

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