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Anni fa produssi una sessione della conferenza internazionale PCST2012, organizzata a Firenze dall’omonimo network internazionale di comunicatori della scienza, per presentare e discutere l’esperienza del Science Media Centre britannico. Oltre alla direttrice Fiona Fox, invitai Anne Glover, che era stata appena nominata Chief Scientific Adviser dell’allora Presidente della Commissione Europea, Barroso. Microbiologa scozzese di fama, Glover raccontò un divertente, e significativo, aneddoto sui suoi ultimi giorni come ChiefContinue Reading

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The national science journalists’ associations of Switzerland, France and Italy announced their joint proposal for hosting the World Conference of Science Journalists, WCSJ, on 1 – 5 July 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. «Our utmost priority is to bring together professionals and students in science journalism and writing from all over the world in order to exchange ideas and skills, to build networks and hence to foster quality science journalismContinue Reading

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Quando la World Federation of Science Journalists mi ha chiesto di segnalare colleghi esperti e competenti per un nuovo progetto che intende creare materiali per aiutare i giornalisti  scientifici di tutto il mondo a scrivere con competenza e rigore di epatite C ho fatto un paio di nomi, tra cui quello di Roberta Villa – che conosco da oltre vent’anni e di cui conosco bene la sensibilità nei confrontiContinue Reading

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Ten years ago, in Sao José dos Campos, Brazil, the World Federation of Science Journalists was created and Canadian Véronique Morin was elected its first president. Another ten years earlier, the First World Conference of Science Journalists was held in Tokyo, Japan. In a series of articles written by some key actors, Véronique Morin remembers the discussions in Brazil that led to WFSJ’s birth; Mariko Takahashi, who wasContinue Reading

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We are pleased to circulate this announcement by the Finnish colleague Eeva Pitkälä, Conference Director  of the 8th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) that will take place in Helsinki from June 24 to 28, 2013. Dear colleagues, The first details of WCSJ2013 have now been revealed at a press conference in the AAAS Annual meeting. The next important WCSJ 2013 dates are Call for session proposals, openContinue Reading