Science Media Centre

Ahead of the New Zealand Skeptics’ annual conference, the Otago Daily Times‘ Shane Gilchrist interviewed media spokeswoman Vicki Hyde about the society’s take on Ken Ring, Chinese medicine and science journalism. An excerpt (read in full here): Taking aim at the inane It is particularly fitting the New Zealand Skeptics’ annual conference this weekend is [...]

The BBC does a good job of covering science in its radio, television and web programming, according to a review commissioned by the BBC trust. However, the UK broadcaster should not be too quick to congratulate itself – the review also notes there are some areas in which the BBC could be doing a lot [...]

Science Media Centres now exist in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and  Japan, with more on the horizon. But what are the challenges this growing network of centres face and how should they be tackling them? At the World Conference of Science Journalists in Doha, Qatar, the representatives from Science Media Centres met to [...]

I’m at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Doha, Qatar where scientists, journalists and science press officers from around the world have been gathering to discuss the future of science journalism. I’ll be writing up posts over the next few days on the more interesting sessions I’ve been to (of those, there are many) [...]

Last night in London, Dr Ben Goldacre debated with Lord Drayson the state of science reporting in Britain. Dr Ben Goldacre is author of the book (and column) Bad Science, and has become well-known for criticising science reporting in the UK.  His debating opponent, Lord Drayson, is the UK’s Science Minister, who contends that the standard [...]

If the editors and senior producers gathered at the World Congress of Science Journalists to debate whether science journalism is in crisis were generally unconvincing in their assertions that science journalism is actually in good shape, one presentation showed what can be achieved when a media organisation makes science coverage a priority. The Guardian’s deputy [...]

One of the best things about mixing and mingling with the 900 or so science journalists and communications officers gathered at the World Conference of Science Journalists, is learning about how science communication is done in other parts of the world. And today, science communicators from western countries were given a sobering insight into how [...]

This week the World Conference of Science Journalists gets underway in London.  Over 800 journalists and science communicators will gather to debate the crucial issues for their profession — how to survive, avoid pitfalls and even raise the standards of science journalism in a rapidly changing global media landscape. The SMC’s Peter Griffin will be [...]