Tessa Evans this week joins the Science Media Centre team from Australia, where she has been presenting forensic science workshops in […]
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Researchers are stretched for time and science communication efforts are often not seen as a priority. But savvy science communicators […]
Continue readingSMC is hiring – work at the heart of science media!
The Science Media Centre is looking for a new team member to join our busy Wellington-based team of four. See […]
Continue readingPaying tribute to a science reporting star
RNZ’s Veronika Meduna, one of the country’s most experienced and respected science journalists, finished up co-hosting the popular Our Changing […]
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The Science Media Centre welcomes a new staff member, Dr Sarah-Jane O’Connor, as our new media advisor. Sarah-Jane takes over from John […]
Continue readingWhere is the media going? Prime time for some discussion
by Peter Griffin With the proposed mega mergers between both NZME and Fairfax New Zealand and Sky TV and Vodafone […]
Continue readingScience writers shine in Canon Media Awards
Hundreds braved the wind and swirling rain on Friday night to gather at Te Papa for the Canon Media Awards, […]
Continue readingSeeking a science savvy media advisor
Are you a journalist, media-savvy scientist or experienced science press officer looking for a place at the heart of science […]
Continue readingScience communication in the age of skimming
If you think a well-written science article is still the key to communicating your research, think again. Despite promising news […]
Continue readingSilencing Science: in the long run, openness is the better strategy
The new book Silencing Science, by University of Auckland physicist Professor Shaun Hendy highlights some recent examples of where scientists […]
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