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science and the media

Join our team at the SMC

Blog  |  Published: 14 November 2019

Media advisor – Science Media Centre We are looking for an experienced journalist or science communicator to join our small, […]

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Science and the media on Radio NZ’s ‘The Panel’

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 05 February 201505 February 2015

Yesterday Jim Mora’s Radio New Zealand show Afternoons featured robust discussion on the topic of science and the media, focussing […]

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Jim Salinger on why NZ is drying out

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 26 September 201410 October 2014

[this link has been updated, to read Dr Nicola Gaston’s blog on science and democracy, click here] New Zealand is […]

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Scientists and Science Communication – Prof Shaun Hendy

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 26 March 2014

Scientists need to step up and share their expertise in a crisis, writes Prof Shaun Hendy, University of Auckland physics […]

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10 years of the UK SMC – Video

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 05 October 201205 October 2012

As part of the celebration of the their 10 year anniversary, a special film was commissioned about the UK Science […]

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Behind the GM corn controversy – The Conversation

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 27 September 201227 September 2012

In the wake of last week’s GM-corn and cancer controversy, Australian experts writing for the Conversation pick apart the back […]

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