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Money for the European Geophysics meeting

October 22, 2018Jobs and Fellowships, Newslarryk

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Barbara Ferreira <[email protected]> Date: 2018-10-19 15:34 GMT+01:00 Subject: ISWA: EGU 2019 Science Journalism Fellowships (up to €5k): call for applications To: [email protected] From: Barbara Ferreira <[email protected]> Subject: EGU 2019 Science Journalism Fellowships (up to €5k): call for applications Message Body: Dear ISWA team, The European (more…)

Asia Pacific Science Communication Conference

October 22, 2018Conferences and Meetingslarryk

Subject: [PCST] INAUGURAL ASIA-PACIFIC SCIENCE COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE 2018 (19-21 November) Dear Colleagues, We are less than one month away from the Inaugural Asia-Pacific Science conference 2018. The theme of the conference is Strengthening Science Communication in the Asia-Pacific . The conference aims to connect science communicators worldwide, especially in the (more…)

ISWA’s Vera Novais co-wins Climate Investigation Grant

July 27, 2018Newslarryk

Vera Novais, an International Science Writers Association Board member, was awarded one of first ever Climate Investigation Grants, with a project “Grassroots for Climate” to be performed with Michele Catanzaro, European Science Writer of the Year 2016. The “Grassroots for Climate” project will investigate whether community-led initiatives may be (more…)

Science & Technology Communication Degrees

May 15, 2018Jobs and Fellowshipslarryk

Ph.D. Science & Technology Communication & M.Sc. Science & Technology Communication CSIR-NISCAIR, a constituent national laboratory of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), (Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India), came into being in 1951, is the premier institution of Science & Technology Communication in the world. (more…)

Workshops and Other Matters That Have Come to Our Attention…

May 4, 2018Conferences and Meetingslarryk

Are you a journalist who edits science stories or who would like to know how to improve science coverage at your publication? Workshop dates: *Tuesday** and Wednesday, Sept. 11-12, 2018*, in *Austin, TX*. The free, expenses-covered *Knight Science Journalism at MIT workshop* will bring together two dozen journalists to explore the challenges, (more…)

Questions to the Members

May 4, 2018Newslarryk

Hello, Colleagues. Here are some requests for information. You can respond via the email addresses, or comment to this posting for all to see! Have you any experience with podcasting? What do you need to know, or have? Respond to Dr. Larry Krumenaker, [email protected]. 2. Looking to see who is (more…)

RED MEXICANA DE PERIODISTAS DE CIENCIA (RedMPC) MEXICAN NETWORK OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS

April 5, 2018Newslarryk

April 5, 2018 — Red Mexicana de Periodistas de Ciencia (RedMPC) is a young non-profit organization born in January 2016 with 29 members, among them journalists, science communicators and students. Currently, it has 85 associates working together to promote science journalism with special emphasis on freedom, quality and the veracity (more…)

How Do You Say ‘Science Journalist’ in Portuguese? With Difficulty.

March 15, 2018Newslarryk

Portguese media outlets don’t invest in science reporting. Science journalists are scarce and usually work on other topics. A new group, SciComPT, hopes to provide support to the few. March 15, 2018 – Most Portuguese media don’t even have a science section or a science programme and are struggling to (more…)