Science journalism
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Science journalism is a relatively new branch of journalism, which utilizes the art of reporting to convey the message on science topics to a public forum. The communication of scientific knowledge through mass media requires a special relationship between the world of science and news media, which is still just beginning to form.
The first task of a science journalist to render the very detailed, specific, and often jargon-laden information produced by scientists into a form that the average media purchaser can understand and appreciate, while still communicating the information accurately. Science journalists often, but not always, have advanced training in the particular scientific disciplines that they undergo — they may have been scientists or, for example, medical doctors, before coming journalists — or they have least have exhibited talent in writing about science subjects.
In recent years, the amount of scientific news has grown rapidly with science playing an increasingly central role in society. Interaction between the scientific community and news media has been therefore inevitable. The differences between the methodologies of these two "pillars" of modern society, foremost their distinct ways of developing their realities, have led to some difficulties.
[edit] See also
- The Frontiers of Science comic strip by Professor Stuart Butler and Robert Raymond 1962 to 1987.
[edit] External links
- World Federation of Science Journalists
- European Union of Science Journalists' Associations
- National Association of Science Writers (USA)
- Association of British Science Writers
- Canadian Science Writers' Association
