Photos: Richard Friebe
The conference to be held
16 to 20 April 2007
is to feature lively discussion on the challenges facing science journalism - the impact of the web, of blogs and podcasting, the role of journalism, the politicisation of science and the biasing of scientific information.A UNESCO workshop on science journalism education and training is being held on 16 April from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. It will:
- discuss the training, mentoring and support needs of science journalists in developing countries;
- review and discuss the initial results of a UNESCO project to develop a generic science journalism course for developing countries;
- discuss current mentoring programmes for developing country science journalists and future opportunities for collaboration - organisers of several of these programs will speak about their experiences; and
- share the experiences and learnings of teachers of science journalism around the world.
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