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Science journalism is a specialty devoted to conveying information about new developments in science to the public, through newspapers, magazines, television or radio programs, blogs, websites, podcasts, or other media. The field typically involves conveying information about new research by scientists, gathered and written or otherwise communicated by journalists, for the benefit of the public.
(work in progress, suggestions welcome. -- DLC ( talk) 01:41, 8 May 2012 (UTC))
For more than 75 years, science journalists have been forming organizations both in the United States and around the world, to share information and resources and, as the
National Association of Science Writers (NASW) says on its website, "to improve their craft and encourage conditions that promote good science writing."
[1]
The NASW is one of the oldest and largest such organizations, formed in 1934 by a group of science journalists in New York. It now claims 2,150 members plus more than 200 student members. In addition to science journalists, its membership also includes those working in science public relations and science journalism education. Among other nationwide organizations, there are also some devoted to specific areas, such as the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), with over 5,000 members [2], and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), with about 1,500 members [3].
In the United States, there are several regional organizations of science journalists. Among the more active are the D.C. Science Writers Association (DCSWA), the New England Science Writers (NESW), the Northwest Science Writers Association (NSWA), the Northern California Science Writers Association (NCSWA), and the Science Writers in New York (SWINY).
Around the world, there are regional groups such as the African Federation of Science Writers and the Arab Science Journalists association, and at least three dozen national organizations, including the Association of British Science Writers, and groups in China, Canada, France, Japan, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, and Australia, among the many. [4]
Internationally, the International Science Writers' Association [5], formed in 1967, is the oldest, and claims members in 26 countries. There is also an umbrella organization (an "association of associations"), the World Federation of Science Journalists [6], which represents 40 national, international and regional organizations around the world.
(Blurb about general prizes that contain science-y winners -- Pulitzers for newspaper, magazine, tv & radio, online -- and explain these are science specific)
- The National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Awards recognize investigative or interpretive pieces about the sciences and their impact on society. The pieces must be written or spoken in English, intended for the lay person, and first published or broadcast in North America. NASW co-sponsors with the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists for print and online work by journalists younger than age 30.
- The Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting honors a writer for "a body of work published or broadcast within the last five years which ... has made a profound and lasting contribution to public awareness and understanding of critical advances in medical science and their impact on human health and well-being."
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Kavli Science Journalism Awards recognize outstanding reporting for a general audience and honor individuals (rather than institutions, publishers or employers) for their coverage of the sciences, engineering and mathematics and for fostering a better understanding of science by the public. Stories must be published within the United States and by a U.S. media outlet.
- Professional scientists, bloggers and student journalists based in the UK or the Republic of Ireland -- but not professional journalists and authors who write for money -- are eligible for the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, which looks for pieces that encourage the general public to consider, question and debate the key issues in science and society.
Sundeblue ( talk) 23:58, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
DLC-- I will work on a draft of this section.
(Knight tracker, Science Writers, any other blogs or mags?)
role in society
role in science
- mandates or suggestions from granting agencies (explicit from NSF; suggested from NIH)
- studies that show impact in science citations, etc. (Phillips, USCD)
(distinctive and somewhat problematic in the context of journalism)(but, is this too inside-baseball for a general encyclopedia entry? -- DC)
print media
- science magazines
- newspaper science sections
broadcast
TV and radio programs, podcasts
blogs
- Natalie Angier, a science journalist for The New York Times
( [1])
- Isaac Asimov
- Sandra Blakeslee
- Stewart Brand
- Shannon Brownlee
- Deborah Byrd, of the Earth & Sky radio series
- Nigel Calder
- Marcus Chown
- Paul de Kruif
- Claudia Dreifus
- David Ewing Duncan ( website, blog)
- Gregg Easterbrook
- Kitty Ferguson
- Timothy Ferris, science writer, most often on astronomical topics
- Laurie Garrett
- Malcolm Gladwell
- James Gleick
- Ben Goldacre
- Gina Kolata
- Robert Kunzig
- William L. Laurence
- Duncan Lunan
- Bob McDonald, Canadian science journalist, host of Quirks & Quarks
- John McPhee
- Dennis Overbye of The New York Times
- David Perlman
- David Quammen, science, nature and travel writer
- Matt Ridley ( website)
- Carl Sagan
- Dava Sobel
- Walter Sullivan
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
- John Noble Wilford
- Ed Yong
- Carl Zimmer ( website, blog)
- Popular science
- Medical journalism
- Environmental journalism
- Investigative journalism
- Public awareness of science
- Scientific literature
- science education
- Frontiers of Science
- Science by press conference
- False balance
- Nature writing
- World Federation of Science Journalists
- Columbia Journalism Review
Books
- Blum, Deborah & Knudson, Mary (editors) (1997) A Field Guide for Science Writers, Oxford University Press ISBN 9780195100686
- Blum, Deborah, Knudson, Mary, & Henig, Robin Marantz (editors) (2006) A Field Guide for Science Writers, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press ISBN 9780195174991
- Cohn, Victor (1989) News & Numbers, Iowa State University Press ISBN 9780813814377
- Crossen, Cynthia (1994) Tainted Truth: Manipulation of Fact in America, Simon & Schuster ISBN 9780671792855
- Dean, Cornelia (2009) Am I Making Myself Clear? A scientist's guide to talking to the public, Harvard University Press ISBN 9780674036352
- Friedman, Sharon M., Dunwoody, Sharon, Rogers, Carol L. (editors) (1999) Communicating Uncertainty: Media Coverage of New and Controversial Science, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates ISBN 9780805827286
- Kiernan, Vincent (2006) Embargoed Science, University of Illinois Press ISBN 9780252030970
- Lieberman, Trudy (2000) Slanting the Story: The Forces That Shape the News, The New Press ISBN 9781565845770
- Nelkin, Dorothy (1995) Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology, revised edition, W.H. Freeman & Co. ISBN 9780716725954
U.S. science-related journalism organizations
- National Association of Science Writers (NASW) http://nasw.org/
- D.C. Science Writers Association (DCSWA) http://dcswa.org/
- New England Science Writers (NESW) http://neswonline.com/
- Northwest Science Writers Association (NSWA) http://nwscience.org/
- Northern California Science Writers Association (NCSWA) http://ncswa.org/
- Science Writers in New York (SWINY) http://www.swiny.org/
Science journalism Web sites & Blogs
- Columbia Journalism Review: Science http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/
- Embargo Watch http://embargowatch.wordpress.com/
- Knight Science Journalism Tracker http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/
- Retraction Watch http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/
- Science Blogging Aggregated http://scienceblogging.org/
Sundeblue ( talk) 16:32, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
(Below are some references that had been suggested by Pete Tillman on the original entry's talk page. Please go ahead and add any other suggested references. DLC)
Can Journalists Better Capture the Nuances of Climate Science? by Keith Kloor
Time for change in science journalism? by John Rennie
Science: A New Mission to Explain, by David Whitehouse
DLC (
talk) 15:58, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
(additional references from Dan Vergano)
- Biotechnology and the American Media: The Policy Process and the Elite Press, 1970 to 1999 by Matthew C. Nisbet and Bruce V. Lewenstein Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:11, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Science journalism: Too close for comfort by Boyce Rensberger - A history of the fieldfrom the newspaper perspective Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:15, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Science on the Air: Popularizers and Personalities on Radio and Early Television by Marcelle Chotkowski LaFollette - A U.S. broadcast science journalism history - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:20, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- The meaning of public understanding of science' in the United States after World War II by Bruce Lewenstein potted history of Science Service's beginnings - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:26, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Was There Really a Popular Science" Boom"? by Bruce Lewenstein a premature 1987 analysis suggesting the science journalism boom looked only partly ended - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:37, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- 25th Anniversary Symposium: The Future of Science Journalism by Knight Science Journalism Fellowships - 2008 symposium cites 1708 news reports in Boyce Rensberger's audio talk - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:46, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- The melting pot of science and belief: studying Vesuvius in seventeenth-century Naples by JANE E. EVERSON early science journalism in 1631 - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:53, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Pliny's Natural history a history of the field's patron saint, Pliny the Elder, who died reporting on the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:53, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- [ http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/working_papers/2006_04_russell.pdf Covering Controversial Science:
Improving Reporting on Science and Public Policy by Christine Russell ] - a 2006 survey of the decline in employment/sections in the field since 1990 - Dan Vergano ( talk) 04:07, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Science and the Media Edited by Donald Kennedy and Geneva Overholser - a 2010 look at the field by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Dan Vergano ( talk) 04:08, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
DLC ( talk) 16:58, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
- World Federation of Science Journalists
- National Association of Science Writers (USA)
- Indian Science Communication Society
- European Union of Science Journalists' Associations
- Northwest Science Writers Association (Pacific Northwest, USA)
- Association of British Science Writers
- Canadian Science Writers' Association
- Arab Science Journalists Association
- Union of Italian Science Journalists (UGIS, Unione Giornalisti Italiani Scientifici)
- SWIM - Science Writers in Italy
- TELI - German Science Writers
- Knight Science Journalism Tracker at MIT, "Peer review within science journalism"
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| This page was nominated for deletion on 23 August 2014. The result of the discussion was keep. |
Science journalism is a specialty devoted to conveying information about new developments in science to the public, through newspapers, magazines, television or radio programs, blogs, websites, podcasts, or other media. The field typically involves conveying information about new research by scientists, gathered and written or otherwise communicated by journalists, for the benefit of the public.
(work in progress, suggestions welcome. -- DLC ( talk) 01:41, 8 May 2012 (UTC))
For more than 75 years, science journalists have been forming organizations both in the United States and around the world, to share information and resources and, as the
National Association of Science Writers (NASW) says on its website, "to improve their craft and encourage conditions that promote good science writing."
[1]
The NASW is one of the oldest and largest such organizations, formed in 1934 by a group of science journalists in New York. It now claims 2,150 members plus more than 200 student members. In addition to science journalists, its membership also includes those working in science public relations and science journalism education. Among other nationwide organizations, there are also some devoted to specific areas, such as the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), with over 5,000 members [2], and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), with about 1,500 members [3].
In the United States, there are several regional organizations of science journalists. Among the more active are the D.C. Science Writers Association (DCSWA), the New England Science Writers (NESW), the Northwest Science Writers Association (NSWA), the Northern California Science Writers Association (NCSWA), and the Science Writers in New York (SWINY).
Around the world, there are regional groups such as the African Federation of Science Writers and the Arab Science Journalists association, and at least three dozen national organizations, including the Association of British Science Writers, and groups in China, Canada, France, Japan, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, and Australia, among the many. [4]
Internationally, the International Science Writers' Association [5], formed in 1967, is the oldest, and claims members in 26 countries. There is also an umbrella organization (an "association of associations"), the World Federation of Science Journalists [6], which represents 40 national, international and regional organizations around the world.
(Blurb about general prizes that contain science-y winners -- Pulitzers for newspaper, magazine, tv & radio, online -- and explain these are science specific)
- The National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Awards recognize investigative or interpretive pieces about the sciences and their impact on society. The pieces must be written or spoken in English, intended for the lay person, and first published or broadcast in North America. NASW co-sponsors with the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists for print and online work by journalists younger than age 30.
- The Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting honors a writer for "a body of work published or broadcast within the last five years which ... has made a profound and lasting contribution to public awareness and understanding of critical advances in medical science and their impact on human health and well-being."
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Kavli Science Journalism Awards recognize outstanding reporting for a general audience and honor individuals (rather than institutions, publishers or employers) for their coverage of the sciences, engineering and mathematics and for fostering a better understanding of science by the public. Stories must be published within the United States and by a U.S. media outlet.
- Professional scientists, bloggers and student journalists based in the UK or the Republic of Ireland -- but not professional journalists and authors who write for money -- are eligible for the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, which looks for pieces that encourage the general public to consider, question and debate the key issues in science and society.
Sundeblue ( talk) 23:58, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
DLC-- I will work on a draft of this section.
(Knight tracker, Science Writers, any other blogs or mags?)
role in society
role in science
- mandates or suggestions from granting agencies (explicit from NSF; suggested from NIH)
- studies that show impact in science citations, etc. (Phillips, USCD)
(distinctive and somewhat problematic in the context of journalism)(but, is this too inside-baseball for a general encyclopedia entry? -- DC)
print media
- science magazines
- newspaper science sections
broadcast
TV and radio programs, podcasts
blogs
- Natalie Angier, a science journalist for The New York Times
( [1])
- Isaac Asimov
- Sandra Blakeslee
- Stewart Brand
- Shannon Brownlee
- Deborah Byrd, of the Earth & Sky radio series
- Nigel Calder
- Marcus Chown
- Paul de Kruif
- Claudia Dreifus
- David Ewing Duncan ( website, blog)
- Gregg Easterbrook
- Kitty Ferguson
- Timothy Ferris, science writer, most often on astronomical topics
- Laurie Garrett
- Malcolm Gladwell
- James Gleick
- Ben Goldacre
- Gina Kolata
- Robert Kunzig
- William L. Laurence
- Duncan Lunan
- Bob McDonald, Canadian science journalist, host of Quirks & Quarks
- John McPhee
- Dennis Overbye of The New York Times
- David Perlman
- David Quammen, science, nature and travel writer
- Matt Ridley ( website)
- Carl Sagan
- Dava Sobel
- Walter Sullivan
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
- John Noble Wilford
- Ed Yong
- Carl Zimmer ( website, blog)
- Popular science
- Medical journalism
- Environmental journalism
- Investigative journalism
- Public awareness of science
- Scientific literature
- science education
- Frontiers of Science
- Science by press conference
- False balance
- Nature writing
- World Federation of Science Journalists
- Columbia Journalism Review
Books
- Blum, Deborah & Knudson, Mary (editors) (1997) A Field Guide for Science Writers, Oxford University Press ISBN 9780195100686
- Blum, Deborah, Knudson, Mary, & Henig, Robin Marantz (editors) (2006) A Field Guide for Science Writers, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press ISBN 9780195174991
- Cohn, Victor (1989) News & Numbers, Iowa State University Press ISBN 9780813814377
- Crossen, Cynthia (1994) Tainted Truth: Manipulation of Fact in America, Simon & Schuster ISBN 9780671792855
- Dean, Cornelia (2009) Am I Making Myself Clear? A scientist's guide to talking to the public, Harvard University Press ISBN 9780674036352
- Friedman, Sharon M., Dunwoody, Sharon, Rogers, Carol L. (editors) (1999) Communicating Uncertainty: Media Coverage of New and Controversial Science, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates ISBN 9780805827286
- Kiernan, Vincent (2006) Embargoed Science, University of Illinois Press ISBN 9780252030970
- Lieberman, Trudy (2000) Slanting the Story: The Forces That Shape the News, The New Press ISBN 9781565845770
- Nelkin, Dorothy (1995) Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology, revised edition, W.H. Freeman & Co. ISBN 9780716725954
U.S. science-related journalism organizations
- National Association of Science Writers (NASW) http://nasw.org/
- D.C. Science Writers Association (DCSWA) http://dcswa.org/
- New England Science Writers (NESW) http://neswonline.com/
- Northwest Science Writers Association (NSWA) http://nwscience.org/
- Northern California Science Writers Association (NCSWA) http://ncswa.org/
- Science Writers in New York (SWINY) http://www.swiny.org/
Science journalism Web sites & Blogs
- Columbia Journalism Review: Science http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/
- Embargo Watch http://embargowatch.wordpress.com/
- Knight Science Journalism Tracker http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/
- Retraction Watch http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/
- Science Blogging Aggregated http://scienceblogging.org/
Sundeblue ( talk) 16:32, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
(Below are some references that had been suggested by Pete Tillman on the original entry's talk page. Please go ahead and add any other suggested references. DLC)
Can Journalists Better Capture the Nuances of Climate Science? by Keith Kloor
Time for change in science journalism? by John Rennie
Science: A New Mission to Explain, by David Whitehouse
DLC (
talk) 15:58, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
(additional references from Dan Vergano)
- Biotechnology and the American Media: The Policy Process and the Elite Press, 1970 to 1999 by Matthew C. Nisbet and Bruce V. Lewenstein Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:11, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Science journalism: Too close for comfort by Boyce Rensberger - A history of the fieldfrom the newspaper perspective Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:15, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Science on the Air: Popularizers and Personalities on Radio and Early Television by Marcelle Chotkowski LaFollette - A U.S. broadcast science journalism history - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:20, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- The meaning of public understanding of science' in the United States after World War II by Bruce Lewenstein potted history of Science Service's beginnings - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:26, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Was There Really a Popular Science" Boom"? by Bruce Lewenstein a premature 1987 analysis suggesting the science journalism boom looked only partly ended - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:37, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- 25th Anniversary Symposium: The Future of Science Journalism by Knight Science Journalism Fellowships - 2008 symposium cites 1708 news reports in Boyce Rensberger's audio talk - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:46, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- The melting pot of science and belief: studying Vesuvius in seventeenth-century Naples by JANE E. EVERSON early science journalism in 1631 - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:53, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Pliny's Natural history a history of the field's patron saint, Pliny the Elder, who died reporting on the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD - Dan Vergano ( talk) 03:53, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- [ http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/working_papers/2006_04_russell.pdf Covering Controversial Science:
Improving Reporting on Science and Public Policy by Christine Russell ] - a 2006 survey of the decline in employment/sections in the field since 1990 - Dan Vergano ( talk) 04:07, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Science and the Media Edited by Donald Kennedy and Geneva Overholser - a 2010 look at the field by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Dan Vergano ( talk) 04:08, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
DLC ( talk) 16:58, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
- World Federation of Science Journalists
- National Association of Science Writers (USA)
- Indian Science Communication Society
- European Union of Science Journalists' Associations
- Northwest Science Writers Association (Pacific Northwest, USA)
- Association of British Science Writers
- Canadian Science Writers' Association
- Arab Science Journalists Association
- Union of Italian Science Journalists (UGIS, Unione Giornalisti Italiani Scientifici)
- SWIM - Science Writers in Italy
- TELI - German Science Writers
- Knight Science Journalism Tracker at MIT, "Peer review within science journalism"