News from the World Federation of Science Journalists http://www.wfsj.org en-us 3600 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/hEqGoir4EL8/news.php The association of science writers in Italy has launched an online survey entitled “Know thyself, science writer” asking science journalists from all over the world to help define the situation of science journalism. According to its publisher, Fabio Turone, president of Science Writers in Italy (SWIM), the purpose of the survey is “to collect information about a profession lacking clear borders.” Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:47:08 -0800 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=271 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=271 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/DWRc_RVJ4Js/news.php WFSJ will announce the 7 winners of trips to Norway during the AAAS meeting, in Vancouver Join Vesa Niinikangas, President of the World Federation of Science Journalists, and Nils Christian Stenseth, the President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Saturday 18 February 2012 at 4:30 p.m. for a Wine-and-Cheese Reception in the Reporters' Coffee Lounge area outside the Technology Workroom (Room 301) in the Vancouver Convention Centre. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:41:50 -0800 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=270 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=270 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/qeGRW8MKC1w/news.php At the beginning of the year, on 25 February 2011, Violet Otindo, a reporter and producer at Kenyan television (channel K24), revealed a shortage of free condoms in northern Kenya. Her story triggered a huge media echo, a news conference by the Health Minister, national and international media attention, an intense public debate, all the way to a debate in Parliament. Violet Otindo is a mentee in the SjCOOP project and the external evaluators monitoring the impact of mentees’ stories have documented how a Kenyan journalist can make a difference. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:23:29 -0800 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=269 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=269 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/0VRD0neqmSg/news.php The WFSJ is looking to recruit an experienced and dynamic Executive Director to provide day to day leadership for the Federation’s secretariat and to work closely with the Board to develop broad support for WFSJ vision and programs. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:51:09 -0800 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=268 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=268 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/GB6e0e42J3o/news.php The stress in the relationship between journalists and public relations professional was the topic of a heated but good-humoured debate in Flagstaff, Arizona at the National Association of Science Writers' annual meeting in 14 – 18 October 2011. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:06:48 -0800 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=267 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=267 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/cKDNvhLmfOk/news.php Christina Scott was a pillar of African science journalism. She excelled in her career as a journalist. She also gave to her colleagues and to science journalism without any bounds and limits. She contributed in a decisive way to the success of the first SjCOOP project of the World Federation of Science Journalists. You can contribute to Christina's memorial which will be celebrated Saturday (5th Nov.) by sending your message to: remembering.christina.scott@gmail.com Read the obituary written by her colleagues member of the South African Science Journalists’ Association of which she was the second president: Hamba Khale, Christina Read the article from the Nigerian science journalist Alex Abutu published in AfricaSTI: Christina Scott: Africa's foremost science journalist dies Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:56:05 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=266 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=266 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/-KSqEiVQYGY/news.php When WPK, the German Science Journalists’ Association, planned to celebrate its 25th anniversary, its board chairman Martin Schneider saw a nuclear irony. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:46:31 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=265 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=265 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/kG_1IzDwUMI/news.php Reaching out to member associations and implementing a new electronic voting process for the election of board members were the two topics which Nadia El-Awady, President of the World Federation of Science Journalists from 2009 to 2001, made her priorities. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:42:36 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=264 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=264 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/MVU23Jhoa3E/news.php The final report on the 7th World Conference of Science Journalists, held in Doha, 27 – 29 June 2011, is now on line. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:34:33 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=263 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=263 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/YyD7ba8cBQA/news.php Toni Pou, based in Barcelona, one of 15 science journalists from all around the world who won a World Federation of Science Journalists competition to board the Canadian research icebreaker Amundsen for an extended stay in 2008, has published an award-winning book on his journey to the Arctic. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:32:14 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=262 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=262