News from the World Federation of Science Journalists http://www.wfsj.org en-us 3600 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/sNdL3uKabgk/news.php In March 2012, Cameroonian science journalist Adrienne Engono explained in her newspaper how the absence of weather forecasting was threatening the crops of farmers. Today, weather forecasting is re-established in Cameroon. Divine Junior Ntaryike, a colleague journalist, has produced a short video that captures how Ms. Engono’s journalism made a difference for African farmers. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:12:00 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=317 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=317 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/ZNOgJONcfC0/news.php Today, 6th June 2013,  the Guardian Global Development blog is hosting a live chat on Development Research: improving access and relevance Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:52:56 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=316 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=316 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/KD7d1i5NKzA/news.php The associations from three countries, two from Africa and one from Asia, have submitted bids to host the 9th World Conference of Science Journalists, in 2015, and candidates for the presidency of the World Federation of Science Journalists. Congratulations to both Kenyan associations, the Kenya Science Journalists Association (KENSJA) and Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA); to the Korea Science Reporters Association (KSRA); and the South African Science Journalists’ Association (SASJA) for taking on the challenge! Wed, 29 May 2013 08:29:14 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=315 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=315 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/0mZMQW6Eb1c/news.php by Henry Lutaaya -- Lominda Afedraru came back from a trip to the United Kingdom on Sunday 19th May 2013, with lots of story ideas and in very high spirits. Thanks to her hard work as well as financial support by the Biosciences for Farming in Africa (B4FA), she toured a number of science labs where she witnessed amazing technologies developed by scientists in the UK. Tue, 28 May 2013 08:36:25 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=314 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=314 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/YzR5AOJ9IdA/news.php Curtis Brainard of the US National Association of Science Writers has been elected to the Executive Board of the World Federation of Science Journalists. Mr Brainard emerged from a strong field with a clear majority, winning 46.3 per cent of the votes. Nearly all of the national associations eligible to vote participated in the election (41 out of 42). Thu, 23 May 2013 07:51:19 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=313 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=313 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/gbxx9tAwiP0/news.php Since April 18th, 2013, the World Federation of Science Journalists is officially a charitable organization under the Canadian Income Tax Act. Since its inception, the Federation has been a non-profit corporation and it remains a non-profit. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:51:41 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=312 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=312 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/-jOIalDlb3s/news.php Dominique Forget has been elected as the Canadian representative to the Executive Board of the World Federation of Science Journalists following the first round of voting. In the international group Mr.Curtis Brainard (NASW – United States), Mr.Emeka Anuforo (NASJ – Nigeria), Ms. Yukiko Motomura (JASTJ – Japan) and Mr.Hajo Neubert (TELI – Germany) have secured the highest number of votes for the second board position and will go through to the second round of elections, which will take place from May 15 to May 22. The result of that election will be announced on May 23. Thu, 09 May 2013 13:33:19 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=311 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=311 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/PyfyJl5aB_M/news.php The World Federation of Science Journalists launched, today, its SjCOOP Asia project. “I hope this project will connect Asia to the activities of the World Federation”, said Ms. Yoon Kim, who will manage the project for the Federation. The mentoring program SjCOOP (Science Journalism Cooperation) twins experienced science journalists (mentors) with early-career journalists (mentees). There will be three groups of mentees: a Vietnamese-speaking group, a Bahasa Indonesian-speaking group, and an English-speaking group. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:01:41 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=310 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=310 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/50e3r36iUdY/news.php On Tuesday 16th April, in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia’s capital), Magdy Said, a mentor with the World Federation’s first Phase of Project SjCOOP, from 2006 to 2009, celebrated his dream come true. The Arabic Edition of Nature, a joint project of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) officially launched the Nature Arabic Edition (NAE) magazine during the Saudi International Conference on Science Culture Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:42:07 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=309 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=309 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WfsjNews/~3/VDJRS1h1Szw/news.php we announce the candidates for the 2013 WFSJ Board Elections. Seven candidates will compete for the ‘international’ seat and three for a Canadian. For the first time, the candidates were selected by our member associations. We hope that this trust in associations will put stellar directors at the helm of the Federation. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:53:32 -0700 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=308 http://www.wfsj.org/news/news.php?id=308