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Poor countries' media must tackle climate change

Climate-change reporting is woefully inadequate because too often editors lack interest and assign writers without expertise, says James Fahn.

8 August 2008 | EN | 中文

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China's top-down science communication fails its people

Scientists, not government, should lead efforts to explain the benefits and risks of modern technology, says Li Daguang.

25 July 2008 | EN | 中文

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UN agencies have own interests at heart

The UN agencies UNICEF and the WHO have broken with protocol and recklessly used data for their own ends, says an editorial in The Lancet.

Source: The Lancet

24 September 2007 | EN | ES | 中文

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Trial practitioners must become media savvy

Clinicians should learn from the alarmist media coverage that followed a recent microbicide trial, say Gita Ramjee and colleagues.

Source: PLoS Medicine

10 August 2007 | EN

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Environmental journalists must dig deeper

Talli Nauman argues that environmental journalists must be more than simple informers to provide better coverage of development issues.

Source: The Herald Mexico

18 May 2007 | EN | 中文

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The crisis in China's science journalism

Media coverage of science is declining in China — but scientists, press officers and journalists could change the situation, says Hepeng Jia.

5 March 2007 | EN | 中文

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Media can help fight climate change in Africa

The African media can play a crucial role in communicating climate information to the public, says Patrick Luganda.

24 January 2007 | EN

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Breaking the silence on developing-world science

Christina Scott, Diran Onifade and Julie Clayton say journalistic mentoring is key to getting African science the attention it deserves.

14 July 2006 | EN

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Communication rights and communication wrongs

It's time to stop using the poor, and build a media that respects their rights and needs, says Nalaka Gunawardene.

15 November 2005 | EN

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Hope — not hype — should lead stem cell debate

Marcelo Leite says that those promoting stem cell research in Brazil have raised hopes that could backfire if promised cures are not forthcoming.

23 March 2005 | EN

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Barriers to science journalism in Pakistan

Aleem Ahmed asks why science magazines in Pakistan tend to fail, and what can be done to improve the situation.

14 March 2005 | EN

Why we need a new forum for the public debate on biotechnology

Marcelo Leite argues that journalists should help create a solid framework in which controversial issues such as genetic modification can be discussed without dogmatism.

12 July 2004 | EN

Inaccurate media reports hinder conservation efforts

Exaggerated coverage of the effect of climate change on extinctions highlights the need to address sensationalist reporting of science, say Richard J. Ladle and colleagues.

Source: Nature

22 April 2004 | EN

South Africa needs more science news

Carine van Rooyen reveals the results of a survey of science news in South African press, and concludes that more should be done to increase the amount of science coverage.

Source: Science in Africa

16 April 2004 | EN

A world of careers for Chinese scientists

Alice Shih-hou Huang explains why young Chinese scientists should be given wide-ranging training and encouraged to explore new career paths.

Source: Nature

11 March 2004 | EN

Challenges to science journalism: Egypt and the Middle East

Egypt has a long history of science communication but journalists today struggle to get the resources they need, says Nadia El-Awady.

15 February 2004 | EN

Small but perfectly formed: Colombia's science communication dynamo

Lisbeth Fog gives an insight into the trials and tribulations of setting up a network of science journalists in Colombia.

15 February 2004 | EN

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Good science journalism — and barriers to it — in India

Accessing scientific research and persuading editors to publish stories are some of the issues facing Indian science journalists, says Pallava Bagla.

15 February 2004 | EN