Follow the World Conference of Science Journalists on-line
For those interested in science communication, a quick heads’ up: the World Conference of Science Journalists, moved from Cairo to Doha, Qatar, starts ’today’. (Where they are, that is!) Details of how to follow the event on-line can be found on a page at the US National Association of Science Writers.
Update: looks as if videos will be coming under the WCSJ2011 YouTube account. There are no presentations up (yet), but there are some interviews. I’d include one below as a taster, but the WordPress blog editor doesn’t seem to want to embed these, so you’ll have to make the trek over there yourself!
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6 Responses to “Follow the World Conference of Science Journalists on-line”
If you’re looking for the hashtag to follow the conference on twitter yourself, it’s #wcsj2011.
Stuff like this makes me envious of those attending! (From the #wcsj2011 twitter stream: don’t forget to select ‘All’ next to ‘Tweets’ or you’ll miss most of them) –
@SAeditorinchief (Mariette DiChristina)
726 delegates from 90 countries–50% from developing nations–here at #wcsj2011 in Doha, Qatar [I love travel to out-of-the-way places – sounds as if those attending would make for interesting conversations.]
@edyong209 Ed Yong
Zewail: We’re good at collecting information; the challenge is to use that information to create new knowledge [I wrote about a closely related issue in bioinformatics some time ago: https://sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/2009/11/26/computational-biology-natural-history-v-explanatory-models/%5D
@mwikramanayake (Marisa Wikramanayake)
The #wcsj2011 tweets are nice to see but they make me want to bang my head against a wall at the general ignorance of people. Study history! [Something I’ve suggested, too: https://sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/2010/08/11/know-the-history-of-your-field-be-it-science-or-pottery/%5D
@mwikramanayake Marisa Wikramanayake @Tuna Shouldn’t sci journos be aware of the history of science? Shouldn’t they question any gaps in their knowledge? Why wait for #wcsj2011?
Not to mention tit-bits like this:
@seanmcarroll (Sean Carroll; re-tweeted by deborahblum)
US military spends more on air conditioning in Iraq & Afghanistan than NASA’s annual budget. is.gd/Y0d24h
@ivanoransky (Ivan Oransky; author of Retraction Watch and Embargo Watch)
Zewail: Too much negative reporting on what has _not_ happened in science #wcsj2011 (I know what he means, but we need accountability)
@alexwitze Alexandra Witze
Mohammed Fathy Saoud, Qatar Foundation, calls for 2.8 percent GDP investment in sci/tech #WCSJ2011 – that’d be just above US levels [What’s NZ’s GDP investment?]
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OK, OK… I have to force myself off to work. These people are way too distracting…
There are a few early photos here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/103211982728550435693/WCSJ2011DohaJune26
Can’t see Peter Griffin in them (of SMC, who host our blogs).
They look an international crowd.
I’ve just added a link to a YouTube for the WCSJ meeting. Some interviews (worth viewing) and general coverage is offered so far.
The Science and Development Network blog has posts on some of the sessions.
[Edited – the “toss away the slash in the close tag” bug continues to haunt me…]
Radio Kate has some interviews: http://audioboo.fm/RadioKate