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THANK YOU

TO ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS, VOLUNTEERS, + ATTENDEES. SEE YOU IN LAUSANNE IN 2019!

The next World Conference of Science Journalists will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland in July 2019.

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Student Coverage

  • Student Journalists Produce 52 Reports from WCSJ2017
    Rob Irion
    Student science writers from around the world have created a set of 52 stories from the World Conference of Science Journalists 2017, spanning most of the meeting’s sessions and creating a valuable reference archive for journalists in the U.S. and abroad. The reports, along with bios of the authors, are online at the WCSJ2017 Student...
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  • Will Cosmologists Save the World? Approaches from Scientific Training Could Shape Public Debates
    Amelia Jaycen
    By Amelia Jaycen SAN FRANCISCO—Saul Perlmutter, a Nobel Prize–winning astrophysicist and cosmologist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has spent a lot of his time ascertaining how quickly the universe is expanding. But he is also concerned with some down-to-earth issues, like the state of human interactions. As he watched public discussions unfold in the last...
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  • Fact-Checking In the Age of “Fake News”: A Q&A With Brooke Borel and Alex Kasprak
    Carolyn Wilke
    By Carolyn M. Wilke SAN FRANCISCO—Is fact-checking the future of journalism? That question, at once disturbing for our society and promising for the increased role science journalists might play in combating fake news, drove a panel discussion among four experts on 30 October at the World Conference of Science Journalists 2017. The panelists, all experienced...
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  • Science Podcasts: The Fun, the Challenges, and Tips from the Pros
    Ellen Rykers
    SAN FRANCISCO—Science podcasts are more popular than ever. Producing them takes time, technical savvy, and a deep passion to engage listeners with material that is both informative and fun. How does one start a science podcast and build a dedicated audience? Those topics drew an enthusiastic crowd on 27 October at the World Conference of...
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  • How “Decolonizing” Science Can Make It Better
    Liz Kimbrough
    By Liz Kimbrough SAN FRANCISCO—When South African student journalist Sibusiso Biyela sat down to write about the launch of the MeerKAT telescope in both English and Zulu, he thought it would be simple. The English version rolled out smoothly. But when he began to translate into Zulu, his native language, he found he would have...
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  • How to Decolonize (or Decolonise) Science Communication
    Diego Graglia
    Sibusiso Biyela, one of this year’s student travel fellows, brought a South African perspective to a panel on the decolonization of science 27 October at the World Conference of Science Journalists. ‘We were taught that science has a western origin’ @AstroSibs at #WCSJ2017 #DecolonizeScience pic.twitter.com/NnVPCuO8kL — Oscar Miyamoto (@MiyamOtOscar) October 27, 2017 The panel also...
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  • Following the Science: How to Chase Stories Across Borders
    UCSC SciCom
    By Laura G. Shields SAN FRANCISCO—Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate. That’s one core piece of advice echoed by all speakers in a session about cross-border journalism on 28 October at the World Conference of Science Journalists 2017. “Science itself is really international, and science journalists should reflect this as much as they can,” said Helen Briggs, a...
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  • X-Ray Vision: Berkeley’s High-Speed Electrons Fuel Atomic-Scale Science
    Amelia Jaycen
    Text and photos by Amelia Jaycen BERKELEY, California—A group of eager writers attending the World Conference of Science Journalists 2017 stood on an upper platform at Berkeley’s Advanced Light Source (ALS) research lab. Under their feet, electrons raced at nearly the speed of light. Overhead, an iconic domed ceiling—the same ceiling under which Nobel laureate...
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  • How Indigenous Voices Should Shape Science Reporting
    Jennifer Lu
    By Jennifer Lu SAN FRANCISCO—Indigenous voices are integral to science and science reporting. That’s why journalists should keep an open mind and be aware of political narratives when reporting on indigenous issues, four speakers said 28 October during a session at the World Conference of Science Journalists 2017. Key to keeping an open mind is...
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  • Stepping Away from Technology: A Political Approach to the Future of Employment
    Andjela Djuraskovic
    By Andjela Djuraskovic SAN FRANCISCO—Robots, takeovers by artificial intelligence, and high-tech jobs of the future: Those were the expected topics from a panel of Silicon Valley speakers at a session called “The Future of Work.” But to the surprise of the audience, the experts wanted to talk politics. The panel convened on 26 October at...
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  • Medical Journal Overload: Databases Help Reporters Mine Healthcare Studies
    UCSC SciCom
    By Kimber Price   SAN FRANCISCO—In any given field of biomedicine, researchers publish thousands of journal articles each year. How can a healthcare journalist keep up? She can’t. But given the most comprehensive databases and the most malleable search tools, any journalist can home in on the information most relevant to their needs. And for...
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