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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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  • Pseudoscience in Developing Countries: Standing Up To Government-Backed Fake Science
    Omnia Gohar
    By Omnia Gohar SAN FRANCISCO—Science provides a universal stamp of approval. So it’s no wonder that some people use it to package non-scientific ideas to gain credibility. But when these ideas, which are mistakenly regarded as based on scientific method, are hailed by governments as great scientific breakthroughs, it’s no longer your average pseudoscience. This...
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  • The Future Needs Funding: The Persistent Struggles of Digital Science Magazines
    Inés Gutiérrez
    By Inés Gutierrez SAN FRANCISCO—For quite some time, the words “the future is now” have been chasing us. Our collective imagination envisions a tomorrow filled with holograms, interactive media and 3D images. But when we look around, we realize that day may not come soon. However, one thing has visibly changed: digital content is more...
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  • Climate Change and California: A State Where Scientists Have the Ears of Policymakers
    Sergio Villagrán
    By Sergio Villagrán BERKELEY, California—On 13 November, a letter signed by more than 15,000 researchers, titled “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice,” appeared in the journal BioScience. Coming 25 years after the first such warning from the scientific community, the letter notes how little we have done to stop the negative environmental trends...
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  • More People in Science “Must Be Women”: Tackling Global Gender Inequality in STEM
    UCSC SciCom
    By Kimberly Hickok SAN FRANCISCO—Women have made great strides in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But in non-Western countries, huge gender gaps remain in both representation and opportunity. That reality drove a vigorous discussion during a special luncheon sponsored by 23andMe and Johnson & Johnson Innovation on 27 October at the World...
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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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