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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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  • Meet the WCSJ2017 Student Journalism Travel Fellows
    Rob Irion
    Extensive news coverage of scientific sessions, journalism panels, and field trips at the World Conference of Science Journalists 2017 will appear on this page within the next two weeks, thanks to reporting from an international group of science writing students attending the meeting on full fellowships. The reports, both news stories and multimedia presentations, will...
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  • Infographics in Science Reporting: Why You Should Use Them, and How To Do It Well
    Andjela Djuraskovic
    Text and graphics by Andjela Djuraskovic SAN FRANCISCO—Free software, data and some patience. According to Alberto Cairo, that is all you need to create your first visual representation of information. With research showing that images are more memorable than text-based information, data visualization allows writers to turn pages of complex statistical findings into attention-grabbing images....
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  • Our global crew of student fellows fans out to cover #WCSJ2017 on Twitter
    Diego Graglia
    Curious to see some highlights from the first few hours of sessions here in San Francisco? You can check out the Twitter hashtag #WCSJStudents, where our global cohort of student travel fellows is covering the World Conference of Science Journalists live. Here are some selected tweets the students sent from sessions on Thursday afternoon and...
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  • The People Behind the Science: Writing Compelling Profiles
    Jillian Clemente
    By Jillian Clemente SAN FRANCISCO—Behind every scientific discovery is a scientist with a story. Getting to the root of how and why researchers do what they do brings light to the human side of science—and there is an art to telling those stories. Four panelists, each accomplished science profilers, discussed tactics and tips for getting...
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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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  • Airplane-Sized Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Oddities
    Ellen Rykers
    By Ellen Rykers SAN FRANCISCO—The tip of bone sticking out of the dusty Patagonian earth was a tantalising hint: dinosaur fossil. Paleontologist Diego Pol and his team began to dig—unaware that they were about to unearth the largest dinosaur bone ever found. This giant bone was just one of a series of sensational South American...
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Thank you for attending WCSJ2017! We’re excited to have welcomed 1,364 registered attendees—from more than 70 countries—to San Francisco for WCSJ2017.

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