LONDON — During the meeting here last week, I began referring to the World Conference of Science Journalists as my “Super Bowl.” With around 900 participants, it was surely one of, if not the, largest gathering ever of science media from all over the globe. But that wasn’t the only reason I used the American football metaphor. Comments from far-flung reporters and editors about the peculiar state of science journalism in their countries were the most enjoyable part of the conference. The following are short conversations with twelve of them about the important stories, challenges and opportunities in their corner of the world:
Valería Román - El Clarin (Blog: Ensayos y Error), Argentina
Natasha Mitchell - All in the Mind, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia
Gustavo Faleiros - O Eco, Brazil
Zia Hepeng - Science News,
China
Mohammed Yahia - IslamOnline, Egypt
Jari Mäkinen - Kupla Productions, Finland Dominique Leglu - Sciences et Avenir, France Horacio Salazar - Milenio, Mexico Alex Abutu Augustine - News Agency of Nigeria, Nigeria Muhammad Suhail Yousuf - Metro One, Pakistan William Odinga Balikuddembe - Uganda Science Journalists Association, Uganda Nguyen Dan Vu Long - Freelance,
Vietnam
Great comment. It's a pity you didn't include more of Europe and expecially Italy. There were several of us at the Wcsj conf. and science coverage is (slowly) making some progress even over here.
Guido
Posted by guido romeo on Thu 9 Jul 2009 at 11:04 AM
It refers to the video clip of M. Yousaf from Karachi Pakistan. I shall just add that here schools, colleges and universities churn out only Urdu poets and religious scholars as an end product of education process. Science books are in English and the examinations are held in English but students are taught in Urdu. Science culture is absent. We badly need universal curriculum from primary schools to higher education.
Posted by M.Shahjahan Bhatti on Sat 11 Jul 2009 at 11:35 PM
Great videos. It would be great if this session include one video of each country around the world. However, right now we know that Climate Changes is a reality, so we have the obligation to do something about that.
Yurixhi Herrera
MBA Responsabilité sociale et environnementale des organisations
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