Federation board member Valeria Roman, medical and science reporter at Clarín, the largest daily newspaper in Argentina, said that after attending the international meetings she and others were inspired to organize science journalists in her country. The Argentine Network of Science Journalism [Editor’s note: this article originally misidentified this group as the Argentinean Association of Science Journalism.] now numbers 110 members, and it is networking online and hosting meetings, included a recent workshop on tobacco control. She and four colleagues from print, radio and television were blogging together in Spanish about the London conference. “The participation of developing countries has been growing at these conferences, providing a new place to listen to the voices of journalists from our countries,” she said.
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Cris - Terrific and encouraging report. I wish I'd seen it this morning for the day's haul on the ksjtracker site. I'll get it in Tue. Congratulations to you and all the US reps for what I am sure was their enthusiastic participation in the meeting.
Posted by Charlie Petit on Mon 6 Jul 2009 at 07:31 PM
indeed very encouraging news for african would-be science journalists, but in what way does all this change the huge problems jounalism in general and science journalism in particular are facing in the U.S and Europa?
Posted by Francois on Thu 9 Jul 2009 at 01:06 PM