Science journalism workshop
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This document provides an overview of a training on campus journalism for science writing. It discusses what science writing is, where students can find science news, how to write different types of science pieces like news, features and editorials. It encourages writing about science topics relevant to the local community and provides exercises for students to practice writing short pieces in each format. Resources for further learning about science writing and communication are also included.
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Science journalism workshop
- 1. National Training of Trainers for Campus Journalism Science Writing (News, Feature & Editorial)
- 2. Julia Jasmine Sta Romana • Science and Technology/Lifestyle Contributor for GMA News Online • Freelance writer and virtual assistant • ICT Davao, member
- 3. Assessment • (please add image Jan =) )
- 4. What is science writing? Writing about scientific subject matter, often in a non-technical manner for an audience of non-scientists http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/Science-Writing-term.htm
- 5. Science News Basically news about science
- 8. Where can students get science news? • Science fair • School events • Local science community • Make the process of learning science newsworthy
- 9. Writing exercise Write a piece of science news based on what happened in your school
- 10. Science feature Human interest story that also looks into science
- 11. Write for your audience
- 13. Simplify, but don’t dumb it down
- 14. Responsibilities of the editor • Stop/prevent plagiarism • Ensure that the story is comprehensible
- 17. What can student science journalists feature? • (jan, can you put in pictures of what kids are into nowadays?
- 19. Exercise • Write a science feature on something you or your students are naturally interested in.
- 20. Science Editorial • a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a science issue
- 21. Science Editorials • Focus on the facts • Analysis of the issue must be based on scientific facts and following the scientific method • Assumptions raised must be based on solid logic and following the scientific method
- 23. What issues in your community are affected by science? • (jan, please put in images of weather, health, food, etc)
- 24. Exercise Write a science editorial
- 25. Bonus: Science Cartoon! Cartoons are a great way to make learning science fun!
- 30. Fun Exercise: 1 panel science comic based on geeky pick-up lines
- 31. Thank you for participating!
- 32. Resources • http://www.wfsj.org/course/index-e.html • http://boredomtherapy.com/nerd-science-jokes/ • http://xkcd.com/ • http://www.scidev.net/global/biotechnology/news/citizen-scientists-pitch-new-uses-for-paper-microscope.html • http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/401385/scitech/science/us-backed-uplb-graduate-program-focused-on-marine- biodiversity • http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/293017/scitech/science/food-for-thought-adobo-and-the-filipino-genome • http://mypocketshurt90.tumblr.com/post/27495622491/i-sent-this-paper-to-jk-rowling-explaining-how-the • http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/09/guardian-view-on-ebola-fighting-fear-as-well-as-infection • http://www.beatricebiologist.com/
Editor's Notes
- Do short welcome
- Introduce myself and flatter the attendees
- Assess the current situation of their school papers in terms of science journalism (do they have regular science news and features? What challenges are they facing?) We will try to address these issues throughout the course
- Simplest explanation
- Still follows the same principles of journalism (5 ws), you still need good research practices (primary sources if possible)
- School events (like Oltrap launch), local science community (DOST, DA, DENR, DOH)
- If there’s no human factor, it’s not a science feature, it’s a science paper.
- One common mistake of science journalists is when they drown their audience in technical jargon
- Find primary, latest sources as much as possible. Look to both sides of the story
- Bad analogy, comparing vaccines with small caliber bullets
- Plagiarism (students will copy/paste from sources when they don’t understand the concepts, so encourage your students to ask until they understand)
- Opinion must be substantiated by facts, science editorials allows your students to discuss issues in an educated manner