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Science journalism: Supplanting the old media?

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Science journalism is in decline; science blogging is growing fast. But can the one replace the other, asks Geoff Brumfiel.

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Brumfiel, G. Science journalism: Supplanting the old media?. Nature 458, 274–277 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458274a

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