Editorials

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  • Cheerleader or watchdog?
  • Science journalism is under threat. What can scientists do to help?
  • 24 June 2009
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  • Filling the void
  • As science journalism declines, scientists must rise up and reach out.
  • 18 March 2009

Features

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  • Breaking the convention?
  • Blogs and Twitter are opening up meetings to those not actually there. Does that mean too much access to science in the raw, asks Geoff Brumfiel.
  • 24 June 2009
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  • Supplanting the old media?
  • Science journalism is in decline; science blogging is growing fast. But can the one replace the other, asks Geoff Brumfiel.
  • 18 March 2009

Opinion

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  • Toppling the priesthood
  • In the first of three essays, Toby Murcott argues that the process of science needs to be opened up if journalists are to provide proper critique.
  • 24 June 2009
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  • Too close for comfort
  • In the second of three essays, Boyce Rensberger tracks the progression of scientific correspondents from cheerleaders to watchdogs.
  • 24 June 2009
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  • The Arab boom
  • As research increases in Arab countries, the media is stepping up to report on it. In the third of three essays, Nadia El-Awady says the local journalism has much room for improvement.
  • 24 June 2009
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  • Science journalism: From the newsroom
  • The Washington Post's national environmental reporter Juliet Eilperin and its executive editor Marcus Brauchli discuss the future of science coverage in their newspaper.
  • 24 June 2009

More from the Archives

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  • Science writer will appeal libel case ruling
  • Simon Singh to contest judge's pretrial decision on article meaning.
  • 3 June 2009
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  • Court setback for science writer
  • Libel case threatens discussion of science and medicine internationally, says Simon Singh.
  • 13 May 2009
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  • Science communication reconsidered
  • As new media proliferate and the public's trust and engagement in science are influenced by industry involvement in academic research, an interdisciplinary workshop provides some recommendations to enhance science communication.
  • June 2009

• More from the archives

Elsewhere in Nature

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  • Podcast
  • A special show dedicated to science journalism.
  • 24 June 2009
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  • Nature's history
  • An interactive timeline showing key events from the history of the journal.
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  • Using the law to stifle scientific debate
  • A Nature Opinion Forum on the potential for UK libel laws to stifle debate on scientific issues.
  • 20 May 2009
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  • Science, journalism or public discourse?
  • How should scientists engage with the blogosphere? Join the debate in this Nature Opinion Forum.
  • 23 February 2009
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  • End of the line for science journalism?
  • Join the Nature Network discussion about the impact of the web on science reporting.