What if some told you that…
‘Science “news” is a rare commodity, even though we hear, see and read about scientific “breakthroughs” all the time‘
‘Coverage of science in the news media CANNOT improve scientific literacy‘
These are just a few of the things that Joe Palca, a science correspondent for NPR, will be discussing with us. He comes to journalism from a science background, having received a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz where he worked on human sleep physiology.
Since joining NPR in 1992, Dr. Palca has covered a range of science topics — everything from biomedical research to astronomy. He is currently focused on the eponymous series, “Joe’s Big Idea.” Stories in the series explore the minds and motivations of scientists and inventors.
Palca has also worked as a television science producer, a senior correspondent for ScienceMagazine, and Washington news editor of Nature. He has also won numerous awards. With Flora Lichtman, Palca is the co-author of Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us (Wiley, 2011).
Join Joe Palca in this trip to the depths of science communication and discover why science and news are a marriage of convenience. Palca will guide us through interesting discussions and will propose a new approach to communicating science to the public that doesn’t require the news media–in his own words “putting me out of a job”.
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This event has been organised by The MRC Centre for Environment and Health Researcher Society.