Topic:Science journalism
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Welcome to the Wikiversity Science Journalism Center.
The Science Journalism Center is a Wikiversity content development project where Wikiversity participants can collaborate to develop learning resources for science journalism.
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[edit] Learning projects
Activities for learning about science journalism.
Science Journalism: What Every Student Should Know Talk given at King's College London, 18 May 2005
An Introduction to Science Journalism begun by Jenny Gristock, Science Journalism Lecturer at City University in London
[edit] Critiques of published articles
Participants read science news articles and critically evaluate them.
- Biographical science journalism - analysis of science-related news articles that have a major focus on biographical information about scientists
- open access journal article of the day
[edit] Topics
- Therapeutic cloning
- Australia approves cloning for research by Rod McGuirk, Canberra’s Associated Press bureau chief
- RNA World - RNA Silencing Sheds Light on the RNA World by Rachel Jones
[edit] Science Today
Create and maintain recent science news content that will be displayed at the Science Portal.
[edit] Help at Wikinews
Help develop articles at Wikinews.
[edit] Create original news articles
[edit] Nobel prize coverage
Develop Wikimedia content related to Nobel Prizes in science.
[edit] Audio files
Make audio files that can be used both at Wikiversity and on WikiCast. See: Biophilia Project.
- Note: WikiCast is in mothballs pending resolution of copyright/royalties issue. Other options for producing audio files include Wiki Campus Radio and Wikiversity Reports.
[edit] Science journalism organisations
Links to the national associations around the word.
