Connecting the Next Generation of Science Journalists with Scientists in Action

GSA Today

Andrea Jones¹ 

关键词: Geological Society of America;    GSA Today;    Groundwork;    Science Journalists;    RIS⁴E Science Journalism Program;    NASA;    A. Jones;   

DOI  :  10.1130/GSATG294GW.1

学科分类：地质学

来源: Geological Society of America

【 摘 要 】

As scientific advances and controversies flood the media, journalists with strong scientific backgrounds must ensure that complex science is portrayed accurately (Mooney, 2004). Science journalists see evidence-based reporting with scientific explanation and argumentation as essential tenets of their work (Secko and Fleury, 2014). NASA’s Remote, In Situ, and Synchrotron Studies for Science and Exploration (RIS4E; pronounced “rise”) team recognizes this need, and in collaboration with the Stony Brook University School of Journalism and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, created the RIS4E Science Journalism Program. This innovative program uses RIS4E research to help journalism students strengthen their understanding of the practice of science and learn to report more effectively and accurately on scientific research. RIS4E begins with a semester-long science journalism practicum and culminates with a field experience in which students report on active NASA planetary science field research. This is the first program to engage undergraduate and graduate journalism students as a team in a deep, extended investigation of a NASA research effort.

【 授权许可】

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