SCAN:Are you talking to me? - Looking for new ways to speak "science"

ITQB Scan Seminar

Title: Are you talking to me? - Looking for new ways to speak "science"

Speaker: Joana Lobo Antunes

From: Science Communication Unit

Abstract:

 Newspapers, radios and television desks have been downsizing in the
 last few years and with it time and space for science coverage. The
 internet has grown to become a powerful tool in global communication,
 allowing a bypass of the mainstream media and making room for the
 scientists themselves to communicate their work to the public, thus
 contributing directly to a public discussion on science.

 Within my post doctoral project in Science Communication at ITQB and
 FCSH I have started the site “r - ITQB em revista” where three types
 of science related articles are to be published: written by me,
 written by researchers and written by both. All will have editorial
 review by science journalists and communicators. The project will be
 further extended outside ITQB and also hosting journalism students
 interships in the laboratories, aiming to finding a common language
 between science and its translation to lay persons.

 While we feed the public’s curiosity towards science related issues,
 we also intend to foster the public communication skills of
 scientists
 themselves, through a series of courses to be delivered at ITQB.