The SciCommer Newsletter: 1 July
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📰 In the News
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Issue 21 of the Consilience science and art journal is out now. This issue features poetry and art from across the world that explores the scientific topic of ‘Chaos’.
In Metode ‘Reflections on covid-19 cartoons as battlegrounds of science and politics’
From SciCommBites ‘Welcome to the Dark Side: Unmasking The Other Face of Citizen Science’
The Monthly ‘The end of Cosmos after 20 years is a blow to Australian science journalism, at a time when we desperately need its insights to counter misinformation’
Calling all science journalists whose work is predominantly published or broadcast in the UK - share your views in this survey about barriers to starting a science journalism career and challenges when working as a science journalist.
The Open Notebook ‘A Day in the Life of Science Writer Bijal Trivedi’
GLP podcast: Science journalism is a mess. Here’s how to fix it
WATCH: Opening of the EU Science Media Hub Summer School
Book Review: Science and the Public JCOM 24(03), R01.
New Research
Advances in structural science: Education, outreach, and research applications. Struct. Dyn. 1 May 2025; 12 (3): 034101.
The Tower of Babel in science communication on social media: An analysis of linguistic diversity in Twitter mentions of scientific publications. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 1–21.
Reevaluating broadcast television news and current affairs programs for communicating scientific knowledge in everyday natural settings in Japan JCOM 24(03), N05.
Development of an interactive game-based learning tool to enhance understanding of microbiology in animal health and nutrition. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 0:e00064-25.
Many Stories, One Science? Differentiating Public Health Framing in British Newspapers. Journalism Practice, 1–20.
🗓 The SciComm Diary
NEW ENTRIES TO THE DIARY! I can’t fit all entries in the newsletter here so I just include the new ones. If you are a paid subscriber you can access the full diary listings at any time via the button. You can also see what is coming up this week or so, for free, via the button below.
Science communication remote coworking sessions still happen weekly if you are looking for a virtual community!
WEBINAR 10 JULY 2025: Japan Science Forum-PCST webinar about PCST symposium in Tokyo virtual
USA CONFERENCE 14 -17 JULY 2025: Medicine in the Media [New York]
VIRTUAL WEBINAR JULY 2025: Online launch of NIHR's Guiding Principles for community engagement and involvement (CEI) and Session 2
HYBRID CONFERENCE 16 - 18 JULY 2025: The BIG Event [London/UK]
HYBRID CONFERENCE 28 - 30 AUGUST 2025: Talking Maths in Public - and now bursaries are available [Warwick/UK]
UK CONFERENCE 9 SEPT 2025: Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC) Conference: The next 25 years - In person at the National Science and Media Museum [Bradford]
MEXICO CONFERENCE 9-13 SEPT 2025: RedPOP 2025.
VIRTUAL WEBINAR 24 SEPT 2025: Working With Audiences Underrepresented in the Physical Sciences
GERMANY CONFERENCE 25 SEPT 2025: Computational Methods in Science Communication Research – Opportunities, Challenges, and Current Applications [Call for submissions open now]
VIRTUAL TRAINING: Workshop: Using ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot for Communications
UK: Filmmaking course 20-22 OCT 2025: Popular Science Filmmaking course is back! [Bristol]
VIRTUAL TRAINING: Weekly (4 weeks) from the 21 OCT Science Communication through Poetry
CONFERENCE 2-4 JUNE 2026: Ecsite Conference Universeum, Gothenburg, Sweden
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UK: Edge Hill University has a PhD opportunity ‘PhD Scholarship - Developing a Community-Led Approach to Mental Wellbeing in Wigan’
UK: University of Birmingham is advertising a PhD Student ‘PhD Studentship: Co-developing a model for community readiness in emergency response with emphasis on groups experiencing disproportionate health burden’
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