Online Course in Science Journalism
The world's first online course in science journalism is being launched by the World Federation of Science Journalists in close cooperation with SciDev.Net, the London-based Science and Development Network.
Follow one of these links to start the course:
| English Course | French Course | Arabic Course |
The authors and translators of this course are experienced journalists and trainers from all continents. They cover major practical and conceptual issues in science journalism, for example: how to find and research stories, exposing false claims, how to pitch to an editor, turning crisis reporting to advantage and so forth - topics that are relevant to beginners in journalism as well as more experienced reporters and editors in all regions of the world.
The lessons are being taught and revised with participants of the WFSJ's Science Journalism Cooperation (SjCOOP) project.
The course is ready for use by professional journalists, journalism students and teachers. Each lesson consist of an e-lecture with examples, self-teaching questions, and assignments. Lesson 2 also has personal testimonies written by experienced journalists.
Lesson 1 - Planning and structuring your work (by Jan Lublinski)
Lesson 2 - Finding and judging science stories (by Julie Clayton)
Lesson 3 - The interview (by Christina Scott)
Lesson 4 - Writing skills (by Nadia El-Awady)
Lesson 5 - What is Science? (by Gervais Mbarga and Jean-Marc Fleury)
Lesson 6 - Reporting scientific controversy (by Killugudi Jayaraman)
Lesson 7 - Reporting on Science policy (by Hepeng Jia and Richard Stone)
Lesson 8 - How to shoot science (by Šárka Speváková and Carolyn Robinson)
(Lesson 8 was commissioned originally for the Arab Journalists' Association Field Guide and is to be extended for the Online Course).
The Online course was translated into Arabic by Nadia El-Awady and Magdy A.M. Said and into French by Gilles Provost and Isaac Njifakue.
Online Course Editors:
Julie Clayton (United Kingdom) and
Jan Lublinski (Germany)
The English version was adapted by : Emily Chung
The French version is currently being adapted by: Mélanie Robitaille
The Arabic version is currently being adapted by: Waleed Al-Shobakky and Ahmad Moghrabi
Web:
Augustin Denis (Canada)
Advisory Board:
Nadia El-Awady (Egypt), Lamia Baiche (Algeria), Musa Fadl Alla (Sudan), Deborah Blum (United States), David Dickson (United Kingdom), Armand Faye (Senegal), Jean-Marc Fleury (Canada), Lisbeth Fog (Colombia), Jia Hepeng (China), Patrick Luganda (Uganda), Luisa Massarani (Brazil), Gervais Mbarga (Cameroon), Diran Onifade (Nigeria), T.V. Padma (India) and Christina Scott (South Africa).
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