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Today's must-reads on science communication/journalism

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By clock on March 18, 2010.

Journalism has always been communal

Top Google queries about scientists: should we be surprised?

Getting more out of scientific content

Telling tales...

The Science Reader: A Crowd-Sourced Profile

Journalism and the public understanding of how science works. A suggested remedy.

So what do the journalists and scientists think?

Evaluating science journalism - with a Matrix!

Ed Yong, Colin Schultz, & More: A bloggitty twitterview conversation on sci-journalism, awesomeness, dirt digging, and wonkiness.

Understanding push-pull market forces and promoting science to under-served audiences

Push vs. Pull strategies in science communication

More on 'Science blogs and public engagement with science'

Best science writing from the blogosphere!

New blog on science journalism and communication

Engaging the public on science? Surely you're joking!

Now put all of those ideas together and draw a single conclusion?

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I should also add Science Communicator or Scientist Communicator? by Kevin Zelnio to this list.

By clock on 01 Apr 2010 #permalink
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And Isopocalypse is a great example of media not fact-checking, only pretending to interview, and generally being ignorant....heh.

By clock on 01 Apr 2010 #permalink
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