Proposals for the World Conference of Science Journalists end on May 15th

Send your proposals for next year’s World Conference “Science Journalism: Critical Questioning inthe Public Sphere” of the World Federation of Science Journalists.

Hurry up!

(and don’t hesitate to ask Fabio Turone – who is in the Programme Committee – in case you need any help).

8th World Conference of Science Journalists,
Helsinki, Finland, June 24 – 28, 2013

A few days left to propose your dream session

Call for proposals for WCSJ  2013, Helsinki

CLOSES 15 May 2012 !

To propose a session you have always dreamt about
but have not found in science journalist conferences so far,
please hurry and submit a brief description of the proposal through the
conference management system on 15 May 2012 at the latest.

The conference days are 25.-27 June 2013, with the themes

Our common values
Our exciting work
Our vulnerable world

The conference will include a pre-conference day (24 June) with skills building workshops,
three full conference days and one day  (28 June) for tailored post-tours.
The conference language is English.

More information can be found here:
http://wcsj2013.org/call/

See you in Helsinki!

Ulla Järvi
Programme Committee Chair

Eeva Pitkälä
Conference Director

www.wcsj2013.org
facebook.com/wcsj2013
twitter.com/wcsj2013

The call for proposals for WCSJ2013 in Helsinki is open: let your ideas out

The announcement by Ulla Järvi has just been published on the website of the WCSJ2013:

Call for Proposals for the 8th World Conference on June 24–28, 2013 is now open!

People wishing to give papers or organize complete sessions for the program for the 8th World Conference on June 24–28, 2013, are invited to submit proposals electronically here at our website.

The conference will include a pre-conference day (24 June) with skill building workshops, three full conference days and day (28 June) for tailored post-tours. The conference language is English.

The main themes for conference days are:

25 June Theme: Our common values
26 June Theme: Our exciting work
27 June Theme: Our vulnerable world

To propose a paper, please submit an abstract through the conference management system, found here at our website, on 15 May 2012 at the latest.

Please, find the web link and more information here

Welcome to Helsinki!

Ulla Järvi
Chair of the WCSJ 2013 Organizing Committee

Get ready for the Helsinki 2013 World Conference of Science Journalists!

We are pleased to circulate this announcement by the Finnish colleague Eeva Pitkälä, Conference Director  of the 8th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) that will take place in Helsinki from June 24 to 28, 2013.

Dear colleagues,

The first details of WCSJ2013 have now been revealed at a press conference in the AAAS Annual meeting.

The next important WCSJ 2013 dates are Call for session proposals, open on March 1, 2012, exhibition details available by June 2012 and the early registration, that begins September 10, 2012.

WCSJ 2013 takes place right after the Midsummer festivities and thus it is a unique time of the year in Helsinki when the summer nights are nearly as bright as the days. The venue of the conference is the central campus of the University of Helsinki.

In Helsinki, you will meet hundreds of members of WFSJ, aspiring future science journalists, top-level scientists and colleagues from different countries.

- What will make WCSJ2013, Helsinki, a must-attend is its emphasis on creativity and networking. Times certainly are hard for science journalists in Finland and all over the world. Thus, the core of the conference is that our professional questions must be addressed in depth, says Ms. Lipponen, Chair of the Organising Committee and President of the Finnish Association of Science Editors and Journalists, FASEJ.

- In WCSJ2013, having fun is a crucial part of the programme. Achieving good intellectual results by having fun is not far-fetched. According to the International Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA, Finland has an excellent reputation in education, – Learning from colleagues is the basic idea behind the Science Journalism COOPeration programmes, a unique effort to train science journalists in developing countries. That is also a good example for us in Helsinki 2013, points Mr. Vesa Niinikangas, the President of WFSJ and General secretary of FASEJ.

Having met many of you in London and Doha and witnessed the great effort and passion you all put into your work, I would love to see you in Helsinki in 2013

Eeva Pitkälä

Conference Director WCSJ 2013, Helsinki, 24 – 28, June 2013

8th World Conference of Science Journalists

eeva.pitkala@wcsj2013.org

www.wcsj2013.org

www.facebook.com/wcsj2013

twitter.com/wcsj2013

Here you can download the pdf of the invitation leaflet.

Giornalisti scientifici non sudditi delle fonti

IL RESOCONTO DELLA NOSTRA INVIATA AL 7° CONGRESSO MONDIALE DI DOHA, IN QATAR

Nutrita la presenza di italiani, tra cui cinque colleghi lombardi che hanno vinto una borsa di studio del nostro Ordine. Il prossimo appuntamento sarà, nel 2013, a Helsinki
di Daniela Ovadia

(Da Tabloid, periodico dell’Ordine dei Giornalisti della Lombardia, n 4-2011)

Oltre 720 partecipanti di 91 diverse nazionalità, per la metà provenienti da Paesi in via di sviluppo: è questo il bilancio conclusivo del 7° congresso mondiale dei giornalisti scientifici, organizzato dalla World Federation of Science Journalists (Wfsj), svoltosi alla fine di giugno a Doha, capitale del Qatar. Un successo meritato, dovuto anche alla tenacia delle organizzazioni promotrici, la Nasw, che riunisce i colleghi statunitensi, e la Federazione dei giornalisti scientifici di lingua araba, che hanno voluto portare questo importante evento per la prima volta in un Paese islamico, dove ha sede, peraltro, la ben nota emittente televisiva Al Jazeera.

I membri vecchi e nuovi del direttivo della Federazione Mondiale Giornalisti Scientifici: il nuovo presidente Vesa Niinikangas, finlandese che organizzerà il congressso del 2013 a Helsinki (secondo da sinistra) e la presidente uscente, l’egiziana Nadia El-Awady (al centro con l’hijab).

Il congresso, che ha luogo ogni due anni, costituisce una preziosa opportunità di formazione e collaborazione per i giornalisti scientifici di tutto il mondo. I delegati, tra i quali si contava per la prima volta un folto gruppo di italiani, grazie anche al contributo che l’Ordine della Lombardia ha voluto dare attraverso l’istituzione di borse di studio (vedi box), sono stati ospitati nel nuovissimo campus universitario alle porte di Doha, dove hanno costruito le loro sedi distaccate le migliori università statunitensi, tra le quali Harvard, il Mit, la Georgetown University e la Carnegie Mellon. Gli impressionanti edifici, opera di famosi architetti, sorgono in mezzo al deserto e hanno visto susseguirsi, per cinque giorni, sessioni dedicate a tutti gli aspetti della professione. Nelle freddissime sale del centro congressi si è parlato anche di formazione, con un workshop internazionale dedicato alla didattica del giornalismo scientifico. A fianco di ricercatori di chiara fama, come il Nobel per la chimica egiziano Ahmed Zewail, c’erano anche giornalisti specializzati in grado di discutere di scienza dal punto di vista dei media.