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World Congress of Science Producers Conference, November 20-24, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts

October 10, 1998 - April 30, 1999 | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
The World Congress of Science Producers is an annual event of leading broadcasters and independent science producers from around the world. This year's congress is being planned and osted by WGBH. For this Congress, WBGH will add two new dimensions to the meeting: 1) involve working scientists in the meeting to increase the dialogue and contact between broadcast journalists and scientists, and 2) partially support attendance by individuals who are either are considering entering science journalism or are newly involved in the field. Sessions that include scientists include: an exploration of the most important science stories that journalists should be covering, an in-depth analysis of a specific science issue, a discussion of ethical issues related to genome research, legal issues related to science in the courts, an examination of coverage of science vs. pseudo-science, and visualization of science.

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 9815232
Funding Amount: 49980

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Paula Apsell
    Principal Investigator
    WGBH
  • Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM | Health and medicine | History/policy/law
    Audience: Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists
    Environment Type: Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Conferences

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