A quick reaction to the news that #ScientificAmerican and #SpektrumDerWissenschaft are being sold off. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/06/news-from-publishing-world.html

#scienceJournalism #publicUnderstanding

Join the discussion between Javier Armentia, astrophysicist and science communicator, and Pampa Garcia Molina, director of Science Media Centre Spain and EFSJ board member.

What We Will Cover

🌑 The Eclipse Itself
A brief overview of what a total solar eclipse is, the context of the 2026 eclipse within the trio of eclipses occurring this year, historical data on the impact of recent eclipses, and the enduring sense of fascination surrounding these celestial events.

📰 Journalism as Public Service & Risk Communication
Looking carefully at our responsibility to the audience : eye safety guidance, debunking myths and hoaxes, understanding credulity and cognitive biases, and communicating risk effectively without sensationalism.

🛠️ Toolkits and Resources
Analysis of available resources, where journalists can find authoritative information, and a practical list of key points every journalist should address when covering the eclipse.

When ?

Tuesday 30 June at 16:00 CET

Where ?

Online. No need to register. https://meet.google.com/wug-hhat-ryg

This event is free and open to anyone.

My latest @forbes article has just gone live. It is a deep dive on extreme heat in cities. Five brand-new papers (each from a different discipline) together paint a worrying picture of the scale of the problem.

#science #ScienceJournalism #climatechange #cities #heatwave

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2026/05/29/600-million-people-cant-stay-cool-the-hot-city-problem-is-growing/

Please reshare! Here's the first in a series of #sciencewriting resources I'm posting to my website: A list of science writing/communication internships and fellowships.

https://brittanytrang.com/science-journalism-fellowships-and-internships/

#sciencejournalism #scicomm #scicommjobs #journalismjobs #journojobs #sciencecommunication #sciwri #stem

A new technique for detecting unknown and unlooked-for chemicals is revealing dozens of contaminants in alligators, sea lions and condors

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/how-gators-and-condors-help-track-down-pollutants

#knowablemagazine
#sciencejournalism

Open Letter to Anti-Trans Science Journalists

Posted by Matthew R. Francis over on Bluesky. I searched for a Mastodon account for him, but no luck.

#ScienceJournalism

https://galileospendulum.org/2025/06/05/open-letter-to-anti-trans-science-journalists/

"While the tone and style of ChatGPT summaries were often a good match for human-authored content, "concerns about the factual accuracy in LLM-authored content" were prevalent, the journalists wrote. Even using ChatGPT summaries as a "starting point" for human editing "would require just as much, if not more, effort as drafting summaries themselves from scratch" due to the need for "extensive fact-checking," they added.

These results might not be too surprising given previous studies that have shown AI search engines citing incorrect news sources a full 60 percent of the time. Still, the specific weaknesses are all the more glaring when discussing scientific papers, where accuracy and clarity of communication are paramount.

In the end, the AAAS journalists concluded that ChatGPT "does not meet the style and standards for briefs in the SciPak press package." But the white paper did allow that it might be worth running the experiment again if ChatGPT "experiences a major update." For what it's worth, GPT-5 was introduced to the public in August."

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/science-journalists-find-chatgpt-is-bad-at-summarizing-scientific-papers/

#AI #GenerativeAI #Science #ChatGPT #LLMs #Chatbots #Journalism #Media #News #ScienceJournalism