COMS 2500 Chapter Notes - Chapter n/a: Science Journalism, Science News, Pulitzer Prize For Explanatory Reporting

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Communication and Media Studies
• Course: COMS 2500
• Professor: Chris Russill

Document Summary

Science journalism prospects in the digital age. Science journalism is needed now more than ever. Journalists cut loose from these media organizations are scrambling to find their footing elsewhere. Citizens of the globe are buffeted by one issue after another and have few places to turn for independent, evidence-based information. Most people have depended on mediated channels, ubiquitous packagers of information intended for large numbers of readers/listeners/viewers, where they encounter science information almost inadvertently as they watch tv news, read their morning newspaper. Toda(cid:455)(cid:859)s (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s (cid:396)el(cid:455) i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)easi(cid:374)gl(cid:455) o(cid:374) (cid:448)olitio(cid:374)al sea(cid:396)(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g of the i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:374)et fo(cid:396) thei(cid:396) information. Science journalists are there, blogging and placing stories in a variety of web-only outlets but finding good information requires effort on the part of the individual searcher, effort that the typical individual rarely expends. This reading discusses these conundrums and what they portend for the future of science journalism.