What is the use of training as science journalist when you do not work in that field? Survey on graduates of the Science and Technology Program of Fundación Instituto Leloir

Authors

  • Matías Loewy Fundación Instituto Leloir (FIL)
  • Alicia Calabrese Fundación Instituto Leloir (FIL)

Keywords:

Science journalism, workshop, teaching

Abstract

In order to spread the progress, dilemmas, contexts and applications of Science and Technology, Science Journalism has been legitimized as a branch of Journalism since half of last century. A growing number of Universities and Institutions are offering specific Science Communication Programs to train professionals with different backgrounds. ¿But what kind of skills and abilities are considered to be useful for those former students who didn ́t follow a Career in Science Journalism? By means of a Survey among Graduate Students participating in a classical workshop on Introduction to Science Journalism, it was found that 89,5 per cent of those who didn ́t pursue a career in the field reported having applied that knowledge in their work and personal life. According to their opinion, it is (specially) remarkable the utilization of tools from science journalism and the development of critical reading of newspapers articles in the classrooms. 

Author Biographies

Matías Loewy, Fundación Instituto Leloir (FIL)

Founding member and President of Argentinian Network of Science Journalism. Teaching Science Journalism in Fundación Instituto Leloir since 2005. Ex- Chief editor of Newsweek Argentina. 

Alicia Calabrese, Fundación Instituto Leloir (FIL)

Member of the staff of the Scientific dissemination program and teacher in Fundación Instituto Leloir. 

Published

2016-03-30

How to Cite

Loewy, M., & Calabrese, A. (2016). What is the use of training as science journalist when you do not work in that field? Survey on graduates of the Science and Technology Program of Fundación Instituto Leloir. Journal of Research of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(8), 1-11. Retrieved from //rihumso.unlam.edu.ar/index.php/humanidades/article/view/78

Issue

No. 8 (2015): SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Section

Social Communication

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