Science journalism by a journalist for journalists

Ridgway, Andy

Abstract

This book is a beginners’ guide to science journalism, explaining the 21st century journalistic process, from generating story ideas to creating multimedia content when the story’s written, taking in research and writing structures along the way. While many of the chapters are introductory, the book also covers topics also likely to be of interest to more experienced writers, such as storytelling techniques and investigative journalism. Readers are introduced to important debates in the field, including the role that science journalism plays; whether it is a form of ‘infotainment’, or whether its primary role is to hold scientists and the science industry to account. Taken as a whole, what the book does particularly well is to
introduce prospective science writers to the judgements they need to make as reflective practitioners.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 5, 2018
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Feb 22, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 22, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Science Communication
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-5
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/2.17010701
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/875694
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.22323/2.17010701
• Related Public URLs: https://jcom.sissa.it/
• Contract Date: Feb 22, 2018