A tactical guide to science journalism: lessons from the front lines

"The veteran journalist Tim Radford, who headed up the science desk at the UK's Guardian newspaper for more than two decades, was once interviewed by a government committee charged with investigating the fragile relationship between "science and society." In a lengthy report subm...

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Other Authors: Blum, Deborah 1954- (Editor), Smart, Ashley ca. 20./21. Jhr (Editor), Zeller Jr. Tom 1969- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2022
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Summary:"The veteran journalist Tim Radford, who headed up the science desk at the UK's Guardian newspaper for more than two decades, was once interviewed by a government committee charged with investigating the fragile relationship between "science and society." In a lengthy report submitted to the House of Lords in February, 2000, the committee noted that the public's faith in both science and government had been shaken over the preceding years - in part by an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, colloquially known as "mad cow disease." This and the swift rise of biotechnology, the burgeoning internet age, and other fast-moving manifestations of human ingenuity, it was determined, were creating an air of anxiety and mistrust"--
Physical Description:xiii, 345 Seiten
ISBN:9780197551509

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