Is science journalism special? Discuss. Evan Davis, Connie St Louis, William Cullerne Brown and Jay Rosen got stuck into just that question in the final plenary session of the conference. Should the reporting of science, health, technology or the environment set itself apart from the rest of journalism and be allowed to bend or break the standard rules? Find out more.
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yfrog.com/b914iaj Stars of #ukcsj @alokjha @evanHD @connie_stlouis
— David Bradley (@sciencebase) June 26, 2012
In order L-R: @jayrosen_nyu @WilliamCB @alokjha @EvanHD @connie_stlouis Thanks to @absw for #ukcsj yfrog.com/esougezgj
— Heather Martin (@Hlmartin83) June 25, 2012
#ukcsj @EvanHD: biggest challenge to science journalism is breaking 'group think' and 'cognitive capture', rather than closeness to sources
— Helen Jamison (@drhlj) June 25, 2012
Refreshing panel discussion, managed not to dwell exclusively on the usual gripes about scijourn, new ideas aired #UKCSJ
— Claire Ainsworth (@ClaireAinsworth) June 25, 2012
Nice one @alokjha for pulling a great panel together to end #ukcsj! @connie_stlouis @EvanHD @WilliamCB @jayrosen_nyu Time for a cold one...
— Heather Martin (@Hlmartin83) June 25, 2012
Evan Davis champions explanatory journalism after fellow panellist calls investigative stuff "real journalism". Hell. Yeah. #UKCSJ
— Ed Yong(@edyong209) June 25, 2012
Lots of people tweeting from #ukcsj report @EvanHD saying explanatory journalism is overlooked in favour of exposing things
— Stephen Harris (@swjharris) June 25, 2012
#ukcsj Mesmerising final session. Forgot to Tweet so must be good.
— Sue Nelson (@ScienceNelson) June 25, 2012