Title: Science journalism under the microscope Date and Location: 18.07.2006, 17:15 bis 18.07.2006, 18:30 Forum am Deutschen Museum, Kino 2 Type of activity: Seminar Target audience: Scientific Community, Media, Other: The seminar gives insight into the way science journalists think and work, enhences the open dispute between scientists and journalists, helps to clarify the roles of both domains in communication processes. Name of Organiser: Hanns-J. Neubert Institution of Organiser: European Union of Science Journalists Associations (EUSJA) Abstract: What kind of research results are newsworthy? Are journalists the most rigorous peer-reviewers? Do journalists really get the point? Do they have any role in scientific controversy? What are the constraints journalists are working under? How can the relationship between scientists and journalists be enhanced? The proposed seminar will give some insight into the thinking and working conditions of science journalists, how they try to approach the ethics of independent and balanced reporting while writing thrilling stories.

Name of Participant: Hans Peter Peters Address: Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Name of Participant: Peter Weingart Address: Institute for Science and Technology Studies (IWT) University of Bielefeld, Germany

Name of Participant: Bill O'Neill Address: Independent journalist, UK

Name of Participant: Lionel Milgrom Address: Independent journalist, London, UK

Name of Participant: Kaianders Sempler Address: Ny Teknik, Stockholm, Sweden