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Rolf Kinne
Director Academic Liaison Office ConRuhr
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James Cornell
President International Science Writers Association
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Alison Abbott
Senior European Correspondent, Nature
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<< The conference was
a great success. Besides excellent speakers we had an interesting
audience. The exchange of ideas was very intense: We built a bridge
across the Atlantic and between scientists, journalists and politicians. >> Rolf Kinne
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Holger Wormer
Chair Department of
Science Journalism,
University of Dortmund
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Andy Revkin
Science Writer,
The New York Times
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Stephen Simpson
Senior Editor,
Science
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<< Scientific articles show a part, never the whole. Keep this in mind and never be uncritical. >> Holger Wormer
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Katja Thimm
Science Journalist,
Der Spiegel
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Volker Stollorz
Journalist, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
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Melanie Wallace
Senior Series Producer,
Nova TV
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<< This approach gives a very intimate insight into that topic and poses the questions: 'How far in personalization can we go?' >> Katja Thimm about patients and their relatives as "the other experts"
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John Rennie
Editor in Chief,
Scientific America
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Robert Irion
Director Science Communication Program, University of California
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Ellen Ruppel Shell
Codirector Center of Science Journalism,
Boston University
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<< Science writers are like sports writers - they ask for the key
players and the latest results. The speed of science is incredible and
forces the journalists to run to stay in the same place at least. >> John
Rennie
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Thomas Hallet
Director Program Section on Science,
WDR-Television, Germany
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<< Politicians need science journalism - as forewarning systems. >> Thomas Hallet about the bird flu in Germany
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