15 July 2008. The Chair of Science Journalism at Dortmund University and the German Science Journalists’ Association WPK published the first issue of the magazine “Science Journalism in Europe”. The issue was prepared during a conference at the Erich-Brost-Institute for International Journalism in Dortmund involving 19 academics and science journalists from 10 countries. The magazine aims at providing a platform for discussing general problems and standards as well as ethical, historical and practical aspects of science journalism. The first issue “Who’s fooling whom?” presents examples where science fooled journalism and reflects upon the tendency within journalism to fool recipients, mainly unconsciously, with spectacular and attractive science pictures. >> Issue 1, pdf [2.3 MB] 

23 February 2008. Do we need a European magazine reflecting on science journalism? In February 2008, academics and science journalists met at the Brost-Institute for International Journalism in Dortmund to address this question on the initiative of WPK, the German Science Journalists' Association, and the Chair of Science Journalism. >> more