Script is a free training and networking resource for journalists, scientists and anyone who wants to communicate science in an engaging and accurate way.
By connecting reporters and researchers, and giving both groups the skills to understand and communicate with each other, Script aims to increase the quantity and quality of science-related stories in the news. We believe this is essential to enable informed, evidence-based decision-making, by everyone from individuals to policymakers.
Take a look at the resources below to find out more.
Script is made possible by funding from the Robert Bosch Stiftung and is implemented by SciDev.Net

Free online courses
Free online training for both journalists and scientists, delivered through interactive, bitesize modules that can be completed at a time that suits you

Practical guides
These short, easy-to-read guides, offer clear answers to the most commonly asked science communication questions

Networking
Connect and communicate with other professional journalists and researchers in the Script dedicated Facebook group
🔬🗒️🗞️Research papers are a potential source of good stories. You don’t have to know the scientific terms in the research paper to identify a story. Learn how to find the news in a research paper with our free online course for journalists. We have extended the deadline for our Global Call for Nominations until 31 May. 🛎 Dr Stella Mpagama, a physician scientist at the Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Hospital has bagged the Dr. Maria Kamm Best Female Scientist Award offered by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR). Read what this means here: https://medicopress.media/others/tanzania-best-female-scientist-following-the-foot-steps-of-iconic-mentor-maria-kamm/ Dr Anange Fred Lwila, an epidemiologist at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) has won the Dr Mwelecele Malecela Memorial Award named after one of world’s respected researchers on Neglected Tropical Diseases who died in February 2022. https://medicopress.media/others/meet-the-winner-of-dr-mwelecele-malecela-memorial-award/ At @SciDevNet’s readers’ conference call tomorrow, I’ll be talking to climate and land science experts at @UNCCD’s COP15 summit in Abidjan. Please join us! https://twitter.com/SciDevNet/status/1525099954376687617 Future proofing land use: what does it mean and how can it be done? Join @SciDevNet’s readers’ conference call, 17 May, 10-11GMT, to discuss this and other hot science/development topics.
https://scidevnet.teachable.com/p/science-communication-for-journalists
Take the chance to #nominate the #ScienceBreakthroughs of the Year 2022 in 10 categories to bring them to the international stage at the Falling Walls Science Summit. 🌟
➡️ https://falling-walls.com/call-for-nominations/
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