Thank you to everyone who managed to come along on Monday, and a warm welcome to our new members!
At the meeting we continued our discussion of contemporary science journalism, in particular the recent reporting of climate change research and the Government's Stern Report, and the media phenomenon of the Darwin Online website launch.
We also began our study of Crowther's writings, in particular his claim to have 'invented' science journalism in his autobiography Fifty Years With Science. We explored how he had come to a career in science writing, his choice of topics, his liking for short sentences, and his habits of name-dropping! We compared his project briefly to contemporaneous developments in America, something we are keen to pursue in future sessions, and would welcome any suggestions for readings.
If you have any questions or ideas, or would like to be able to post to this blog, you should be able to email me by clicking on my name below.
Hope to see you next time,
Melanie
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