Tag Archives: Journalism

Some ways in which science journalists demonstrate they don’t understand science journalism

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Pete Rowley

This afternoon Ananyo Bhattacharya, the Chief Online Editor for the journal Nature, posted a piece on the Guardian website entitled “Nine ways scientists demonstrate they don’t understand journalism”. While he makes a few valid points further down the article (the … Continue reading →

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Katla and the pointless scaremongering journalists.

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Pete Rowley

Look what popped up on the BBC website today. In fact, a google search for “Katla volcano Ford Cochran” (the guy quoted in that article) turns up 57 new items published in the last 24 hours. Apparently, “there are signs … Continue reading →

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“I can’t think, therefore I probably am not”

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Pete Rowley

This morning while doing my daily trawl of Twitter and Google Reader to see what’s been going on I came across a couple of interesting posts from everyones favourite particle physicist and pop keyboardist – Prof. Brian Cox. These started … Continue reading →

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