‘Why science journalism should take centre stage in Africa'
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- 30 Aug 2022
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Science journalism has been described as solution journalism hence science journalists should ensure their work take centre stage in African journalism to make meaningful impacts and engender the continent’s development.
Jackie Okpara-Fatoye, of SciDev.Net, stated this at a webinar, “Beyond S/He Said: Basics of reporting in the context of scientific research,” where she urged journalists to show more interest in public health and science even as she gave guidelines on how to get good science-related stories.
Speaking on “Going beyond ‘he said’ to report development issues in the context of science/research,” at the webinar organized by the Development Communications Network, DevComs in its Africa Science Journalism Webinar Series, Okpara-Fatoye noted, “Science Journalism is a specialized field and an integral part of journalism, which should take the centre stage in African Journalism.
“Science stories are not necessarily the most explosive but have one of the greatest impacts and many problems can be found in research papers as well as their solutions. Science journalism is solution journalism, interest in public health and science matter.”
Another discussant, Paul Adepoju, a Science writer, who spoke on Reflections on reporting science, public health and research, lessons from COVID-19 pandemic science to the public: The need for knowledge-based reporting; charged the participants to be more prepared in their response to epidemics and the dissemination of fact-based information to the public. Read More...
