WORKSHOP
How to be excellent: free and easy tools to upgrade your science journalism
In this interactive workshop, participants will discuss several instruments designed to help science journalists improve the quality of their work. These tools can help us better serve audiences with high-quality work. Tools include an AI-powered analytical tool, excellence checklists, story annotations, courses and toolkits to aid in learning from and producing outstanding work, and a yearly global online event. The event will help sharpen journalists’ skills while enabling discussions of what counts for excellence in science journalism, ways to contribute to existing tools, and ideas for designing new ones for the science journalism community.
Michele CatanzaroSession proposer, producer and speaker | Autonomous University of Barcelona / freelance | Spain
Michele Catanzaro is an awarded freelance science journalist based in Barcelona, Spain, and works for outlets such as Nature, Science, and El Periódico. He also lectures in science journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Astrid VicianoSpeaker | Freelance | Germany
Astrid Viciano is a medical doctor, and senior editor of the German Health News Review (medien-Doktor.de) at the Technical University of Dortmund. As a freelance medical reporter, she writes for GEO, Spiegel, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and Die Zeit, amongst others.
Rodrigo Pérez OrtegaSpeaker | Science | Mexico
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega is a staff writer at Science magazine. He lives in Mexico City and his work has also appeared in The New York Times, Nature, Quanta, Science News, and El País, among others. He’s also the editorial director of TON en Español.
Ida JoosteSpeaker | Bhekisha | South Africa
Ida Jooste is a seasoned health and science journalist. She’s worked in newsrooms in Durban, Johannesburg and Nairobi, winning 20+ national and international media awards for her work. At the media development organisation, Internews, she led a global COVID-19 media initiative and provided journalist mentoring in all areas of health science. She is currently a consultant writer and media trainer at Bhekisisa in South Africa.
Esther NakkaziSpeaker | Freelance | Uganda
Esther Nakkazi is a science journalist, media trainer, and founder of the Health Journalists Network in Uganda. She contributes to various media outlets and is a mentor for the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) SCjOOP project.