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Tag Archives: BBC
On the BBC, talking about Gaganyaan and inspiration
The BBC has produced a documentary podcast titled ‘Hope and fear: India’s space revolution’. Its host, Alok Jha of The Economist, interviewed me late last year as part of it, to provide a media perspective of the Indian space programme, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Scicomm, Science
Tagged Alok Jha, Anil Menon, Axiom-4 mission, BBC, Dave Anderson, Hirschman's linkage theory, Homi Bhabha, human spaceflight, Indian Space Research Organisation, inspiration, Jahnavi Phalkey, Madhavan Nair, national prestige, Shubhanshu Shukla, spin-off technologies, unbalanced growth
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Press releases and public duty
From ‘Science vs Marketing’, published on In The Dark, on May 20, 2022: … there is an increasing tendency for university press offices to see themselves entirely as marketing agencies instead of informing and/or educating the public. Press releases about scientific research … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged BBC, Indian Express, Pallab Ghosh, Peter Coles, science journalism, university press releases
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