Tag Archives: public interest

Empathy for Donald Pettit

Posted on April 20, 2025 by VM

There was an intriguing outpouring of concern worldwide when Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore returned to Earth after 280-something days in space. People were particularly concerned about Williams’s health and how she was doing, as if Wilmore hadn’t been there … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm, Science | Tagged Anatoly Zak, Anoo Bhuyan, Barry Wilmore, Donald Pettit, episteme, Indian Space Research Organisation, Jonathan McDowell, NASA, public interest, Soyuz MS-26, Sunita Williams, techne | Leave a comment

A Q&A about philosophy in journalism

Posted on March 2, 2024 by VM

Earlier this year, Varun Bhatta, assistant professor of philosophy at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, reached out to ask me some questions for something he was writing about the representation of philosophical ideas in journalism. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Op-eds, Scicomm | Tagged business model, Creative Commons, editorial independence, journalism, philosophy, public interest, science communication, science journalism, The Conversation, The Hindu, The Wire, Varun Bhatta | Leave a comment

Waters and bridges between science journalism and scicomm

Posted on November 28, 2023 by VM

On November 24-25, the Science Journalists’ Association of India (SJAI) conducted its inaugural conference at the National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi. I attended it as a delegate. A persistent internal monologue of mine at the event was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm | Tagged National Institute of Immunology, public interest, science communication, science journalism, Science Journalists Association of India, SJAI 2023 | Comments Off

Should journos pay scientists for their expertise?

Posted on January 21, 2023 by VM

I recently came across a question posed on Twitter, asking if experts whom journalists consult to write articles should be compensated for their labour, especially since, in the tweeter’s words, “it’s quite a bit of effort”. The tweeter clarified their … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm | Tagged expertise, exploitation, knowledge production, labour, public interest, science journalism, service, truth production | Comments Off

Tag Archives: public interest

Empathy for Donald Pettit

A Q&A about philosophy in journalism

Waters and bridges between science journalism and scicomm

Should journos pay scientists for their expertise?

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