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Tag: science journalism

Press releases and public duty

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From ‘Science vs Marketing’, published on In The Dark, on May 20, 2022: … there is an increasing tendency for […]

May 20, 2022 Scicomm

Sci-Hub isn’t just for scientists

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Quite a few reporters from other countries have reached out to me, directly or indirectly, to ask about […]

April 19, 2022 Scicomm

Anonymity in journalism and a conflict of ethics

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I wrote the following essay at the invitation of a journal in December 2020. (This was the first […]

April 12, 2022 Scicomm

News coverage in India of open access papers

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In a study published in November 2021, Teresa Schultz, of the University of Nevada, Reno, reported that gold, […]

February 5, 2022 Scicomm

A false union in science journalism

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At what point does a journalist become a stenographer? Most people would say it’s when the journalist stops […]

December 28, 2021 Scicomm, Science

On AWSAR, Saransh, etc.

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The Indian National Young Academy of Sciences has announced a “thesis competition for PhD students” called ‘Saranash’. A […]

September 16, 2021 Scicomm

The problem with rooting for science

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The idea that trusting in science involves a lot of faith, instead of reason, is lost on most […]

July 28, 2021 Analysis, Scicomm

Scicommers as knowledge producers

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Reading the latest edition of Raghavendra Gadagkar’s column in The Wire Science, ‘More Fun Than Fun’, about how […]

July 5, 2021 Scicomm

Anti-softening science for the state

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The group of ministers (GoM) report on “government communication” has recommended that the government promote “soft topics” in […]

March 6, 2021 Op-eds, Scicomm, Science

The commentariot

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The following post is an orange flag – a quieter alarm raised in anticipation of something worse that […]

February 23, 2021 Scicomm

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