During the presentation of the newborn European Science-Media Hub (ESMH) activities, a lively discussion took place. It covered various aspects of science communication in the digital world.
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The event’s main message emphasized the importance of uniting science journalists, scientists, and policymakers. This collaboration seeks to explore different ways to enhance science communication for citizens. This goal is central to the ESMH.
Paul Rübig, STOA Vice-Chair : “The European Science-Media Hub aims to make knowledge available to all people”.
Eva Kaili, STOA Chair : “The ESMH aims at empowering science journalism and promote evidence-based information for citizens”
Dr Cary Funk, Director of Science and Society Research, PEW Research Center : “Media has changed a lot in the last decade. The existence of social media means there are more content providers out there and many citizens get news from the social media”
Mico Tatalovic, Chairman of the Association of British Science Writers : “There is a crisis in science journalism, caused by the media business models being undermined by the rise of the online world…Society will always need science journalists, don’t let us go extinct!”
Nicholas Woërl, Physicist at the Nano Energy Technology Center (NETZ), Center of Nanointegration (CENIDE) at the University of Duisburg-Essen: “We need real scientists as credible role models for science communication…The role of science communication is to make quality information discovered”
Hashem Al-Ghaili, Science Communicator : “Successful science communication is based on quality content, simple language and visual presentation. Videos are a very effective science communication tools”
Michael Peters, CEO Euronews : “With the arrival of new ways of communication we have to deal with an infobesity of news, which makes it difficult to ‘select’ messages”