I have done my fair share of whinging about ‘false balance’ in science reporting where producers and editors feel the need to balance a scientist representing the overwhelming scientific consensus
Recently Chris Elliott, Professor of Food Safety at Queens University Belfast, finally got to publish the findings of his independent report into the UK’s food systems in the wake of
I certainly don’t want to stoke the embers of the Tim Hunt affair and like many I was desperate for the daily diet of media stories to end. But I do think
This is a guest post by Tom Sheldon, Senior Press Manager at the SMC. In March 2016 the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) launched a public engagement exercise to
This week the SMC ran a press briefing to publish two new pieces of research reporting that media coverage of the ‘statins wars’ was associated with some patients stopping taking their tablets.
By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. There are worrying reports from
By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. Can someone please explain to
By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. Last week we ran press
