Category: Science blog

The COVID-19 pandemic was a wake-up call for us all. As the flood of disease swept through the world, we braced ourselves for it to hit home. While

By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. Last year, under the leadership

By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. I’m not on social media,

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 was one of those who was more upset by seeing Matt Taylor reduced to tears at a press conference than I was by his shirt. My reaction was not

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