The Observatory For Outstanding Open Science Communication
20 May 2025
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How to Recognise and Avoid Predatory Academic Publishing
Predatory publishing threatens research integrity. A global report urges nuanced definitions, awareness, training, and systemic reforms to combat unethical academic practices
14 May 2025
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Reporting on Extreme Weather: A Constructive Guidelines
Reporting on extreme weather should go beyond headlines, showing how climate change, local factors, and social vulnerability interact. Attribution science links climate change to more frequent and intense heatwaves and other extremes. Journalists must avoid oversimplification, rely on evidence, and highlight that disasters depend on both climate and community resilience. When talking about extreme weather, […]
6 May 2025
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Anticipating unprecedented weather: We have the tools to do it
Unprecedented weather events are rising due to climate change, but scientists can better anticipate them using four complementary methods. A recent study urges combining these approaches to inform proactive adaptation, with a focus on transformative strategies to build resilience and address root causes.
22 April 2025
Science journalist: "cheerleader or watchdog"? A conversation with Fabio Turone
Fabio Turone is a science journalist and researcher at the Center for Ethics in Science and Journalism, who in 2023 won a 1.5 million grant from the European Research Council with the FRONTIERS consortium. The project has established and is managing a program of residencies for science journalists in research institutions across Europe, promoting excellence […]
15 April 2025
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Science as a human and social practice
Science is a human, social practice shaped by cultural, material, and theoretical contexts. Sabina Leonelli highlights its complexity, challenging the myth of neutrality in scientific inquiry
The ENJOI Observatory For Outstanding Open Science Communication is the effort of a European network to foster engagement, openness and innovation in science communication and journalism
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OUR MANIFESTO FOR OUTSTANDING OPEN SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
We have Standards, Principles and Indicators to improve science communication and journalism. How do we use them? The answer is in the Manifesto for Outstanding Open Science Communication, targeted to people who are producing, consuming and sharing scientific information.
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