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17 October 2025

Empowering School Engagement: The Hidden Role of “Enablers” in Science Communication

A JCOM study highlights the key role of “enablers” in involving school students in science. Through programs like Darwin Day and Plastic Pirates, enablers bridge research and education by aligning goals, translating visions, applying theory, and evaluating engagement outcomes
15 July 2025

How to Read a Scientific Paper: A Guide for Science Journalists and Communicators

Learning how to read scientific papers effectively is a crucial skill for science journalists or communicators. This short guide offers 10 expert tips to help analyse research and spot red flags
01 July 2025

How to Approach Preprints for Quality Science Reporting?

How to report on preprints: verify credibility, highlight limitations, consult experts, and prioritise accurate, transparent science reporting over breaking news speed
11 June 2025

New Guide Helps Journalists Communicate Science During Crisis

A new open-access guide, “How to communicate science in times of crisis?”, helps journalists—especially non-science specialists—report accurately during emergencies. Published by the EU-funded COALESCE project, it offers tips on handling uncertainty, avoiding misinformation, and building public trust.
03 June 2025

What are preprints? A Short Guide to Early Scientific Publishing

They are research papers shared before peer review, enabling rapid and open dissemination of findings. While valuable for transparency and early feedback, they also carry risks if misinterpreted. Understanding their role is key to responsible science communication.
20 May 2025

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

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, […]
06 May 2025

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 […]
01 April 2025

Peer Review: A Short Guide for Science Journalists to Evaluate Research Credibility

Peer review ensures research quality by expert evaluation of methodology, data, and findings. It filters flawed studies, refines strong ones, and aids science journalists in assessing credibility.
11 March 2025

Source-tracking in newsrooms as a tool towards more diversity

Source tracking in newsrooms promotes diversity by auditing coverage and systematically assessing sources. How digital tools like Google Forms to collect demographic data could be used to amplify underrepresented voices and reflect community diversity.
23 September 2024

Tools for highly engaged, quality journalism

Knight Lab's digital tools effectively support traditional storytelling by integrating multimedia elements, creating a more engaging experience for readers and elevating the quality of journalism. But they can also be used in communication projects. Engaging readers in the stories we tell has become increasingly essential in journalism. We want our readers to be not only […]
25 September 2023

Using artificial intelligence in journalism

Courses, materials, and readings - almost all free of charge - to learn how to use machine learning and artificial intelligence in journalistic practice. Dedicated to editors, journalists, press officers, and, in general, those involved in disseminating and verifying information and data.
14 August 2023

Starting with Data Journalism: Tools and Courses Available for Journalists

Reading, commenting, and extracting information from data: doing this correctly unequivocally determines whether you are writing a credible article or disseminating fake news.
14 October 2022

ENJOI Labs

Participatory events in Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Belgium to improve the quality of science communication and journalism
02 September 2022

ENJOI 4th Engagement Workshop, Portugal

The fourth and last ENJOI Engagement Workshop was held in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2022. Co-creating the standards, principles and indicators in science communication and journalism
25 August 2022

ENJOI 3rd Engagement Workshop, Spain

The third ENJOI Engagement Workshop was held in Barcelona, Spain, in April 2022. Co-creating the standards, principles and indicators in science communication and journalism
16 June 2022

ENJOI 1st Engagement Workshop, Italy

The first ENJOI Engagement Workshop was held in Bologna, Italy, in March 2022. Co-creating the standards, principles and indicators in science communication and journalism
30 November 2021

FC.ID presents ENJOI in Lisboa and Oviedo

ENJOI at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Lisboa, Portugal, and the International Congress on Science and Technology Cultures, Oviedo, Spain.
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