Welcome to the Covering Science in Cyberspace Blog

Two dozen prominent science journalists and science communicators were invited to participate in this special conference with three goals: 1) Identify the critical issues facing science journalists in the digital age; 2) identify innovative forms of multimedia story-telling and presentation of complex issues online; and 3) identify “best practices” for coverage of science issues on digital platforms. Among the topics discussed were:

• Defining exactly what is “science”;
• Revealing untold science stories and determining why they have not been told;
• Exploring visual journalism and digital story telling techniques.

Knight Digital Media Center welcomes comments from readers related to the journalists’ specific discussions or related to the more general topic of science journalism. To post your comments, please browse the blog posts once the seminar has begun.