1. A Coalition for Science Journalism as a Multi-Stakeholder Community of Practice: A Proposal from South Asia.
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Kamboh, Shafiq Ahmad, Ittefaq, Muhammad, and Rehmat, Adnan
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SCIENCE journalism ,CITIZEN journalism ,COMMUNITIES of practice ,DEVELOPING countries ,INTERFACE structures - Abstract
Science journalism in Global South is hindered by several factors, including the absence of local science stories, insufficiently trained science journalists, and a communication gap between communities of scientists and journalists. Drawing on observations from South Asian science journalism and employing the communities of practice framework, this essay proposes ideas for a multi-stakeholder collaboration that aims to bridge the gap between science and journalism in the Global South and to bring science journalism to the mainstream, through a shared goal, partnership, resources, literacy, mentoring and content production. We propose a sustainable institutional interfacing structure — a reciprocal and iterative Coalition for Science Journalism (CSJ) — between science advocacy organizations (SAOs) that produce science knowledge, professional media associations (PMAs) that promote professionalism, and media organizations (MOs) that disseminate information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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