A tactical guide to science journalism : lessons from the front lines / edited by Deborah Blum, Ashley Smart, and Tom Zeller Jr., Product Editor Scott Veale.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]Description: xiii, 345 pagesISBN: 9780197551509Subject(s): Sports journalismDDC classification: Summary: "The veteran journalist Tim Radford, who headed up the science desk at the UK's Guardian newspaper for more than two decades, was once interviewed by a government committee charged with investigating the fragile relationship between "science and society." In a lengthy report submitted to the House of Lords in February, 2000, the committee noted that the public's faith in both science and government had been shaken over the preceding years - in part by an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, colloquially known as "mad cow disease." This and the swift rise of biotechnology, the burgeoning internet age, and other fast-moving manifestations of human ingenuity, it was determined, were creating an air of anxiety and mistrust"--Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | PN4784 .B58 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0188058 | |
Books | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | PN4784 .B58 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0188059 | |
Books | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | PN4784 .B58 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0188060 |
"The veteran journalist Tim Radford, who headed up the science desk at the UK's Guardian newspaper for more than two decades, was once interviewed by a government committee charged with investigating the fragile relationship between "science and society." In a lengthy report submitted to the House of Lords in February, 2000, the committee noted that the public's faith in both science and government had been shaken over the preceding years - in part by an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, colloquially known as "mad cow disease." This and the swift rise of biotechnology, the burgeoning internet age, and other fast-moving manifestations of human ingenuity, it was determined, were creating an air of anxiety and mistrust"--
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