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Rockhopper
This website hosts over 200 documentaries on science and development from across the world, including Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics covered include health, environment, gender and education. Documentaries include "What a Waste!" -- a BBC World News series looking at how the world will...
LINK | 26 March 2009 | EN
Cancerworld
This is a portal to the websites of associations that aim to advance our understanding of oncology and how to better treat patients with cancer, both in the developed and developing worlds. Each partner association is represented in the portal with a website describing and providing information...
LINK | 23 July 2008 | EN
Journal of Science Communication
JCOM is an online journal on scientific communication, which is trying to become an interdisciplinary melting-pot capable of providing some theoretical guidelines for science communication. Each article undergoes multidisciplinary peer-reviewing by experts belonging to different areas of competence...
LINK | 2 April 2008 | EN
BioMed Central
BMC is an open-access publishing house, and is part of Current Science Group. It publishes more than 100 peer-reviewed open-access journalshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/ , such as the Journal of Biology. Instead of being based on subscriptions it operates an article-processing...
LINK | 20 January 2004 | EN
World Health Organisation's Media Centre
The WHO's media centre contains press releases, statements, fact sheets, and photographs and other multimedia resources. Journalists can ask to receive embargoed press releases by email.
LINK | 11 June 2003 | EN
Indian Science Communication Society
ISCOS is a non-governmental organisation that brings together science communicators and scientists who are keen to popularise science. The website describes the government of India's one-year training coursehttp://www.iscos.org/course.htm on science journalism....
LINK | 11 June 2003 | EN
Journalists Against AIDS Nigeria
JAAIDS is a media-based non-governmental organisation in Nigeria working in the field of HIV/AIDS and development. Its mission is to contribute to the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria by improving the quality of HIV/AIDS communication messages and by strengthening the quality of policy...
LINK | 11 June 2003 | EN
US National Association of Science Writers
The US National Association of Science Writers was founded in 1934 with a remit to "foster the dissemination of accurate information regarding science through all media normally devoted to informing the public". It now has more than 2,000 members, including science writers and editors from a wide...
LINK | 11 June 2003 | EN
International Federation of Environmental Journalists
The IFEJ was initially set up in 1993 by French and German environmental journalists, and today has members, correspondents and/or member associations in more than 110 countries. IFEJ's mission is to improve public understanding of environment and sustainable development issues worldwide by...
LINK | 11 June 2003 | EN
International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists is the world's largest organisation of journalists, and currently represents around 500,000 members in more than 100 countries. The IFJ acts to defend press freedom and social justice, and promotes human rights, democracy and pluralism. It is the...
LINK | 11 June 2003 | EN
International Science Writers Association
The International Science Writers Association is a US-based organisation that was formed in response to the increasingly international scope of science popularisation and technical communications. ISWA's primary objective is to provide contacts and to enable members to assist each other when...
LINK | 11 June 2003 | EN
InterAcademy Panel on International Issues
The IAP is an umbrella organisation for 90 science academies that helps members develop tools to contribute to discussions about science policy. Amongst others, the IAP supports a programme on science and the mediahttp://www4.nationalacademies.org/iap/IAPhome.nsf/weblinks/MGLY-4VQVFJ?OpenDocument ....
LINK | 25 April 2003 | EN
AlphaGalileo
An 'Internet press centre' for news about European science, technology and medicine, AlphaGailileo carries press releases from a range of European research institutes. The site is intended primarily for journalists - who can access embargoed information before it is released publicly, as well as a...
LINK | 25 April 2003 | EN
