Science Journalists Have Met The Enemy, And They Are Bloggers
Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 13:42
in Mathematics & Economics
Attending the AAAS symposia on "Facing the Uncertain Future of International Science Journalism" I was stunned by something: I am the most hated guy in every room I walk into. Donald Kennedy of Stanford University was saying something a lot of people were thinking - the Internet has given readers a sense of entitlement that everything has to be free and in a 'you get what you pay for' world, what people were getting was lousy work. Science media has gone from 'journals of verification' to 'journals of announcement'; by that he meant bloggers are just talking about the latest press releases rather than digging into substance. read more