This has been a bruising week for the scientific community. Many I spoke to describe going through something like the stages of grief, moving through shock, sadness, and anger to recrimination and blame. Few have reached resignation yet and editorials urging the community to reflect on what we could…
This week the SMC ran a press briefing to publish two new pieces of research reporting that media coverage of the ‘statins wars’ was … read more
This is a guest post by Tom Sheldon, Senior Press Manager at the SMC. In March 2016 the Natural Environment … read more
I certainly don’t want to stoke the embers of the Tim Hunt affair and like many I was desperate for the … read more
Am I the only one who feels sorry for Tim Hunt? Judging from my inbox, I’m not. I can’t help … read more
Writing to the minister for the Cabinet Office today, the SMC, Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) and Stempra have … read more
The main subject of discussion at this year’s SMC Christmas bash was a new study published the same day, claiming … read more
I was one of those who was more upset by seeing Matt Taylor reduced to tears at a press conference … read more
Recently Chris Elliott, Professor of Food Safety at Queens University Belfast, finally got to publish the findings of his independent … read more
This is a guest post by Ed Sykes, Senior Press Manager and Head of Mental Health & Neuroscience, and Chair … read more
I’m not sure why now, but after 10 years of running weekly briefings on controversial science stories we have recently … read more
I have done my fair share of whinging about ‘false balance’ in science reporting where producers and editors feel the … read more
The Education Media Centre, modelled on the Science Media Centre, launched this month. Here, in a guest blogpost the EMC’s … read more
This is a blogpost by Tom Sheldon, Senior Press Officer at the SMC. This week the SMC ran a … read more
This is a blogpost by Tom Sheldon, Senior Press Officer at the SMC. The IPCC has published the first … read more
This is a blogpost by Robin Bisson, Science Information Officer at the SMC. A slightly shorter version of this was … read more
This is a guest blog by Tom Sheldon, Senior Press Officer at the Science Media Centre. This week at the SMC… read more
This is a guest blogpost by Helen Jamison, Deputy Director of the Science Media Centre. The ‘pathway to death’ … read more
Speaking on Radio 4’s PM about Owen Paterson’s GM speech last week, food campaigner Joanna Blythman attacked the SMC for … read more
I met my future husband at a protest outside BBC Broadcasting House in 1989, called to mark the first anniversary … read more
