The main subject of discussion at this year’s SMC Christmas bash was a new study published the same day, claiming that many of the exaggerations found in media reports of new scientific research were already present in the university press release. The study which analysed news stories from…
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
This is a guest post by Tom Sheldon, Senior Press Officer at the SMC. As a society we look … read more
(Updated 24 May to include a personal perspective from Adrian Bull) Fiona took part in a debate session held at … read more
This is an extract from an article that appeared on the Guardian website on Friday 29th April. When Jeremy … read more
This is a guest blogpost by Helen Jamison, Deputy Director of the Science Media Centre and originally appeared on Independent Voices … read more
This is a guest blogpost by Helen Jamison, Deputy Director of the Science Media Centre, and originally appeared on the … read more
Soon after former BBC director general George Entwistle let it be known he wanted more female experts on the BBC… read more
