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What Journalists Want to Know from Scientists - and what you can do to make them happy

by Monika Tanzer last modified 2008-10-21 14:14
What Workshop
When 2008-10-06 10:00 to
2008-10-09 18:00
Where Gruner+Jahr, Am Baumwall 11, 20444 Hamburg
Contact Name Martin Meister, Juergen Broschart
Contact Email
Contact Phone +49 (0)40 3703 2093, +49 (0)40 3703 2764
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IMPRESSIONS OF THE WORKSHOP: click here

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Topics of the event:

- Types of journalistic writing

- Journalistic research and investigation

- The scientific film documentary

- The radio feature

- Interview on camera

- Presentations by science journalists and correspondents to science journals






Monday, Oct. 6, 10.00-17.30:


10.00-11.30
Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop
(Martin Meister & Jürgen Broschart, GEO)

 

11.45-12.30
Lunch together

12.30-13.40
Forms of Journalism 1: Popular Magazines
„What Popular Magazines Want to Know From Scientists“

 (Dr. Philip Bethge, Der Spiegel, Hamburg)

 

20 Min. Break

 

14.00-15.20
Forms of Journalism 2: Press Office and Public Relations

„Out of Academia into the Media“
 (Barbara Bachtler, Max-Delbrück-Zentrum, Berlin)

 

20 Min. Break

 

15.40-17.00
Forms of Journalism 3: Scientific Journals
„Highlighting: How to Attract the Attention of Scientific Journals“

 (Gretchen Vogel, Science)

 

17.00-17.20

Sum-up of the Day

 

18.00-20.00

Dinner together

 

Tuesday, Oct. 7, 10.00-17.30:

 

10.00-12.00
Practice & Exercises 1: Media Interaction
How to Work with Journalists as a Scientist“
(Sabine Trepte, HamburgMediaSchool)

 12.00-13.00
Lunch together

13.00-16.20
Practice & Exercises 2: Expressing your Ideas
Write Like a Journalist“
 (Jürgen Broschart; GEO)

 

10 Min. Break

 

16.30-17.30
A Tour through GEO

(Martin Meister et al.)

 

19.00- ???

Cultural evening

„Fliegende Bauten“, Glacischaussee (see map)

 

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 10.00 - 17.30

 

10.00-11.20

Forms of Journalism 4: Broadcasting
How to Get on the Radio as a Scientist“
 (Frank Grotelüschen, Deutschlandfunk)

 

10 Min. Break

 

11.30-13.00
Science Press 1

„The Science Press in Germany“
(Christopher Schrader, Süddeutsche Zeitung)

 

13.00-14.00
Lunch together

 

14.00-15.20

Science Press 2

„The Science Press in Italy“

(Marco Ferrari, GEO Italy)


10 Min. Break

 

15.30-16.50
Science Press 3

„The Science Press in France“
(Isabelle Tratner, CNRS International Magazin)

 

10 Min. Break

 

17.00-17.30

G+J’s International Publishing Activities
(André Möllersmann, Director GEO International)

 

Thursday, Oct.9, 10.00-18.00:

 

10.00-11.20
Science Press  4

„Publishing in Nature“

(Alison Abbott, Nature)

 

10 Min. Break

 

11.30-13.00

Practice & Exercises 3:   Interview-Coaching

How to Present Yourself in an Interview“

(Jürgen Broschart; GEO)

 

13.00-14.00
Lunch together

14.00-16.20
Practice & Exercises 4:  TV-Coaching

How to Present Yourself on TV“
 (Christian Beetz, Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion, Berlin)

 

10 Min. Break

 

16.30-18.00
Editorial Processes

"How to Make a Journal"

(Jürgen Broschart, GEO-Text Ediotr; Bernd Dinkel; GEO-Picture Editor)

 

18.00 – open end
Social Evening

 

 

Organisers’ Address:

 

Martin Meister

(chief executive science editor; GEO)

meister.martin@geo.de

Tel. 040-3703-2093

 

Dr. Jürgen Broschart

(editor science news; GEO)

broschart.juergen@geo.de

Tel. 040-3703-2764

 

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