This workshop is meant mainly for scientists, having some experience already addressing the public through media channels and wishing to further hone their skills. The didactic format ensures nevertheless that a novice will learn quite a bit for future use. The interactions, between the participants and the instructor, and among the participants, are an important component. Accordingly the number of attendees will be limited to 24, on a first-come, first-served basis, and in return for a written commitmentto attend in full the whole session.
Classes will be held for one week Monday through Friday 9-12. The afternoons will be devoted, from 1 :30 to 4 :30, to supervised exercises. There will be three invited lectures during the week, at the end of selected days.
Topics to be discussed will be taken from the following :
- science journalism and science writing
- turning science into narrative
- organizing a narrative
- devising a title
- the hook
- thought and sentence structure
- jargon avoidance
- vocabulary
- bringing home a concept
- coining formulas
- figures and captions
- editing a text
- the essay
- the seminar
- the research proposal
- the poster
- speaking in public
- the short oral presentation
- the public lecture
- radio and TV interviews
- bridging science and culture
- book writing