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All scientists are constantly faced with a challenge: how to present their research in a captivating and understandable way so that even laypeople can remember the key messages. This is a challenge even for colleagues who do not conduct research in this specific field but who, for example, have a say in funding awards as reviewers. Science journalism, on the other hand, specializes in translating complex research topics into stories that are understandable and exciting to read. Roland Wengenmayr, a very experienced freelance science journalist and physicist, has been writing such stories for leading print media for decades. In his workshop, he teaches basic tools for presenting your own research work in such a way that the core message is successfully conveyed to the target audience.
Schedule:
09:15 - 10:00 Talk + Q&A Session
10:15 - 12:30 Workshop, practical exercises with very short text formats
Lunch break
13:15 - 14:00 Wrap-up, Q&A
Maximum number of participants is 20.
Please register soon - first come, first served.
About the trainer: Roland Wengenmayr studied physics, was in the 1990s a science book editor at Wiley-VCH and started a freelance science journalist’s career in 2000. Since then, he wrote and writes frequently for leading German language media such as “Frankfurter Allgemeine”, “Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)”, specialized media such as “Max-Planck-Forschung”. He is also editor of the German physics magazine “Physik in unserer Zeit” (published by Wiley-VCH). In 2013, he was awarded by the German Physical Society with the Medaille für naturwissenschaftliche Publizistik (Medal for Science Journalism) together with his collegue Thomas Bührke (https://www.dpg-physik.de/auszeichnungen/dpg-preise/medaille-fuer-naturwissenschaftliche-publizistik/preistraeger). He also works as a science cartoonist. More on his homepage: www.roland-wengenmayr.de
Language: English
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