A short video helps science reporting, but not India’s newsroom realities
Younger journalists could feel culturally uncomfortable about critiquing a claim made by a scientist at an IIT or the Indian Council of Medical Research
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Lara Marie Berger, Anna Kerkhof, and Nikola Noske, ‘Improving science literacy in the newsroom: Experimental evidence’, PNAS Nexus
Science journalism is an endlessly fascinating enterprise. Being good at it doesn’t take more than being a ‘decent’ writer (as they say), a good journalist, and navigating science and science communication with a good journalist’s sensibilities. That said, some shortcuts are available as well, although they are intended for some very specific use cases, as is targeted training aimed at experienced journalists.
Published – April 30, 2026 08:30 am IST
