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Mario
Menichella is a trainer in the field of Science Communication.
Besides making the book Profession
Divulger (SciBooks, 2005), aimed at
young people who want to become professional science communicators, he
take, on a
request from public and private, the following courses:
Course of Scientific Journalism
This is
mainly a science journalism course on paper, the kind of
journalism providing the foundation for all other forms of
dissemination of science. Therefore, the course aims to teach how to
write a journalistic article and to provide, both to those who intend
to
take up a career as a journalist and to people making popularization
only occasionally or as a freelance,
appropriate tools and
methodologies to carry out in practice professional services in
Science Communication.
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Course of Scientists,
Media and Public
The
course aims to prepare researchers to public communication of
science directly and/or through the media, teaching the tricks behind
this effort and clearing you how to work with professional journalists.
It can
therefore be regarded as an ideal complement to the course "Techniques
of scientific communication", and is recommended as a prerequisite to
the course "Scientific Journalism".
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Course of Techniques of Science Communication
It
is proposed to give a general comprehension of the many
possibilities for public communication of science today,
and to provide - through lectures and exercises to be performed in the
classroom and at home - the tools and methodologies for putting them
into practice. It is therefore an ideal complement to the course of
"Relations among scientists, media and public", and is recommended as
a prerequisite to the course "Scientific Writing and Publishing."
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Course of Scientific Writing and Publishing
He
wants to give both the young researcher scientist at the more
experienced all the theoretical and practical tools for dissemination
and public communication of science in the publishing field. Particular
attention is paid to improving their ability to write, which are the
basis for any science writer, and the delicate work that leads to the
birth of a good essay or other popular books.
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Profession Divulger
Which skills are needed to make the
science divulger? In which schools are they formed? How much they earn?
How do you propose an article? How
to write a good paper? How to build an effective press release? Which
skills are needed for a career? How to become a freelance?
You'll
find the answer to these and many other questions in eleven
instructive interviews with many famous science communicators
specialized in the most diverse areas: journalism on paper, radio and
television journalism, publishing, press office, popularization in
museums, and online journalism.
The
divulgers interviewed are, in alphabetical order: Piero
Angela, Piero Bianucci, Rossella
Castelnuovo, Marco Cattaneo, Giuseppe Ferrari, Franco Foresta Martin,
Pietro Greco, Paco Lanciano, Fabio Pagan, Giorgio Rivieccio, Mario
Tozzi.
Read only the index
or all
The book,
published by SciBooks (264 pp., € 18.50), as useful manual, is part of
the courses in Science Communication. |
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