SKWJ News

European Health Forum Gastein (Austria): "Crisis and opportunity? Health in an age of austerity"

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:25:00 +0200

The European Health Forum Gastein - the most important health policy event in the European Union - will be held October 3 - 6, in the Gastein Valley in Austria. It is organized with the support of the European Commission, with different scientific centers taking part. The overall topic will be "Crisis and opportunity? Health in an age of austerity", which promises interesting debates covering many aspects of this complex theme.

Infos: www.ehfg.org.

The organizers will provide free accommodation for a group of up to 15 selected EUSJA journalists (including Swiss journalists) for the full Congress period (October 3 - 6) with respect to travel arrangements (starting from October, 2, of course). The organizers will cover also the conference fees for invited journalists and the meals. The journalists must take care for their traveling. During the event 4 press conferences are planned, the interviews with scientists will be organized upon the request of journalists.

There is a long period before the meeting, but EUSJA must forward the list of selected journalists in August. Therefore, deadline is put to July 15th.

Application, mentionning Name, Media affiliation, Email, Mobile telephone, to: olivier.dessibourg@letemps.ch

ScienceComm'12

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:09:00 +0200

Le congrès ScienceComm a lieu chaque année et met en réseau tous les acteurs suisses de la communication scientifique. Il s'adresse aux représentants des musées, des laboratoires scolaires, des hautes écoles, des festivals scientifiques, des services de presse et de relations publiques, ainsi qu'aux journalistes scientifiques et aux enseignants. Thèmes du programme de cette année: "Santé et médecine", "environnement" et "enfants et jeunes". Call for Abstracts jusqu'au 7 mai. Plus d'information sur ScienceComm'12.

Der Kongress ScienceComm findet jährlich statt und vernetzt alle Schweizer Akteure der Wissenschaftskommunikation. Zielpublikum des Kongresses sind Vertreter von Museen, Schülerlaboren, Hochschulen und Wissenschaftsfestivals, Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeitsstellen sowie an Wissenschaftsjournalisten und Bildungspolitiker. Das Programm 2012: „Gesundheit und Medizin", "Umwelt" und "Kinder und Jugendliche". Call for Abstracts bis 7. Mai. Weitere Infos zu ScienceComm'12

SAVE THE DATE: SNF-Seminar 11.05.2012!

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:29:00 +0200

Séminaire FNS: «Recettes statistiques digestes pour éviter les bouillies d’information et les salades de chiffres»

Le 11 mai 2012, l'Association Suisse du Journalisme Scientifique (ASJS) organise son traditionnel séminaire de printemps, en partenariat avec le Fond National Suisse pour la recherche scientifique (FNS). Le thème cette année: les statistiques, austères mais si importantes pour notre métier. Pour mieux les décrypter, nous serons les invités de l'Office Fédéral des Statistiques (OFS) à Neuchâtel. L’après midi sera consacrée à des workshops; et si quelqu’un désire y discuter un cas particulier, ou si quelqu’un bute sur une recherche difficile à interpréter, il est possible de le signaler au préalable au co-organisateur pascal.biber@sfr.ch. Nous pourrons ainsi tous ensemble rendre certaines recettes statistiques le plus digeste possible.

Inscription auprès de Kathrin Sterchi, ksterchi@snf.ch

PROGRAMME en français

«Statistik für Journalisten: Gut verdauliche Rezepte statt Datenbrei und Zahlensalat»

Am 11. Mai 2012 organisiert der Klub in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Schweizerischen Nationalfonds SNF sein traditionelles Frühlingsseminar. Thema: die liebe Statistik. Zu Gast sein werden wir entsprechend beim Bundesamt für Statistik in Neuchâtel. Am Nachmittag finden Workshops statt. Wer dort einen ganz bestimmten statistisch kniffligen Fall besprochen haben möchte, über den er in seiner täglichen Arbeit gestolpert ist, wer eine in statistischer Hinsicht besonders schwer interpretierbare oder in ihrer Art exemplarische Studie im Kopf hat, der oder die schreibe bitte möglichst bald eine Mail an Co-Organisator pascal.biber@srf.ch. So können wir jene Fragen aufgreifen, die euch unter den Nägeln brennen.

Anmeldung bei Kathrin Sterchi, ksterchi@snf.ch

PROGRAMM auf Deutsch

62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:15:00 +0100

8 travel grants offered to European journalists

This prestigious meeting will take place in Lindau from 1 (openning) to 6 of July 2012, this year it will be dedicated to "physics". About 30 Nobelists and 550 young researchers from all over the world will attend the event. See more about the meeting in the attachment in to web page www.lindau-nobel.de. This is a possibility to meet famous scientists, to follow interesting discussions, to write good stories

The European union of science journalists' associations EUSJA offers 8 invitations/grants: science journalists will be offered 4 night accomodation for free (2, 3, 4, 5 of July), meals, free access to Internet and all needed information. They only have to pay for their travel expenses.

Applications: Please send an email by April 15, with the following information (name, affiliation with media, e-mail, contact telephone), to:Olivier.Dessibourg@letemps.ch

Trip to TESSIN!

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:42:00 +0100

Der SKWJ wird nach Lugano und Bellinzona reisen, um südlicheStätten der Wissenschaft zu besuchen. Unser Klub-Mitglied Christian Bernharthat das vorläufige Programm zusammengestellt, von Antikörper bis Marroni, von Biodiversität bis hartem Diamant und von virtueller Welt bis zu bodenständiger,waldreicher Berglandschaft mit Start am milden Lago di Lugano.

L’ASJS voyagera à Lugano et Bellinzone pour visiter plusieurs sites scientifiques du sud des Alpes. Le journaliste Christian Bernhart, membre de l'ASJS nous propose un programme éclectique: des anticorps aux marrons, de la biodiversié au diamant dur, d’une monde virtuelle aux montagnes boisées. Sans oublier un démarrage en douceur avec la dolce vita des berges lac de Lugano!

PROGRAM (Deutsch)

PROGRAMME (Français)

Journalism BOOT CAMP in California

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:58:00 +0100

As a backgrounder for writers, editors, bloggers, and filmmakers, the University of California High-Performance AstroComputing Center (UC-HiPACC) is sponsoring a three-day Science/Engineering Journalism Boot Camp “Computational Astronomy: From Planets to Cosmos” on June 25-27, 2012, plus a welcome reception the evening before (June 24). The very first journalism boot camp on astronomy to be held on the West Coast, it will focus on today’s pioneering investigations in planetary science, stellar astronomy, explosive and high energy astrophysics, dark matter and dark energy, and cosmology -- including the latest need-to-know insights on just how astronomers craft instrumentation and analytical techniques.

The boot camp will be an intensive and stimulating immersion experience for a select group of 12 to 16 practicing science or engineering journalists from all media -- print, online, broadcast, social media, and film -- whether on staff or freelance.

Presentations will be led by top astrophysics faculty from across the campuses of the University of California system and from affiliated Department of Energy National Laboratories. A round-table session at the end of the second day will be devoted to discussion of journalistic challenges, such as accurately portraying complex techniques and exciting science when industry pressures are toward ever shorter stories.

On the first two full days, sessions will be held on the campus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, home to the University of California Observatories (UCO), the Center for Adaptive Optics, and the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, and will include an on-campus field trip to the famous UCO Instrument Laboratories. The third day will be a behind-the-scenes field trip to two institutions leading in astrocomputing: NASA Ames Research Center (to see the Pleiades supercomputer and the 128-screen Hyperwall) and the California Academy of Sciences (to see the visualization facilities of the digital Morrison Planetarium).

Expenses for the Journalism Boot Camp will be underwritten by UC-HiPACC. In addition to the program and field trip, participating journalists will receive housing for four nights (June 24-27), local transportation, most meals, and reimbursement of up to US $800.00 for long-distance travel.

More information about the boot camp, including confirmed faculty and application form:
http://hipacc.ucsc.edu/2012CAJBC.html

Application form plus all supporting materials are due to UC-HiPACC by Friday, March 30, 2012. Journalists selected will be announced in April. Questions can be addressed to Trudy E. Bell.

Contact:
Trudy E. Bell, M.A.
tebell@ucsc.edu
+1 216-221-5008
More information about UC-HiPACC:
http://hipacc.ucsc.edu

Global Energy Prize

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:37:00 +0100

Journalists and media organisations from around the world can from today submit their stories for the annual Energy of Word Award. The Energy of Word aims to reward those who have written an illuminating story on the energy challenges faced worldwide or any scientific innovations which provide new energy efficiencies.

Please find the details here and do not hesitate to get in touch if you require any further information.

Terri McCollin: terri@sweeneyvesty.co.uk

EINLADUNG: 6. MediAcademy

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:51:00 +0100

Die Einführung eines Standards zur Bewertung medizinischer Verfahren und Technologien rüttelt an den Grundfesten des Schweizer Gesundheitswesens. "Health Technology Assessment HTA" ist das Schlagwort im Hinblick auf die bevorstehende gesundheitspolitische Weichenstellung. Was sich dahinter verbirgt und welch brisante Fragen die systematische Bewertung medizinischer Leistungen aufwirft erläutern die federführenden Experten an der 6. MediAcademy für Sie.

MediAcademy Programm und Anmeldung unter http://www.mediacademy.ch

Eusja PRESS TRIP 28-30 March 2012 to Saarbrücken

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:49:00 +0100

The Saarbrueken University in Germany is organising a press trip for science journalists with the topic:
"How Computer Science and Materials Science are improving the world”.

Please find here the invitation from the University and a preliminary programm.
Visits foreseen at the following research institutes, among others:
• Saarland University
• Schloss Dagstuhl, Leibniz Center for Informatics
• Max Planck Institute for Computer Science
• Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
• German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
The organizer will cover the accomodation and all meals, while the journalists have to take care of their traveling costs according to usual EUSJA rules. The trip is from 28 to 30 of March. The logistics and some other necessary informations will be sent later. The closer international airport is Frankfurt, the train from Frankfurt to Saarbrueken takes about 2,5 hours.

There is space for 15 journalists.

Please send all applications by January 29th to olivier.dessibourg@letemps.ch with the following informations: name, affiliation with media, e-mail, tel number, cell tel. number

Save the date: Trip to TESSIN!

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:06:00 +0100

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM (in German)!

Latest WFSJ newsletter

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:52:00 +0100

This issue includes the following highlights:

• opportunity for seven science journalists to visit Norway and cover the Kavli Prize Ceremony in September 2012;
• job offer for WFSJ Executive Director;
• decisions from the November 2011 Board meeting;
• news from the SjCOOP project; and
• news from associations and more.
If you want to read this issue, please follow this link: http://www.wfsj.org/files/file/bulletins/December2011Bulletin.pdf

Latest edition of EUSJANEWS

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:46:00 +0100

Eusjanews autumn 2011, the latest newsletter from the European Union of Science Journalism Associations (EUSJA), of which Switzerland is a member, is now published and can be downloaded from the Eusja website:

www.eusja.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Eusjanews_autumn_11.pdf

From the contents: Eusja president Hajo Neubert on the Benidorm study trip fiasco/// Risks and bioethics at Doha p2 /// Made by young people p4 /// Moscows science festival p4 /// Salmonella in Doha p5/// Fighting the assault on science in America p6 /// An annual award p7 /// The earthquake in l’Alquila p8 /// A strange tree in Qatar p10 /// Lord of the Skies p11 /// WPK back to the future p12 /// WCSJ2013 will be in Helsinki p15 /// Contacts p16

Travel GRANTS to attend Euroscience Open Forum ESOF2012

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:31:00 +0100

Created by Euroscience, ESOF – Euroscience Open Forum – is the biennial pan-European meeting dedicated to scientific research and innovation. At ESOF meetings leading scientists, researchers, young researchers, journalists, business people, entrepreneurs and innovators, policy makers, science and technology communicators and the general public from all over the world discuss new discoveries and debate the direction that research is taking in the sciences, humanities and social sciences.

Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a publisher of high impact scientific and medical information in print and online. NPG publishes journals, online databases, and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied sciences and clinical medicine. NPG has supported ESOF since its very first edition in 2004.

Once again, NPG has generously offered to support ESOF by funding travel grants for journalists to attend ESOF2012 in order to increase the impact of ESOF.

www.esof2012.org

All details: in the .pdf file attached

Deadline for applications: 31 January 2012

Patient driven research & medicine - USEFULL FILES

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:36:00 +0100

Melanie Swan: Future of health - Overview

Paul Wicks: Medicine by the masses

Murielle Bochud: Direct-to-consumer genetic testing - Are they usefull?

Effy Vayena: Ethical considerations

Geoffrey Henning: Pharma perspective

Michael Heberer: Co-production in healthcare

Botschaftsräte für Wissenschaft kommen in die Schweiz

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:07:00 +0200

Im Rahmen der Jahrestagung der Schweizer Botschaftsräte und swissnex Direktor/innen findet am 16. November 2011 ein Besuch des IBM-ETH-Nanotech-Forschungszentrums in Rüschlikon statt. Im Vordergrund steht ein Rundgang durch die Labors und die Vorstellung des Zentrums durch den Direktor Dr. Matthias Kaiserswerth. Beim anschliessenden Apéro bietet sich die Gelegenheit die 18 Botschaftsräte und fünf swissnex Direktor/innen zu treffen und kennenzulernen.

Anmeldung bis 4. November bei corinne.gottier@sbf.admin.ch, T 031 322 8211.

Gleichentags findet an der ETH Zürich auch der SwissnexDay'11 statt. Programm und zur Online-Registrierung:

http://www.sbf.admin.ch/swissnex-day/http://www.sbf.admin.ch/swissnex-day/

Patient driven research & medicine - FINAL PROGRAM

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:54:00 +0200

Click here for the complete program (in english).

Inscriptions by: susanne.mueller@interpharma.ch
Fax: +41 61 264 34 01
DEADLINE: 31st of October.

Hope to see you in Lausanne!

Visit of the ARTORG center: the PICTURES!

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:43:00 +0200

Dr. Matthias Peterhans: Image assisted liver surgery

Prof. Christof Stieger: Implantable Hearing Devices

Prof. Thierry Carrel: Aortic flow simulation

SKWJ-Mitglied mit einem künstlichen Herz

Speiseröhre-Elektokardiogramm

EXCLUSIVE visit of the ARTORG Center of the University of Bern

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:28:00 +0200

French --> Chirurgie assistée par ordinateur, reins artificiels, systèmes cardiaques d'apoint, appareils auditifs implantables... En 2008 s'est ouvert le Artificial Organ (ARTORG) Center for Biomedical Engineering à l'Université, spécialisé dans la recherche biomédicale au service d'organes malades ou endommagés. Dix groupes de recherche sont désormais réunis sous le même toit depuis novembre 2010. Le centre ARTORG invite les membres de l'ASJS à une visite exclusive.

Quand? Le 16 septembre 2011 de 15h15 à 17h30 environ

Où? ARTORG Center, Murtenstrasse 50, Berne

Inscription? Jusqu'au 8 septembre, 12h, auprès du membre de l'ASJS Markus Hächler Markus.Haechler@insel.ch

La plupart des présentations seront faites en allemand ou en anglais, avec l'exception de celle du professeur Thierry Carrel, qu'il fera en français.

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German --> Computer-assistierte Chirurgie, künstliche Nieren, Herzpumpen, implantierbare Hörgeräte... Im 2008 eröffneten Artificial Organ (ARTORG) Center for Biomedical Engineering Resarch der Universität Bern wird biomedizinische Spitzenforschung im Dienst von erkrankten oder geschädigten Organen betrieben. Nachdem die zehn Forschungsgruppen zunächst auf verschiedene Gebäude des Inselspitals verteilt waren, sind sie seit November 2010 an der Murtenstrasse 50 in einem hochmodernen Umfeld unter einem Dach vereint.

Das ARTORG Center lädt die Mitglieder des SKWJ zu einem exklusiven Besuch ein:

Wann? Am 16. September 2011, 15.15 bis ca. 17.30 Uhr

Wo? ARTORG Center, Murtenstrasse 50, Bern

Anmeldung? Bis Donnerstag, 8. September, 12.00 Uhr bei SKWJ-Mitglied Markus Hächler Markus.Haechler@insel.ch

Die Referate werden in Deutsch und/oder Englisch gehalten. Ausnahme: Professor Thierry Carrel wird auf Französisch referieren.

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Download the programm here.

PRIX de journalisme scientifique

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:48:00 +0200

L'AJSPI, l'Association française des journalistes scientifiques, en partenariat avec la Fondation Varenne, organise depuis 4 ans un Prix de l'Information scientifique. Doté de 9000 euros, il comporte quatre catégories, dont un prix "Spécial Web". Il s'adresse aux journalistes de la presse française et francophone.

Les modalités d'inscription (via internet uniquement) sont détaillées sur le site de la Fondation Varenne
www.fondationvarenne.com/concours/is.html.

La deadline de soumission des candidatures est le lundi 12 septembre 2011.

FREE PRESS TRIP to Germany and Poland

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:42:00 +0200

10 Years ScanBalt BioRegion - Towards a Balanced Regional Development and Smart Specialization in the Baltic Sea Region

Scope: To learn about the activities, meet the actors and to experience crossborder cooperation projects in life sciences in the ScanBalt BioRegion/Northern Europe. This time focusing on Northern Germany and Northern Poland at the university cities Greifswald, Germany, and Szczecin, Poland.

Key words: technology transfer, molecular medicine, industrial Biotechnology, biomaterial, crossborder cooperation, telemedicine.

Participants: By invitation of ca. 15 international scientific journalists of EUSJA (of which Switzerland is a member)
Time: Tuesday, 20.Sept. – Friday, 23. Sept. 2011

Infos: The next airport is Berlin (Tegel). There will be a bus shuttle from Berlin Tegel airport at 20:30 to Szczecin on 19 September (or when the last flight with an EUSJA participant arrives that day). On the last day of the study trip (22 September) a bus shuttle will bring the participants back to Berlin Tegel. However, they can stay even a day longer for the full ScanBalt conference.

As usual: Travel (transport to Berlin) paid by participants; all the rest (accommodation, meal, transfers) is free of charge.

Application: please send your application (mentioning: name, mail, media) to olivier.dessibourg@letemps.ch until August 23rd.

VISIT the Helmholtz association research centers

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:20:00 +0200

This month EUSJA had very succesful trip to Heidelberg, 22 science journalists attended. The next trip will be on September to see Helmholtz association research centers (topic - heath and medicine, visit EUSJA web page to see the programme: http://eusja.sciencewriters.eu/).

EU Health PRIZE for Journalists 2011

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:26:00 +0200

Click here for more info!

Inscrivez-vous maintenant! Jetzt anmelden!

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:39:00 +0200

Assemblée générale de l'ASJS le 24 juin 2011

En cas que vous ne l'avez pas encore lu dans notre bulletin actuel: La clôture des inscriptions pour l'assemblée générale au CSEM à Neuchâtel est proche. Inscrivez-vous auprès de Olivier Dessibourg: olivier.dessibourg@letemps.ch jusqu'au 10 juin (merci d'indiquer si vous mangez un menu avec de la viande ou un menu végétarien). Programme ici.

SKWJ-Generalversammlung am 24. Juni 2011

Falls ihr es im aktuellen bulletin noch nicht gelesen hat: Die Anmeldefrist für die Generalversammlung im CSEM in Neuenburg läuft. Meldet euch bis zum 10. Juni bei Olivier Dessibourg an: olivier.dessibourg@letemps.ch (bitte angeben, ob ihr ein Menü mit Fleisch oder vegetarisch esst). Zum Programm geht's hier.

Digital investigation technics: THE LINKS

Mon, 30 May 2011 09:38:00 +0200

Oliver Klaffke's LINKS

Mind Mapping
• www.mindnode.com

Wie man es macht
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7UC92fHHEkKünstliche

Intelligenz beim Suchen
• www.devon-technologies.com

Schreibsoftware Scrivener
• www.literatureandlatte.com

Software, um die eigene Arbeitszeit aufzuzeichnen
• www.iggsoftware.com/ibiz/

Bildschirm-Oberflaechen, die ungestöertes Schreiben ermöglichen
• www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroomwww.ommwriter.com

Notizen im Internet ablegen
• www.Evernote.com

Gemeinsam arbeiten
• www.dropbox.com

Diktieren
• www.nuance.de/naturallyspeaking

Gibt es als App für die neuste iPhone Generation für die guten Ideen, die einem beim Hundespaziergang kommen.

Skim: pdf-Kommentieren
• www.skim-app.sourceforge.net

Peter Haber's LINKS

Suchmaschinen für wissenschaftliche Texte
• http://scholar.google.ch
• http://www.scirus.com

Beispiel für gut sortierte Linksammlung
• http://www.ub.unibas.ch

Beispiel für Open Access-Zeitschrift
• http://www.bioone.org

Beispiel für ein hybrides Portal
• http://www.library.ethz.ch

Beispiel für einen RSS-Reader
• http://www.google.com/reader

Beispiel für Open Government Data
• http://bund.offenerhaushalt.de
• http://geo.admin.ch
• http://www.geo.bs.ch

opendata.ch 2011 Konferenz
• http://opendata.ch

Beispiele aus dem Workshop
• http://www.memoriav.ch
• http://www.archive.org

Wikipedia Checkliste
• Diskussionsseite kontrollieren
• Versionsgeschichte kontrollieren
• Versionen vergleichen
• Sprachversionen suchen
• Sprachversionen vergleichen

Quellen und Literatur verwenden Lesetipp
• Gasteiner, Martin / Haber, Peter (Hrsg.): Digitale Arbeitstechniken für die Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften, Stuttgart und Wien 2010; ISBN 978-3-8252-3157-6; 269 Seiten; ca. 33.50 CHF.

Nicolas Kayser Brill's LINKS

Afghan warlogs

• http://app.owni.fr/warlogs/

Iraqi warlogs

• http://warlogs.owni.fr/

Prix de l'Eau

• http://www.prixdeleau.fr/

Influence Networks

• http://influencenetworks.org/

Last chance! STUDY TRIP to the Helmholtz Research Centres, Germany

Sat, 28 May 2011 08:52:00 +0200

The Helmholtz Association is organising a study-trip for up to 14 EUSJA journalists (among which are journalists from the Swiss association for science journalism) to selected Helmholtz Research Centres in Germany. The trip will take five days: from September 18th until September 23rd. The thematic focus of the study-trip is “Health Research in the Helmholtz Association”. Participants will visit different research facilities (start in Munich, then Berlin, Bonn, Braunschweig, Leipzig and finally Heidelberg) and speak to scientists about their work.

The Helmholtz Association will arrange and bear the expenses for transfer inside Germany, accommodation and meals during the journalists’ stay in Germany. Participating journalists will be responsible for arranging their transport to and from Germany.

Detailed information about transfer from the airport or train station to the hotel as well as names of hotels and restaurants will be provided at a later stage. Programme: click here.

If you want to participate, please send your application (with name, e-mail, position in media) to olivier.dessibourg@letemps.ch.Deadline: June 4th 2011