Global health — from countering misinformation to managing crises — was the focus of our fifth ‘Reach and Turn’ science reporting workshop, held in July 2018. Co-hosted with our sister institute UNU-IIGH in Malaysia, the guiding theme was simple: that ‘you don’t win hearts and minds with science and facts. You win hearts and minds with relationships and trust.’ For this two-day workshop our challenge was to turn these fine words from the Union of Concerned Sci...
In the world of science reporting, researchers are rightly afraid of being misinterpreted — but journalists are equally frustrated by a lack of clear data to write their articles. One way to break the deadlock is to build trust and partnerships across the ‘media divide’. Partnerships based around data storytelling on everything from human survival to gender equality to environmental challenges. This was the key innovation of our third science reporting workshop, ‘Reach & Turn’, co-hosted with Pa...