About the conference
Excellent science journalism has never been more essential to our complex and changing world. In October 2017, San Francisco will welcome more than 1,200 media professionals from 70 countries as they come together for the 10th World Conference of Science Journalists. At this conference, being held in the United States for the first time, writers will immerse themselves in Northern California’s rich science and technology environment as they address the future of media and the excitement and challenge of 21st-century science.
Travel Fellowships
Thanks to generous support from foundations, science and media organizations, and individual donors, the World Conference of Science Journalists 2017 is excited to offer travel fellowships for professional and student attendees from the U.S. and abroad. These fellowships are intended to enable those who otherwise could not attend to join us for the conference in San Francisco, October 26-30, 2017. The grants will provide full or partial support to cover economy airfare, accommodation for the duration of the conference, and reasonable ground transport, up to a maximum amount based on the traveler’s location and circumstances. Fellowship recipients will receive complimentary meeting registration.
WCSJ2017 is grateful to the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, donors to the David Perlman fund, the Rutter Foundation, the National Association of Science Writers, Nature UK, Annual Reviews, the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, Taylor & Francis, the Waterloo Global Science Initiative, and Newswise for supporting these travel grants.
Applications will be accepted until March 15, 2017. Successful applicants will be notified by April 15 to allow for plenty of time to plan travel and acquire any necessary visas. Selected fellows will be informed of the exact amount of funding offered at the time of notification.
Please see below for details on each type of fellowship and a link to apply. Please choose the fellowship application that best fits your circumstances. Do not apply for more than one.
Eligibility: You may apply for a General Travel Fellowship if you write, edit, or produce science news, information, or commentary for the public; teach science journalism; or are a member of a WFSJ member association, and would not be able to attend the conference without financial assistance.
What’s Provided: The grants will provide full or partial support to cover economy airfare, accommodation for the duration of the conference, and reasonable ground transport, up to a maximum amount based on the traveler’s location and circumstances. Fellowship recipients will receive complimentary basic meeting registration. An additional subsidy for meals, incidentals, and registration for ancillary conference events may be provided depending on demonstrated need. Fellowship recipients selected for participation in pre-conference events will receive a subsidy for an additional hotel night.
Deadline: March 15, 2017
Registration
Registration for the meeting opens on May 2017 and will close in early October 2017. Registration costs will not be determined until later this spring. Our goal is to keep the fee as low as possible to encourage attendance from around the world. The final costs will depend on fundraising. You can help keep costs low by encouraging individuals, foundations, or companies you may have contacts with to sponsor WCSJ2017.
Conferecnce themes
Announced at the information session were:
–The selection of 47 breakout sessions by the WCSJ2017 Program Committee, a science committee, and the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ), which will produce a global health journalism track. The sessions were chosen from more than 400 submitted proposals. Program themes will include:
- Ethical Issues in Science & Science Journalism
- Science Storytelling: New Modes, Timeless Techniques
- Climate, Environment, & Sustainability
- The Science-Innovation Frontier
- Science Reporting Skills for the 21st Century
- Special Focus: Latin America & the Caribbean
- Global Health Journalism (AHCJ track)
- New Horizons in Science
–The addition of five plenary speakers to the program:
- Jeffrey Bluestone of UCSF, president and CEO of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
- Alberto Cairo, Knight chair in visual journalism at the University of Miami
- Susan Desmond-Hellmann, chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Mary Roach, bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars, in a joint plenary session with Ed Yong, writer for The Atlantic and author of I Contain Multitudes
The program will also include a plenary session on Pseudoscientific Policies and Authoritarian Governments. Previously announced podium speakers include Thierry Zomahoun, president and chief executive officer of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, and UC Berkeley biologist Jennifer Doudna.
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