The Conversation Africa bied op 14 November die tweede wetenskapskommunikasiewerkswinkel vir 2018 aan. Die 3-ure werkswinkel kan gratis bygewoon word deur gevestigde akademiese personeel, na-doktorale genote en PhD-kandidate.
Die werkswinkel is ʼn vennootskap tussen die Universiteit Stellenbosch en The Conversation Africa (TC Africa) – wie se missie dit is om wetenskapskommunikasie te ondersteun. Die doel is om akademici op ʼn kreatiewe en interaktiewe wyse te help om beter met nie-akademiese gehore te skakel en te kommunikeer.
Die werkswinkel bemagtig wetenskaplikes om hul artikels vir die hoofstroommedia aan te bied en sleutelboodskappe te formuleer vir wanneer hulle vir die algemene publiek skryf. Die vaardighede wat by die werkswinkel aangebied word, help navorsers om hul “navorsingssigbaarheid" en impak te verhoog.
Caroline Southey, The Conversation-redakteur, sê die span is opgewonde om weer met akademici van die US saam te werk. “Daar is fassinerende navorsing wat uit die universiteit kom en dit altyd ʼn plesier om met navorsers van die US in gesprek te tree. Ons sien baie uit na die werkswinkel."
Martin Viljoen, Bestuurder: Media, sê dit was duidelik uit die werkswinkel wat in April gehou is dat daar onder akademici ʼn werklike behoefte is om hul onderrig- en navorsingshorisonne verbreed. “Soos prof Wim de Villiers, Rektor en Visekanselier, dit tydens die eerste mediatoekennings wat in Oktober gehou is, gestel het: 'Die vraag is nie of jy dit kan bekostig om tyd aan openbare wetenskapskommunikasie te spandeer nie, maar of jy dit kan bekostig om dit nie te doen nie'."
ʼn Maksimum van 25 mense kan die werkswinkel bywoon. (Die venue moet nog bevestig word).
Lede van TC Africa se redaksionele span sal die fasilitering behartig en sluit in Candice Bailey, Shallan Govender en Moina Spooner wat almal uitgebreide ondervinding in die media wêreld het.
Tot op hede het 172 US-personeel 232 artikels vir The Conversation geskryf
- Skakel met Martin Viljoen by tel 021 808 4921, e-pos media@sun.ac.za vir meer inligting en om jou plek te bespreek.
MORE ABOUT THE CONVERSATION:
The Conversation is a not-for-profit agency serving universities and the research sector in Africa. TC Africa's mission is to mainstream science engagement and support science communication activities. They do this by working with academics and scientists, who themselves write and provide evidence/research-based analytical articles on various societal issues AND articles about their research findings as well. Our editors then work with academics and researchers to publish these short and punchy articles, +/- 800 words. Articles are only published upon author sign-off. The objective is to make the knowledge produced in the academy accessible, easy to understand and freely available for the public and policy makers. Articles are published daily on our website - https://theconversation.com/africa . Publishing under a Creative Commons Licence, all articles are open access. All articles can be republished by other media. Since launching in May 2015 over 2 000 academics and researchers have contributed and cumulatively all their articles have now reached over 40-million reads globally - talk about escaping the ivory tower!
The workshop facilitators:
Candice Bailey, Health + Medicine Editor: Candice worked as an investigative journalist at the Johannesburg-based civil society organisation Corruption Watch. She has also been a reporter in the newsrooms of several weekly and daily national newspapers, most recently the Sunday Independent and Johannesburg Star newspaper.
Shallan Govender, Copy Chief: Shallan has over ten years' experience in the media and corporate communications sectors. Most recently she worked as a senior sub editor at eNews Channel Africa. Prior to that, she played integral roles specializing in internal communications at major firms such as Unilever, ABI and Altech. She has all round experience having worked on a range of media platforms including print, digital and broadcast.
Moina Spooner
Moina is a journalist, researcher and editor. She has extensive online media experience and has written widely on a variety of pan-African issues having previously worked for Africa Review and Mail & Guardian Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya. She has also contributed to a range of titles including the Daily Nation, the East African, the World Economic Forum and Citiscope.
