World Congress of Science Producers Conference, November 20-24, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts

9815232Apsell世界科学生产者大会是来自世界各地的领先广播公司和独立科学生产者的年度盛会。 今年的大会由WGBH计划和组织。 对于这次大会，WBGH将增加两个新的方面的会议：1）涉及工作的科学家在会议上，以增加广播记者和科学家之间的对话和接触，2）部分支持谁是正在考虑进入科学新闻或新参与该领域的个人出席。 包括科学家在内的会议包括：探索记者应该报道的最重要的科学故事，深入分析特定的科学问题，讨论与基因组研究有关的伦理问题，与科学有关的法律的问题，审查科学与伪科学的报道，以及科学的可视化。

9815232ApsellThe World Congress of Science Producers is an annual event of leading broadcasters and independent science producers from around the world. This year's congress is being planned and osted by WGBH. For this Congress, WBGH will add two new dimensions to the meeting: 1) involve working scientists in the meeting to increase the dialogue and contact between broadcast journalists and scientists, and 2) partially support attendance by individuals who are either are considering entering science journalism or are newly involved in the field. Sessions that include scientists include: an exploration of the most important science stories that journalists should be covering, an in-depth analysis of a specific science issue, a discussion of ethical issues related to genome research, legal issues related to science in the courts, an examination of coverage of science vs. pseudo-science, and visualization of science.