2009 an extraordinarily successful year
Dear Colleagues:The year 2009 has been an extraordinarily successful year for the World Federation of Science Journalists.
For the first time ever, more than a 1,000 participated in the 6th World Conference of Science Journalists held in London last July. Another momentous event was the extremely successful completion of the SjCOOP project in Africa and in the Arab World. On top of those achievements, the World Federation reached a membership of 41 member associations.
And the year 2010 looks as promising.
Early in the year, we should initiate a second and larger phase of the SjCOOP project in Africa and in the Arab World. Together, science journalists from the United States and the Arab World, in collaboration with colleagues from many other countries, will make major progress towards the 7th World Conference of Science Journalists that will be held in 2011, in Cairo (Egypt). We have launched new initiatives to strengthen support for the Federation that should blossom and we will put in practice many lessons learned to continue upgrading and improving the web site.
All of this is only possible thanks to the dedication of colleague science journalists from all over the world.
Thank you and have a great year 2010.
Nadia El-Awady
President
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And 2010 will be even better
posted on December 30, 2009 by Horacio Salazar
Friends, colleagues, fellow H sapiens:
Indeed 2009 has been a fine year for the profession, a bit more so in the developing world and somewhat less in the first world. We all know, I'm sure, about difficult times. And we are, at least, survivors; most of us are winners, in the sense that we do what we like.
I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you all a much better 2010. I wish you a year full of challenges, responsibilities and opportunities. A year to remember and a year to build upon (remember Cairo 2011!).
For me it'll be a bit more difficult to keep in touch as I've been thrown back again to the ranks of the edition managers, which means long days, long nights and little time for a life. Gone are my science section (it's in somebody else's hands), my many options, my quiet life in the background. I now have more pressing requirements, more risk, more work, more noise.
Such is life. I hope I can rise to the challenge, or at least to be able to keep on ahead with my family.
But I urge you all to move on. From what I've seen, a solid science journalism profession is more needed than ever. There's a lot of thinking to be done; a lot of teaching, learning, sharing, learning.
There you are. Please enjoy life and build a solid 2010.
hs
Indeed 2009 has been a fine year for the profession, a bit more so in the developing world and somewhat less in the first world. We all know, I'm sure, about difficult times. And we are, at least, survivors; most of us are winners, in the sense that we do what we like.
I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you all a much better 2010. I wish you a year full of challenges, responsibilities and opportunities. A year to remember and a year to build upon (remember Cairo 2011!).
For me it'll be a bit more difficult to keep in touch as I've been thrown back again to the ranks of the edition managers, which means long days, long nights and little time for a life. Gone are my science section (it's in somebody else's hands), my many options, my quiet life in the background. I now have more pressing requirements, more risk, more work, more noise.
Such is life. I hope I can rise to the challenge, or at least to be able to keep on ahead with my family.
But I urge you all to move on. From what I've seen, a solid science journalism profession is more needed than ever. There's a lot of thinking to be done; a lot of teaching, learning, sharing, learning.
There you are. Please enjoy life and build a solid 2010.
hs