25 June 2018
The 9th edition of the Erice International School of Science Journalism (EISSJ) started today, June 25 . The school offers every year 35 scholarships to young science journalists and communicators. The 2018 edition focuses on the theme “What’s Next: Challenges and Opportunities for Tomorrow’s Fundamental Physics”. It is taking place between June 25 to 29 in Erice, the evocative town that hosts the Ettore Majorana Centre for Science Culture.The Erice International Science Journalism School is a summer school organised by the Ettore Majorana Centre with the support of Centro Fermi, the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics, and, of the Italian science magazine “Le Scienze”. The course is taught in English and includes both lectures and interactive laboratories held by international experts in scientific research, journalism and communications; from Marica Branchesi, GSSI and INFN researcher and among the TIME 100 most influential people 2018 list, to Robin McKie, British journalist that writes for “The Guardian” and “The Observer”.
The school can be followed on social media with the hashtag #EriceSJ2018 and on the official Facebook and Twitter accounts, @ISSJC and @EriceSchool respectively.
