This Week's Topic:

How Do We Fix Science Journalism?

Everyone says science journalism is broken but only journalists seem to lament the cuts in jobs.  Scientists don't respect them, we are told, and the public doesn't trust them so how do we fix it so that journalists can again be the 'trusted guides' they used to be?

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