Lecturer: Michele Catanzaro
Date and time: February 27, 2026 from 9 to 15h  A new date will be published soon.

Place: to be determined

Number of participants: 20 (addressed to PhD students of the PD FIS)

Language: English

Objectives:
• Providing practical advice on how to build a write a science 
journalism/communication text
• Examining examples of successful and unsuccessful coverage of 
scientific information in the media 
• Drafting an article on a previously chosen research subject
• Discussing the drafts and how they could be improved
Structure and activities:
• A non-naïve view of how science communication works (talk+Q&A)
• Science journalism, practical tips on building and writing articles (talk 
+ Q&A)
• Analysis of an exemplary text (exercise)
• Writing an article (press release or blogpost) on a specific paper 
(individually or in group of 3-4 students)
• Collective discussion on the articles (possibly, comparison with 
articles published in the media on the same subject)
• Misinformation vs. Excellence in science journalism