Social Media Research Foundation’s Summer School 2022
The Social Media Research Foundation’s Summer School is an intensive 5-day online event around social media research and social network analysis using NodeXL.

Learn tips and tricks to collect, analyze, visualize, report and present insights into social media networks with no previous knowledge required.

1️⃣ August-01-2022: Introduction to social media research, networks and NodeXL

2️⃣ August-02-2022: All about Twitter - Analyze, visualize and understand Twitter networks

3️⃣ August-03-2022: Tutorials: NodeXL, Gephi and more

4️⃣ August-04-2022: 1-on-1 sessions to discuss your project

5️⃣ August-05-2022: Presentation Day: Learn how to write a paper / project presentations / discussion

Webinar on evaluation of events and programs, Tuesday, 19/7

Climate change and COVID are driving a push for more science communication events.  This demand has generated a better exploration of what science communication actually achieves, who it reaches, and what impact it has.   These questions concern experts in disciplines ranging from risk and environmental communication, to health communication.

Critical evaluation is an essential tool of designing and running better projects and events.  We mean evaluation practices based on a clear set of relevant goals, with an emphasis on a stringent methods, transparent about the evaluation process and its limitations, and using the results to formulate helpful recommendations.

This discussion on the practice and theory of evaluating science communication is a conversation with international experts, with time for questions.
With Toss Gascoigne, Jenni Metcalfe, and Helen Featherstone.

How to join

The event will run on Tuesday 19 July, at 07.30 UTC (5.30 pm Eastern Australia, 8.30am London).  It is open to all.  Register https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpduquqzksHtaatscUAuflL-mVZdtFN4_3 

August 8 - September 4
Free online course, "How to Cover the Climate Crisis — and Fight Disinformation," organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and sponsored by Google News Initiative.
The course is asynchronous and will be presented in three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese.
https://journalismcourses.org/course/how-to-cover-the-climate-crisis/

👉 Free WEBINAR: Basics of Storyboarding - Telling Your Science Story In A Visual Way

In this webinar, learn about the process of storyboarding with Abbey Morris and Muriah Umoquit, students from Lifeology's SciComm Certificate Program. Storyboards are important tools that can help ensure that your narrative is shared in the clearest, most compelling, and most creative way. Nailing the basics of storyboarding can set your science story up for success!

⏱ Jul 27, 2022 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GGBZY8dIRemShg-Hy6zFpw?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Free webinar on infodemic and (science) storytelling👇🏻

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/07/26/default-calendar/infodemic-management-community-event-the-science-of-science-storytelling

💡 SciComm tips & tools by our alumna

https://twitter.com/SciCommClub/status/1551994557818347521?t=z0FltSRXzzOevTnzv__GkQ&s=19

A new #AcademicTwitter series post by Cristina Rigutto and Elena Milani : How to (and why) use Twitter lists

https://sagepus.blogspot.com/2022/07/How-to-use-Twitter-lists.html

JOB OFFER - Genova, Italy
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia is looking for a talented Press Officer and media relations to join their Communication and External Relations Directorate and work in the Italian Press Office.
Apply online
(deadline: August 22)

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Application by 5 August 👇🏻
https://twitter.com/NMNH/status/1554571935455055872

Would you like to better understand how people get social media followers using fake news and misinformation?

Pretend to be a faker and play at Bad News, a simulation game.
https://www.getbadnews.com/en#intro

Job Offer - Italian language only

Avviso pubblico per assunzione/i a tempo determinato presso l'Istituto Romagnolo per lo studio dei tumori di Meldola (FC) con Qualifica dirigente “Fascia C” per la posizione di Dissemination Manager

Scadenza domanda 09.09.22

https://www.irst.emr.it/it/avvisi-pubblici-per-tempi-determinati/avviso-pubblico-per-dirig-area-tecnostruttura-ias-c-dissemination-manager

Do you want to know what our alumni are working on?
Here's a science comics project with the collaboration of our alumnus Roberto Lei (class 2019-2020)

https://www.museogemma.unimore.it/2022/08/28/confini-limiti-mobili-in-una-realta-che-muta-2/

Climate Tracker, in partnership with Open Society Foundations, is offering its Caribbean Climate Justice Journalism Fellowship to Caribbean climate journalists, storytellers and communicators.

Selected fellows will learn from a range of environmental, storytelling, and journalism experts, while practically applying their learning in articles aimed at sharing the national and regional climate justice debates, with the primary intention and focus on publishing powerful stories on climate justice.

Fellows will receive a monthly stipend.
Applicants must be between the ages of 18 to 35.

The application deadline is Sept. 23.
https://climatetracker.org/caribbean-climate-justice-journalism-fellowship-now-open-1/

Job offer
We the curios - Bristol science Museum (UK)
Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term
Working hours: Part time, 30 hours a week

Duties:
_developing, coordinating and occasionally presenting Planetarium shows
_ creating content for our Curious Stuff website pages and YouTube channel
_delivering activities around the Big Screen on Millennium Square

https://wethecurious.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=a0c2c013-9e85-4b13-a6ec-7d8d8242cf07

Closing date for applications: 3 October, midnight

The Scientist offers three full-time internships each year (on site and/or remote) . The position pays $2,500/month and typically lasts for four months.

Deadlines:
🌈Spring: December 1st (internship runs approximately February – June)
🌞Summer: April 1st (internship runs approximately June – October)
❄️Winter: August 1st (internship runs approximately October – February)

How to apply:
https://www.the-scientist.com/freelance#1

Congratulations to our alumna Giulia Fredi.
She is one of the winner of the 14th edition of the 2022 #EniAward.
Known internationally as the “Nobel Prize for Energy”, the Eni Awards are a global reference point for research in the fields of energy.
Giulia has been awarded during an official ceremony at the Quirinale in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella.

PCST Venice Symposium on the theme
Science communication education and training. Challenges and strategies for research and academic institutions.
September 28-30, 2023

Early bird registrations are open, along with a Call for Presentations to collect good practices and experiences on scicomm education and training to be presented and shared at the Symposium.
Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2023.

Further information enclosed and available at http://www.univiu.org/pcst-venice-2023
You can also contact pcstvenice@univiu.org