Are we explainers or exposers or both?

What's the proper role of science writers? That question was raised at the recent UK Conference of Science Journalists, and in this Guardian post, Chris Chambers and Petroc Sumner comment on the debate: "As scientists we were puzzled by the implication that explaining and exposing are incompatible activities. Journalism as a whole must surely achieve both, just as science should expose flaws in existing theories while also explaining new data."

July 16, 2012

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