Coming up Thurs April 28: Jabulani Sikhakhane from The Conversation Africa on how great journalism can be a map to help readers navigate the world of politics, technology, economics and more. Hosted by Michelle Riedlinger Register: bit.ly/Jabulani-Sikha… The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand The Conversation Canada

Come work with us to study health mis/information on social media! Great opportunity for gaining research experience with a welcoming and interdisciplinary team. P/T, flexible, apply by July 10 #scicomm #scholcomm #AcademicTwitter

📢 Opportunity for current QUT #HDR students with an interest in #sciencecommunication to work at the Office of the Queensland Chief Scientist (with academic mentoring by me and/or Michelle Riedlinger). 📆 Apps close on 29 Jan. 🔗 unihub.qut.edu.au/students/jobs/… QUT Digital Media Research Centre

It’s O’Week and we’re playing icebreaker bingo with our new postgrad #digital #communication students today - thx for the prizes QUT Digital Media Research Centre

⭐️Register for the PCSTconference pre-conference!⭐️ For those who can't join in person (or can't get enough #PCST2023), we're offering a series of online sessions from Apr 3-5 FREE to all members and conference attendees. Details & sign up: pcst.network/conferences/up… #scicomm

The PCST Network is hosting a series of virtual conference sessions from 3 – 5 April 2023 prior to #PCST2023 Rotterdam, NL. The programme features a wide range of individual talks and workshops from #scicomm practitioners and scholars. Join us virtually! pcst.network/pcst2023-excit…

⛈️There have been reports of giant hail between 9 & 11cm on the Darling Downs this afternoon. As well as a 104km/hr wind gust at Oakey. If you have received giant hail and it is safe to do so, please help us preserve these stones for research purposes using the steps below.

We’ve got prizes galore for the PCSTNetwork pre-conference session for newcomers tomorrow #pcst2023

What is @pembertonfilms, keynote speaker at #PCST2023, looking most forward to during the conference? See the whole interview at youtu.be/WgrvdorIPCQ

Missing you at #pcst2023 Rick Borchelt 🏳️‍🌈 - listening to your thoughtful remarks now.

Aussie Aussie Aussie! The (almost complete) Australian contingent at the #pcst2023 conference, wrapping up today. Many new network connections formed through this week in Rotterdam.

If you know anyone who is using or has used the Factiva API for collecting news media content then we’d love to have a chat with them!

Also, if you decided against Factiva but worked with e.g. the LexisNexis API or comparable, Axel Bruns Michelle Riedlinger and I would love to hear from you! 🙌

We are proud to announce JCOM's first Impact Factor: 1.8. This ranking by Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is a good 63th percentile (Q2). Also, our Citescore testifies to our quality and its continuous growth over the last decade (see chart); Michelle Riedlinger

CALL FOR PAPERS – COMMUNICATING BASIC SCIENCES (SPECIAL ISSUE OF JCOM) – abstracts due by 1 February 2024 – see jcom.sissa.it/news/12/ #scicomm