Increasing culturally relevant science media coverage: exploring the outcomes of a collaboration in Puerto Rico
by
Mónica I. Feliú Mójer,
Andrea Isabel López,
Wilson González-Espada,
Ernesto Cabezas Bou,
Claudia Colón-Echevarría,
Ailed Cruz Collazo,
Jetsimary García-Justiniano,
José Liquet y González,
Charlene Rivera-Bonet,
Angelie Rivera-Rodríguez,
Attabey Rodríguez Benítez,
Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz,
Priscila Rodríguez García
and
Giovanna Guerrero-Medina
CienciaPR, a nonprofit that brings together the largest network of Puerto Rican scientists and one of the largest networks of Hispanic/Latine scientists in the world, has collaborated with El Nuevo Día (END), Puerto Rico's newspaper of record, to increase culturally relevant stories in their science section. This Practice Insight quantifies and compares the presence of culturally relevant elements (e.g., referring to Puerto Rico, local landmarks, historic figures, slang) and other content information (e.g., topics, location, focus, protagonist) in articles authored by CienciaPR members versus articles by END, news agencies, and other organizations. Results demonstrate that CienciaPR-authored articles published in END featured culturally relevant elements more often (e.g., mentioned Puerto Rico, used Puerto Rican slang, stories located in Puerto Rico) than those by other sources.
Volume 23 • Issue 05 • 2024