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Mar 17, 2016 Editorial
Telling stories about our research

by Emma Weitkamp

The academic journal paper has been around for several hundred years and during that time has seen shifts in style and structure. This editorial explores the traditional research paper and considers whether thinking about the research paper as a story, provides insights into style and structure that would make research both more transparent and more readable.

Volume 15 • Issue 02 • 2016

Dec 15, 2015 Editorial
Short training courses in science communication. Why? To whom? What?

by Paola Rodari and Emma Weitkamp

The design, delivery and evaluation of JCOM Masterclasses has given us the opportunity to reflect on the audiences, training needs and training schemes available to people working at different levels and in different contexts to communicate STEM subjects to a diverse variety of people. Although not always widely available, short courses in the communication of science have been offered in a number of countries around the world over the past few years. We felt it is now time to open a discussion on the rationale, the methods and the objectives of such training programmes.

Volume 14 • Issue 04 • 2015