… all science journalists are caught between an idealized past and a volatile future. Until a decade ago, most newspapers employed a dedicated science reporter or three, and television networks had whole teams of science journalists. These days, specialist science correspondents are an endangered species. Yet while mainstream science journalism fears for its future, the parallel field of science communication is booming. Blogs, Tumblrs and Pinterest pages provide small to medium-sized audiences with compelling coverage of every topic imaginable. Some of this output is by and for scientists — who else but a computational biologist would read a 2,000-word analysis of the shortcomings of algorithms for analysing RNA-sequencing data? Writing … Continue reading Nature