Abstract

VILLANUEVA BEDOYA, Juliana; VALENCIA GUIZADO, Angie; ALZATE GONZALEZ, María F.  and  SANCHEZ DUQUE, Jorge A.. SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND MEANS OF COMMUNICATION: CHALLENGES OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALISM IN COLOMBIA. Investig. andina [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.35, pp.105-116.  Epub Nov 26, 2018. ISSN 0124-8146.

The news should inform and allow the reader to build an opinion on the topic read, however, Colombian media do not adequately show the relevant role that some sections should have, due to the media prefers soft and with lack of content news. Colombian scientific journalism faces two issues: Journalists have not enough expertise, and the lack of support of researcher, however, in recent years the training of journalists in this field has increased, whose job is to convert the findings of the research to a simpler language, so that the audience understand more easily. The objective of this article of reflection is to describe some deficiencies and challenges currently faced by scientific journalism in Colombia.

Keywords : Scientific Journalism; Media; Public health; Colombia.

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